Pakistan 'Helps US Drone Attacks'

The intelligence official said that Pakistan had twice given America intelligence about Baitullah Mehsud's whereabouts so that he could be targeted

From The Telegraph:

America and Pakistan have begun a joint operation to kill the head of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud.

A Pakistani intelligence official told The Daily Telegraph that Washington had agreed to target Mehsud after months of persuasion by Islamabad's military leadership.

Pakistan will pass on intelligence about Mehsud's movements with the aim of guiding a missile attack from an American drone. In public, Paksitan's government opposes all strikes of this kind as an invasion of the country's sovereignty. Behind the scenes, however, Pakistan's government is quietly passing on targeting information to the Americans.

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