First thing first … the point of discussion is the role of Pakistani troops in Kaaba … period … Pakistani troops being stationed in Saudi has got nothing to do with it. If they were standing gaurd on the border that means nothing (my point was they were not part of the “action” and till now there isn’t any proof. Even the Wiki article talks about French planners for Saudi assault)
Now coming to the second part … of course Pakistan troops finally rescued them … they were inside Paksitan who else will save them!!! That it took Pakistan army five and a half hour to respond to the crisis is what is being discussed here. And yeah no helicopter rescue … it came it saw and it left … eye witness account. This is not an Indian’s myopic view … this is an eyewitnesses account …
At 3:48, we heard new sounds. “They’re on the roof,” somebody yelled. Dixie 17, the American school, told us there were three truckloads of Pakistani troops on a side road “waiting to move.” An embassy officer grabbed the mike. “This is the third floor of the American embassy,” he yelled. “You have our permission to move those troops.”
At 4:11, Dixie 53 (I don’t know where it was) came on the air:
“The embassy is on fire—the theater building and the entrance —and there is also smoke pouring out of the motor pool. The Pakistani miliary are not doing anything at all. The front of the second and third floors is on fire.”
The Pakistani army that had been coming to our rescue since the assault began at 1 p.m. finally opened the gates and some soldiers ceremoniously marched over to the ladder and welcomed us to the ground.
When we finally reached safety, Ambassador Hummel praised us for “having done more for ourselves than I could get the government of Pakistan to do.” He was absolutely right. I don’t care what President Carter says. I don’t care what Secretary Vance says. We came out all by ourselves. It was our Marine guards who saved us. Nobody else
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948626-1,00.html
General Zia ordered the Pakistan Army to rescue the trapped Americans, and soldiers brought the situation under control at about 1800 local time (1300 GMT), about five and a half hours after the attack began.
And you dont have to pay for watching these !!!