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Pak to get 60 US copters by year-end
http://sify.com/news/international/fullstory.php?id=13276614
Saturday, 04 October , 2003, 16:11
Washington: Pakistan is likely get 60 attack helicopters from the US by the year-end. The Bush Administration has approved the sale, The Dawn has reported.
The helicopters, that will include the 'Cobra' gun ships, the paper said in its report, while adding that these copters would be used to help Pakistan fight Taliban and Al Qaeda activists hiding in the country's tribal belt.
According to the report, Islamabad believes that the differences over the US' request for Pakistani troops for Iraq will not delay their delivery.
It may be noted that both Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali have been strongly raising the issue of the arms imbalance vis-a-vis India.
After his talks with Jamali in Washington on Thursday, US Secretary of State Colin Powell had told a group of Pakistani journalists that the US would play its role in maintaining "the balance of power in South Asia."
Jamali is believed to have told Powell that India's recent military purchases from Israel and other sources had 'grossly disturbed' the balance of power in the region.
The Jamali-Powell talks focused mainly on the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan where US troops are facing a sudden resurgence in terrorist attacks, diplomatic sources said.ANI
Pak to get 60 US copters by year-end
http://sify.com/news/international/fullstory.php?id=13276614
Saturday, 04 October , 2003, 16:11
Washington: Pakistan is likely get 60 attack helicopters from the US by the year-end. The Bush Administration has approved the sale, The Dawn has reported.
The helicopters, that will include the 'Cobra' gun ships, the paper said in its report, while adding that these copters would be used to help Pakistan fight Taliban and Al Qaeda activists hiding in the country's tribal belt.
According to the report, Islamabad believes that the differences over the US' request for Pakistani troops for Iraq will not delay their delivery.
It may be noted that both Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali have been strongly raising the issue of the arms imbalance vis-a-vis India.
After his talks with Jamali in Washington on Thursday, US Secretary of State Colin Powell had told a group of Pakistani journalists that the US would play its role in maintaining "the balance of power in South Asia."
Jamali is believed to have told Powell that India's recent military purchases from Israel and other sources had 'grossly disturbed' the balance of power in the region.
The Jamali-Powell talks focused mainly on the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan where US troops are facing a sudden resurgence in terrorist attacks, diplomatic sources said.ANI