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A senior U.S. diplomat hinted at a separate agreement that would allow the U.S. itself to take on some of the hidden war against Pakistan's militants.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091220/ap_on_an/as_us_pakistan_analysis



US Forces Mounted Secret Pakistan Raids in Hunt for al-Qaida

By Declan Walsh in Islamabad

US special forces have conducted multiple clandestine raids into Pakistan's tribal areas as part of a secret war in the border region where Washington is pressing to expand its drone assassination programme.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24239.htm



Mr. 10%: Our Man in Islamabad

By Eric Margolis

Now, in a delicious irony, Washington is finally getting the democracy it has been calling for in Pakistan - and it's the Mother of all Backfires.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24259.htm


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