WRAP Army says US-led coalition airstrike kills 11 troops ADDS scene

(11 Jun 2008) SHOTLIST Mohmand Agency 1. Various of Pakistani military camp on top of hill 2. Various of damaged trees in area allegedly hit in US-led coalition airstrike 3. Wide of crater allegedly cause by airstrike 4. Various of possessions allegedly belonging to those killed in airstrike 5. Close of blood on stone 6. Various of debris allegedly from bomb used in strike 7. Mid of soldiers 8. Various of soldiers returning to camp Peshawar 9. Wide of coffins draped with Pakistani flags during funeral ceremony of 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops allegedly killed by airstrike 10. Mid of prayers during ceremony 11. Line of mourners carrying wreaths past coffins 12. Mid of ambulance arriving 13. Men carrying coffin to ambulance 14. Men holding wreaths standing by coffins Peshawar 15. Wide of exterior of Peshawar Airport 16. Helicopter flying overhead, carrying wounded 17. Ambulances arriving at hospital 18. Exterior of hospital 19. Wounded man being treated 20. Friends and family watching 21. Close-up of wounded man 22. Medics treating wounded 23. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Seed Aman, Relative of wounded boy: "Pakistan Army soldiers were there (on duty) in Mohmand Agency, US military personnel came and surrounded them and the tribe, they start firing on them as well as on us, so the Mohmand tribe and the Pakistan soldiers fought them. They (the US forces) ran away as people (villagers and Pakistan forces) were coming back then suddenly bomber air crafts came and started bombing. It's due to that that so many people were killed or injured." 24. Wounded man on hospital bed 25. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Seed Aman, Relative of wounded boy: "Some seven or eight people (civilians) were killed and nearly a dozen were wounded. Some 36 soldiers of the Pakistan army were killed." 26. Wide of news conference with British High Commissioner to Islamabad, Robert Brinkley 27. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Brinkley, British High Commissioner to Islamabad: "Yesterday there was an incident on the border which led to the loss of lives and we are very sorry at any loss of life. I'm sure that incident will now be carefully investigated. We are very concerned about the federally administered tribal areas because they are being used by al-Qaida and it's allies to plot terrorist attacks in other parts of the world - including my country, in Britain - as well as to do damage here in Pakistan and Afghanistan. And it's very important that their space to do that plotting must be more and more reduced and finally eliminated." 28. Cutaway of cameraman 29. Reporters STORYLINE: Funerals of 11 paramilitary troops, who Pakistan's military say were killed in an airstrike by the US-led coalition, were held on Wednesday in the northwestern city of Peshawar. The airstrike along the volatile Afghan border late on Tuesday followed a reported clash between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in the same area. The Taliban said that eight of its fighters died in the skirmish. A Pakistan army statement said the incident in Pakistan's Mohmand tribal region "had hit at the very basis of cooperation" between the two countries in the "war on terror". The army has launched a strong protest and reserved "the right to protect our citizens and soldiers against aggression," it said. AP Television footage showed a large crater in the ground and damaged trees in the area in Mohmand Agency where the airstrike allegedly happened. A spot of blood on a rock and apparent debris from the explosion was also seen in the area. AP Television footage showed injured men being treated in hospital. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...