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US top military officer on
Wednesday strongly rejected
accusations from Pakistan that
NATO deliberately killed 24
Pakistani soldiers last weekend.
General Martin Dempsey,
chairman of the US military’s
Joint Chiefs of Staff, told
CNN Pakistan News that he was trying to
discuss the incident with
Pakistan behind closed doors.
“Candidly we don’t want to try
to resolve this issue through the
media. No offense,” he said in an
interview as he flew back to
Washington after a trip to
London.
“The one thing I will say publicly
and categorically is that this was
not a deliberate attack.”
Dempsey declined to discuss
details of the US military’s
review into the incident, but
questioned Nadeem’s logic.
“What in the world would we
gain by attacking a Pakistan
border post?” Dempsey asked.
Dempsey said the military was
pouring over its own data from
the incident.
“We’re in the process of
reviewing radio traffic, gun
tapes, all of the things that an
investigation has to consider
before I can really make any
statement about the duration,”
Dempsey said.
“But I can say, categorically, it
was not a deliberate attack.”
Pakistan’s Director General of
Military Operations in a press
briefing said that NATO
helicopters attacked the post in
two sweeps. Firs a brief 10-15
minute attack, the second
lasting over an hour. During this
time, NATO was told that their
target was a Pakistan military
outpost. However, the
helicopters continued to press
their attack.