http://news.yahoo.com/ap-sources-us-mulls-covert-raids-pakistan-081349547.htm (redacted)
lU.S. military and intelligence officials are so frustrated with Pakistan's failure to stop local militant groups from attacking Americans in neighboring Afghanistan that they have considered launching secret joint U.S.-Afghan commando raids into Pakistan to hunt them down, officials told The Associated Press
The latest round of debate over whether to launch clandestine special operations raids into Pakistan against the Haqqanis came after the June 1 car bombing of Forward Operating Base Salerno in eastern Afghanistan that injured up to 100 U.S. and Afghan soldiers, according to three current and two former U.S. officials who were briefed on the discussions. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the still-evolving debates.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Friday the Haqqani threat was discussed "quite extensively both publicly and privately." He declined to give specifics of those discussions but said the United States would "take steps necessary to mitigate that threat."
"It's something that we have raised with the Pakistanis, and we remain committed to finding ways to work with them to combat the threat that these groups pose, both to U.S. forces but also to innocent Pakistani civilians," he said.
The CIA declined to comment
lU.S. military and intelligence officials are so frustrated with Pakistan's failure to stop local militant groups from attacking Americans in neighboring Afghanistan that they have considered launching secret joint U.S.-Afghan commando raids into Pakistan to hunt them down, officials told The Associated Press
The latest round of debate over whether to launch clandestine special operations raids into Pakistan against the Haqqanis came after the June 1 car bombing of Forward Operating Base Salerno in eastern Afghanistan that injured up to 100 U.S. and Afghan soldiers, according to three current and two former U.S. officials who were briefed on the discussions. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the still-evolving debates.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Friday the Haqqani threat was discussed "quite extensively both publicly and privately." He declined to give specifics of those discussions but said the United States would "take steps necessary to mitigate that threat."
"It's something that we have raised with the Pakistanis, and we remain committed to finding ways to work with them to combat the threat that these groups pose, both to U.S. forces but also to innocent Pakistani civilians," he said.
The CIA declined to comment
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