With 1971 war ammo, Indian Army fires back at US over Russian oil hypocrisy

Amid ongoing tensions with the United States over its tariffs on Indian goods and its trade deal with Pakistan, the Eastern Command of the Indian Army shared a newspaper clipping from 1971 on social media on Tuesday (August 5, 2025), showing decades of U.S. military support to Pakistan.

The article in the newspaper clipping is dated August 5, 1971 and headlined, “U.S. arms worth $2 billion shipped to Pakistan since ‘54”. The clipping was posted on the Eastern Command’s X handle exactly 54 years after it was first published, with a caption saying, “This Day That Year Build Up of War - 05 Aug 1971 #KnowFacts”.

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"This Day That Year" Build Up of War - 05 Aug 1971 #KnowFacts.