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Our friends at PatDollard.com bring us news this morning of Pakistani troops shooting at our guys. As you all well know, Osama bin Laden has been known to hide in the mountains of Pakistan, which is why our troops have gone after him and his terrorists buddies there since President Bush unleashed our troops after Sept. 11, 2001.
The area is remote and dangerous. Despite what Barack Obama has said, U.S. troops have never diverted their hunt for bin Laden.

Here’s the Guardian’s reporton today’s shooting incident:

Pakistani forces have fired on US troops near the Afghan border, stopping them from entering a remote north-western region of the country, local security officials said today.
According to reports, US helicopters landed on the Afghan side of the border at about midnight. As the US troops disembarked and tried to cross into Pakistan, Pakistani soldiers at a checkpoint fired into the air, forcing them to turn back.
“The US choppers came into Pakistan by just 100 to 150 metres. Our troops did not spare them, opened fire on them, and they turned away,” one security official told Reuters.
The Pakistani army denied involvement in the incident at Angor Adda in South Waziristan. Major Murad Khan, a military spokesman, confirmed there had been gunfire but denied Pakistani troops did the shooting or that US helicopters crossed into Pakistan.
“The US choppers were there at the border but they did not violate our airspace,” Khan said. “We confirm that there was a firing incident at the time when the helicopters were there, but our forces were not involved.” The US military denied any such incident had taken place.
Pakistan has been a crucial ally to the US in its so-called war on terror, but Washington has lately become impatient at the presence of al-Qaida and Taliban fighters in Pakistan along the Afghan border.
It emerged last week that the US president, George Bush, had authorised military raids against militants inside Pakistan without gaining prior approval from Islamabad.
At least 20 people, including women and children, were killed in a US raid in South Waziristan this month, sparking outrage in Pakistan. South Waziristan is one of the main areas from which militants launch attacks into Afghanistan.
General Ashfaq Kayani, the head of the Pakistani army, said last week that Pakistan would not allow foreign troops on to its soil.
Pakistani tribesmen have threatened to join forces with the Taliban if Washington fails to stop cross-border attacks from Afghanistan.