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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49375)	11/1/2005 5:16:59 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

US helicopter reports suspected rocket fire during aid operation (Updated at 2240 PST) ISLAMABAD: The US military said Tuesday that one of its Chinook helicopters delivering aid to earthquake victims was believed to have come under fire in Pakistani Kashmir, but Islamabad denied the claim. "A United States Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter flying in the vicinity of Chicote delivering relief aid to earthquake victims, is believed to have been fired upon by a rocket-propelled grenade today, around 1:45 pm (0845 GMT)," the military said in a statement issued by the US embassy here. "The aircraft was not hit and returned safely with its crew without further incident to Chaklala Air Base around 2:30 pm (0930 GMT)," the statement said. However, Pakistan's military spokesman, Major General Shaukat Sultan, told that the chopper had not come under RPG fire but that the crew had heard a dynamite blast carried out to clear landslides triggered by the October 8 quake. "Our investigation revealed that it was blasting on the roadside by engineers, under way exactly at that time when the helicopters was flying over the area," Sultan said. "It was not RPG fire, mistakenly taken by the Chinook pilot," he said.