WikiLeaks Cables Confirm Secret U.S. War Ops in Pakistan

[Puregonzo1188]

Despite sustained denials by the Pentagon, the leaked cables from WikiLeaks confirm that U.S. military special operations forces have been secretly working with the Pakistani military to conduct offensive operations and coordinate drone strikes in the areas near the Afghan border. A U.S. embassy cable from October of 2009 states: "These deployments are highly politically sensitive because of widely-held concerns among the public about Pakistani sovereignty and opposition to allowing foreign military forces to operate in any fashion on Pakistani soil.” The cables confirm aspects of a story about the covert U.S. war in Pakistan published in The Nation magazine last year by investigative journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/12/2/covert_us_war_in_pakistan_confirmed

[Sky Lar]

1. Possibly the answer for those folks asking why the present

administration isn't attempting to prosecute the Bush/Cheney/Rove war crimes.

[Arctic Dave]

2. This ought to go over well with the Pakistanis.

I expect a few more explosions in Mumbai.

[lapislzi]

3. If it's such a secret, why am I not surprised? n/t