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The US military is providing intelligence and surveillance video from unmanned aircraft to the Pakistani army to assist in its week-old offensive in South Waziristan, an American newspaper has claimed. According to the Los Angeles the assistance includes imagery from armed Predator drones that Defense officials say are being used exclusively for intelligence gathering in the offensive. The paper said that providing such information fills gaps in the Islamabad government's spying arsenal, and helps show how the Obama administration intends to intensify pressure on insurgents in Pakistan as the administration overhauls the US military strategy in neighboring Afghanistan. The cooperation also reflects a significant shift for Pakistan, which had previously resisted US offers to deploy Predators in support of its military operations, the paper said. You are going to see more sharing as trust develops and assurance develops that they are using the information for effective operations against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, the paper quoted an official as saying.
