Diplomatic cables show joint US-Pakistan intelligence missions
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US special forces were embedded with Pakistani troops on intelligence-gathering missions by the summer of 2009, confidential American diplomatic cables showed, a revelation that could hurt the Pakistani military's public image.
The local Dawn newspaper, which said it obtained the secret dispatches from WikiLeaks, said they reveal that US special operations forces were deployed with Pakistani troops in joint operations in Pakistan by September of 2009. "Through these embeds, we are assisting the Pakistanis collect and coordinate existing intelligence assets, the cables quoted then American ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson as saying. (Reuters)
