Pakistan raid a sign of sharper U.S. intel

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Pakistan raid a sign of sharper U.S. intel
By Chris Brummitt - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Nov 24, 2008 13:15:47 EST

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A U.S. missile strike that killed a British militant linked to a jetliner bomb plot points to sharper American intelligence in Pakistan’s borderlands, but is unlikely to lessen anger over the raid and others like it, analysts say.

Protesters Sunday urged Islamabad to sever ties with the United States over the strike — highlighting the risks for Washington as it seeks to eliminate extremists along the Afghan border yet also support Pakistan’s democratically elected government.

Pakistani intelligence officials say British citizen Rashid Rauf and a Saudi militant named Abu Zubair al-Masri were among five people killed in Saturday’s raid in North Waziristan.

There was no independent confirmation of Rauf’s death from either the U.S. or Britain, which had been seeking Rauf’s extradition before he escaped from Pakistani custody in December 2007.

Pakistani officials discussing the case insisted on anonymity because of the sensitivities of U.S. operations on the country’s soil.


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