A news item appeared in foreign press on 08 August 2005 that US soldiers in Iraq have started taking Bhuttas (extortion) from shop keepers as is done by MQM in Karachi. According to details from the military sources California Army National Guard Troops got illegal monies from the shopkeepers. New item further says there had been similar reports in the past. The latest extortions have been committed in green zone area which was under the control of Commander Patric. The soldiers concerned as per news item stated that this was a mutual friendly “Lain Dain” between them and shopkeepers.
So far no Shafiq Khan of Canada, Khalid Hasan of USA, Ayaz Amir of Chakwal, Irfan Hussain of Islamabad have so far written a single word on it. Had it been the case of Pakistan Army I am sure so far thousands and thousands of letters columns and articles would had appeared by now.