LAHORE: US drones are providing intelligence and surveillance videos to support the Pakistan Army’s offensive in South Waziristan, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.
It said it was the first time Islamabad had accepted such assistance, which marked the “deepest American involvement yet in a Pakistani military campaign”. The assistance includes images from armed drones, which officials say are being used exclusively for intelligence gathering in the operation. Officials were quoted as saying that provision of such information filled gaps in Islamabad’s spying arsenal and “helps show how the Obama administration intends to intensify pressure on insurgents in Pakistan”.
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It said it was the first time Islamabad had accepted such assistance, which marked the “deepest American involvement yet in a Pakistani military campaign”. The assistance includes images from armed drones, which officials say are being used exclusively for intelligence gathering in the operation. Officials were quoted as saying that provision of such information filled gaps in Islamabad’s spying arsenal and “helps show how the Obama administration intends to intensify pressure on insurgents in Pakistan”.
Full Story: US aiding South Waziristan offensive - Daily Times
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