Nine Mysterious coffins in Quetta hospital

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Nine Mysterious coffins in Quetta hospital
could belong to US Special Forces

Veritas News Service, October 24, 2001 -- ISLAMABAD Oct 24 (Pakistan News Service (PNS)): A thick security blanket shrouds the mortuary of a Quetta hospital, which according to some of the staffers houses nine mysterious coffins.

Little is known as to whose bodies are in the coffins. However, insiders believe these coffins contain the remains of members of United States Special Forces, killed in action in Afghanistan.

The Pentagon has so far confirmed only three casualties in its campaign in Afghanistan-one serviceman killed in a forklift accident in the Gulf and two pilots killed in a helicopter crash last night. However, the Taliban have claimed killing many more US commandos.

Analysts say the Pentagon is reluctant to concede the actual toll of the campaign fearing public backlash in the US.

One expert said it was possible that the US was reluctant to fly home body bags in view of the adverse reaction it was likely to attract.