Pakistanis tip off militants again

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AP sources: Pakistanis tip off militants again
KIMBERLY DOZIER, AP Intelligence Writer
Updated 11:54 a.m., Sunday, June 19, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — In another blow to Washington's relationship with Pakistan, U.S. officials say Pakistan failed another test to prove it could be trusted to go after American enemies on its soil by intentionally or inadvertently tipping off militants at two more bomb-building factories in its tribal areas, giving the suspected terrorists time to flee.

The two sites' locations in the tribal areas had been shared with the Pakistani government this past week, the officials said Saturday. The Americans monitored the area with satellite and unmanned drones to see what would happen.

In each case, within a day or so after sharing the information, they watched the militants depart, taking any weapons or bomb-making materials with them, just as militants had done the first two times. Only then, did they watch the Pakistani military visit each site, when the terror suspects and their wares were long gone, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss matters of intelligence.

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1. Maybe they needmore military aid and US taxpayer dollars to sort things out.

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2. The U.S. needs to abandon it's plan to divide Pakistan into 4 regions...

It's not going to happen. Killing women and children with drone strikes can't be endearing... teh CIA plan to divide Pakistan is a Neo-Con Dream.

Bring our troops home.

Let the Oil Companies fight their own wars.