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U.S. Troops Crossed Border, Pakistan Says – 20 Locals Reported Killed in Assault

By Candace Rondeaux and Karen DeYoung

Washington Post Foreign Service

Thursday, September 4, 2008; Page A01

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 3 — Helicopters carried U.S. and Afghan commandos many miles into Pakistan on Wednesday to stage the first U.S. ground attack against a Taliban target inside the country, Pakistani officials said. At least 20 local people died in the raid, according to the officials.

Pakistan filed a formal protest with the U.S. government, which had no comment on what appeared to be a new escalation of U.S. pressure on Taliban and al-Qaeda sanctuaries in Pakistan’s mountainous border regions.

U.S. Troops Crossed Border, Pakistan Says – washingtonpost.com.