U.S. Covert Operations Anger Pakistan

The New York Times report that in response to al Qaeda and Taliban efforts to destabilize the Pakistani government, U.S. officials are considering expanding covert operations in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

Many of the specific options under discussion are unclear and highly classified. Officials said that the options would probably involve the C.I.A. working with the military’s Special Operations forces.

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The United States now has about 50 soldiers in Pakistan. Any expanded operations using C.I.A. operatives or Special Operations forces, like the Navy Seals, would be small and tailored to specific missions, military officials said.

Even the report that officials are considering expanding covert operations in the tribal areas upsets the Pakistani's.

Watch the following CNN International video report about how the Times report, is damaging U.S. relations with Pakistan:

According to the Times, some experts, argue that American-led military operations in Pakistan could result in a backlash and ultimately do more harm than good. Especially if Americans were captured or killed in the territory. That argument sounds like the naysayers who didn't want us to help the Afghans defeat the Soviets.

We should not leave al Qaeda and the Taliban unmolested inside Pakistan. But the New York Times shouldn't be discussing our covert plans in the newspaper.

Comments

[Frank]

What was John Wallace doing at the time? Answer that question and you'll know much. I heard he is in Texas now.

Just Frank

[Richard Daugherty]

Worse yet whose giving this info and whoever this person is should be tried for treason. If we have 50 people in Pakistan, their lives just became endangered because of the NYT.

[ww]

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