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Article: PAKISTAN: KARACHI PAPER ALLEGES U.S. BOMB LANDED IN PAKISTAN...(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
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- January 15, 2003
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Pakistani defense authorities have launched a high-level inquiry into the U.S. bombing of a seminary on 29 December, the Karachi daily "Dawn" reported on 3 January, identifying the damaged location as South Waziristan in Pakistan. Major General Qureshi said the inquiry was "ordered into the incident of exchange of fire to ascertain the facts," the paper reported. Qureshi, who was quoted by "The New York Times" as saying the bombing happened inside Afghanistan, "confirmed that U.S. planes did attack and a bomb fell [a] few hundred meters inside Pakistani territory." The Provincial Assembly of ...