December 8, 2009 1:20 PM

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US prepared to launch unilateral action against Pak

US has threatened to take unilateral action by sending its troops to Pakistan to shut down Taliban, if Islamabad does not take decisive action against them. Quoting American and Pakistani officials, a US daily reports that the Americans want the Pakistanis to target Haqqani network based in north Waziristan and Taliban supremo Mullah Omar and the members of the groups, believed to be hiding in Baluchistan. The daily reports that Washington feels that Pakistani forces have so far refused to attack against these two Taliban groups. It further says that the US was prepared to take unilateral action to expand Predator drone attacks beyond the tribal areas and, if needed, to resume raids by Special Operations forces into the country. Earlier, at least three persons were killed and another three injured in a suspected US drone strike in Miranshah early on Tuesday morning. Media reports said the strike took place in Aspalga village, some 12 kilometres southeast of Miranshah, the main town of the restive North Waziristan tribal district. Security officials said a car was hit by two missiles, killing three people and injuring three others.<br/><br/>The blunt message was delivered in a tense encounter in Pakistan last month, when Obama's national security adviser and the White House counterterrorism chief, met with the heads of Pakistan's military and its intelligence service.<br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>

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