NATO Helicopters in Pakistan

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09/27/nato-forces-carry-airstrikes-pakistan-killing-insurgents/

http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/27/nato-helicopters-cross-into-pakistan-chasing-insurgents/?iref=allsearch

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39376671

When I was looking at stories about the war in Afghanistan, I came across a story today about two NATO Helicopters based in Afghanistan that carried out two air strikes in Pakistan, killing about 50 people. In all three sources, the media is calling the attack self-defense, saying that they NATO justified the attacks on "the right of self defense." It seems that at the beginning of the articles, they state that more than 50 militants were killed, then toward the end it says exactly 49 were killed, which I found interesting since all of them sort of contradict themselves.

The article in CNN fails to mention the second attack, in which a helicopter returned to the area of the border and were fired upon by smaller arms. This attack killed 4 more people. The CNN also defends Pakistan in a way mentioning how it was "a clear violation of breach" for the United Nations. MSNBC claimed a third strike was carried out but the other sources fail to mention this event taking place.

I do believe this is a story we should all be concerned about. The United States media is saying that this is a "self-defense" operation, but I'm sure it says otherwise in newspapers in the Middle East. The fact that 49 people were killed raises a big issue on whether the strike was self defense or not. It is a big loss that I feel probably could have been avoided.