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Report: US Preparing for Retaliatory Strike if Ter
Date: 5/29/2010 7:49:06 AM Sender: Voice of America
Report: US Preparing for Retaliatory Strike if Terror Attack Traced to Pakistan



A major American newspaper says the U.S. military is developing plans for a unilateral strike in Pakistan, in the event an attack on U.S. soil is traced to the South Asian country.

The Washington Post on Saturday quoted top U.S. military officials as saying the Obama administration has wanted new options on striking Pakistan since a Pakistani-American attempted to attack New York City earlier this month.  The U.S. government says Faisal Shahzad received training and support from the Pakistani Taliban.

Saturday＇s newspaper report quotes unnamed U.S. military officials as saying the U.S. will only consider launching an attack in Pakistan in an extreme situation where current military action is not adequate.  The CIA has been using drones (unmanned aircraft) to bomb al-Qaida and Taliban hideouts in Pakistan.

The Washington Post quoted one U.S. military official as saying, other options for an attack in Pakistan could involve small teams of U.S. special forces already along Pakistan＇s border with Afghanistan.  The official says the U.S. has shifted plans from large-scale attacks to calculated responses that target specific militant groups.

Senior U.S. military officials also told The Washington Post that the Obama administration is seeking to strengthen ties with Pakistani intelligence officials.  The American officials say the U.S. and Pakistan are in negotiations to open a joint intelligence center near Pakistan＇s northwestern city of Quetta, similar to a facility recently established near Peshawar.

The newspaper says U.S. military forces currently have authority to carry out unilateral strikes in Pakistan only if they involve any of three top targets: al-Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, or Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar.



Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters

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