Militants set fire to NATO supply tankers in Pakistan

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

KARACHI (Reuters) - Suspected militants in Pakistan set fire to tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, a day after three soldiers were killed in a cross-border NATO air strike.

Pakistani authorities, angered by repeated incursions by NATO helicopters over the past week, have blocked a supply route for the troops in Afghanistan.

Senior local officials said "extremists" are believed to have carried out the attack on the tankers in the southern town of Shikarpur early on Friday.

About 12 people, with their faces covered, opened fire with small arms in the air to scare away the drivers and then torched some 30 vehicles.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-pakistan-nato,0,5499818.story

[Turborama]

1. 80% of the supplies, including most of the aviation fuel for Nato aircraft, goes through Pakistan

Al Jazeera English on this: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/10/20101014133433742.html

[Javaman]

5. Then we target civilians with our drone attacks...

is there any wonder why they are pissed off at us?

if this is the face of our new foreign policy, I think we should add horns.

[TexasObserver]

2. recommend

[Prometheus Bound]

3. This is becoming extremely serious.

Must be a bit of a nightmare for the logistics planners. Imagine the fuel costs if they have to start airfreighting even fuel and water.

I wonder who those 'extremists' were.

[madrchsod]

4. one of the foundations of war is securing the supply line.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/63407-400gallon-gas-another-cost-of-war-in-afghanistan-

http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/08/11/afghanistan-hike-in-fuel-price-inflates-cost-of-food.html

the us military is the largest single consumer of fuel in the usa

http://www.energybulletin.net/node/13199

[Poll_Blind]

6. TWO DOZEN TANKERS. Militants, my ass. n/t

PB

[Mike Marble]

7. Hmmm...this doesn't seem to be going well.

Hiccups in the endless war.