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Fearing Conflict, Pakistan seeks more U.S. flood aid.Pakistan needs the United States to provide immediately dozens additional helicopters and significantly extra money and supplies to assist deal with the widespread flood that has affect at least 14 million people there, older Pakistani officials supposed Monday.

Pakistan's plea is fueled by concern that the government's inability to supply relief quickly could boost the petition of militant group that have hurried to supply help in the country's northwest. Visible U.S. support, the officials supposed, could help reverse current of anti-Americanism.

The United States have already diverted six Chinook convey helicopters as of the Afghanistan war toward Pakistan over the past 10 days for save missions and aid delivery. It have also sent hundreds of thousands of prepackaged military meal in addition to a pledge of more than $40 million in disaster assist, far more than any extra country.