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May 28, in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore, police attacked outside a mosque in a prepared to take retaliatory action. Several armed men entered the day of the Punjab provincial capital Lahore mosques to pray for people shooting and throwing hand grenades, three militants detonated a bomb vest, killing at least 80 people were killed and 100 wounded. Xinhua / AFP

The U.S. military is considering a policy that if the Taliban in Pakistan and other organizations to implement a successful attack on the United States, the United States unilaterally launched retaliatory action, including sending special forces into Pakistan.

Increased threat

“Washington Post” quoted more than 29 senior officials of the U.S. military reported the New York Times Square explosion case of attempted assault, assault suspects 费萨尔沙赫扎 Germany and the Taliban in Pakistan there may be links that the U.S. government increasingly feel the need to implement to combat operations.

The officials said the United States only in extreme circumstances may launch retaliatory action, such as the United States suffered devastating attacks prompted U.S. President Barack Obama is convinced that the CIA on militants in Pakistan’s air strikes have been unable to make America safe.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo said this month in the past nine months, the total number of terrorist attacks within the United States showed significant increase in trend. Memorandum specifically mentioned the case of Times Square attack.

U.S. retaliation will mainly rely on air strikes, does not rule out sending U.S. special forces stationed in Afghanistan crossed into Pakistan’s possible.

U.S. special forces in Afghanistan to combat cross-border way of constantly seek to expand the grounds that the CIA’s air strikes alone can not be captured suspects to obtain information. Pakistan against U.S. military action on the ground and repeatedly protested against air strikes. A military official said: “The Times Square attack failed case, the (unilateral combat) plans to re-attention.”

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that if armed groups in Pakistan successful implementation of similar attacks on the United States, they would face “serious consequences.”

U.S. National Security Advisor James Jones and the CIA 莱昂帕内塔 sent to Pakistan this month by Obama to Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Army Chief of Staff 阿什法克佩Erweiziji Jani and other officials to convey a similar message.

Information sharing

The United States against unilateral action plan also intends to strengthen cooperation with the Pakistani intelligence service. Negotiations between the two sides in preparation for the capital of Quetta, western Pakistan province of Balochistan, a second military intelligence center. The United States as Quetta in Pakistan for the Afghan Taliban stronghold.

U.S. military officials said the two sides within the past few months Khyber – Pashtun provinces (former North-West Frontier Province), near Peshawar, capital built the first office that is called “hybrid center” intelligence.

Pakistani intelligence agents can be “mixed Center” by U.S. intelligence, including unmanned aerial vehicles and other platforms transmit real-time monitoring screen, and then used for military operations. Monitor screen at the same time to pass the U.S. military in Afghanistan.

A U.S. senior official said, Quetta Information Center can be used to track the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan, “Quetta consultation.” Other officials say the Taliban in Afghanistan, U.S. forces would “base camp” to launch major offensive in Kandahar, Quetta Information Centre will play a role.

Distrust

The United States has urged the Pakistan Government to strengthen the domestic forces against Taliban and other militants, Pakistani intelligence agencies also believe that long-term to keep in contact with the Taliban. Pakistan denies.

The U.S. military said intelligence center will allow both more clearly what each other is doing.

“They will get more information at our disposal. We can witness what they do, verify their claims of action,” a U.S. official said.

The United States complained that, although cooperation has been strengthened, and the other joint intelligence centers in the second the slow pace of the selection process is “like a typical Pakistani glacier speed.” U.S. officials to Pakistan to U.S. military and civilian officials delayed issuing visas dissatisfied.

A U.S. official said the United States changed dramatically in recent years for the fight against militants in Pakistan way, from the “mass punishment” of action to specific organizations, a controlled retaliatory blow.

The official said the military generally agreed that air strikes can only reduce the “base” organizations and the threat of its associates, but to the US-Pakistan relations may be irreparable damage.

“We need to carefully decide fight back, so as not damage the relationship between the two sides has been established, which is the prevailing view,” another official said.