DAR AL ISLAM-AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: AMERICAN COMMANDOS TO BE INVOLVED IN MILITARY OPEATIONS IN THE TRIBAL AREAS OF NW PAKISTAN?!?

US troops to participate in operations in tribal areas, says ex-spy master

Karachi, 4 March (AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) - Hundreds of US troops will be involved in military operations in Pakistan's restive tribal areas, according to a former head of the country's powerful intelligence agency, ISI.

“Seven hundred and fifty American commandoes will participate in upcoming military operations in the Pakistani tribal areas," retired General Hamid Gul, former ISI director-general, told Adnkronos International (AKI).

“I confirm this to you on the basis of my information that those American commandoes will be sent [to Pakistan] through private [security] contracting firms like Blackwater and they will supervise the whole operation," said Gul referring to Blackwater, a private security firm that has been at the centre of a controversy over private contractors in Iraq.

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