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Configured incorrectly but he thought it was the regional border. he had been told not to pass the coordinates but to only give a general location. >> reporter: in fact in the past when those coordinates have been given to the pakistanis, u.s. military commanders say those coordinates were misused and in fact the general described an october 6 incident where u.s. troops getting on a helicopter were fired upon by the pakistanis. so all of this leads to the tension and suspicion, suspicious atmosp...

Where we have found a series of miscommunications to have occurred. >> reporter: the problem is the nato operator working at the coordination center doesnt give the pakistani colonel the longitude and latitude of the firing. hes been told not to do so by his commanders because he says the pakistanis have misused the information in the past. he gives the pakistani a place nine miles snort of th north of the incident which leads to all confusion. >> he receives the coordinates, inputs it into his ...

Headquarters that there is no pakistani military in the area. this is actually the first point where we found a series of miscommunications to have occurred. >> reporter: the problem is that the nato operator working at the coordination center doesnt give the pakistani colonel the longitude and latitude coordinates of the firing. he has been told not to do so by his commanders because the pakistanis have misused that information in the past according to u.s. officials. so he gives the pakistani ...

Commander. and what it found is heres the key point to what it found. that night in october, u.s. special operations and afghan forces were conducting an operation along the afghan border and took some fire from across the border. now, there are coordination centers that allow the militaries of both sides pak and u.s. to talk to each other. and there were communications. but when the americans phoned in the information to the pakistanis about the sight from which they were taking fire, they gave...

So me and miles were hyped up. >> the kids had a great countdown. >> three, two, one. blastoff. >> we cut off the balloon. >> it started rocking wildly like crazy. it was pretty fast. after about two minutes, it disappeared into the clouds. >> they tracked the crafts coordinates. but thats no guarantee they will be able to retrieve it. >> the batteries in the phone could freeze. it could just not give out signal and never find it. if it falls into anything that would block the transmission, it f...

>> we bought like some lollipops so me and miles were hyped up. >> the kids had a great countdown. >> three, two, one. blastoff. >> we cut off the balloon. >> it started rocking wildly like crazy. it was pretty fast. after about two minutes, it disappeared into the clouds. >> they tracked the crafts coordinates. but thats no guarantee they will be able to retrieve it. >> the batteries in the phone could freeze. it could just not give out signal and never find it. if it falls into anything that w...

Traditional mom. >> reporter: and she doesnt care what other mothers think. >> i have definitely gotten looks on the playground. with the kids. i get funny looks all the time. >> reporter: jeanette got this biggie as a tribute to her children. >> i think having a mom with tattoos is cool, because i like it. >> how is this? a little design for you. >> reporter: erin is getting a tattoo of her daughters name, chloe. >> im 2. >> reporter: who wasnt sure how many tattoos mom already has. >> theres s...

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number iowa and the price of gold suddenly falls and a glimpse into the future of war. time to play reporter roulette on this thursday. i want to begin in kuwait. at camp virginia with martin savidge where troops are getting ready to head hole. market? >> reporter: for those troops coming out of iraq, camp virginia is their first stop and the first step to get home in time for many of them to the holidays. they dont forget this is an important time and they are witnesses to history her...