Pakistan Wants CIA Drone Intel On Suspected Terrorists On Pakistani Soil

Pakistan Spy Agency Chief To Tell CIA: End Drone Strikes; ID Targets For Us To Attack -- CIA

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The new chief of Pakistan's spy agency will urge the United States to end drone strikes on Pakistani soil and identify targets that the country's security forces can then attack, a senior intelligence official said.

Lt. Gen. Zahirul Islam will deliver the message during a meeting with the head of the CIA on August 2, said the Pakistani intelligence official, who did not want to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

"You (the U.S.) develop a target and let us hit it," Islam will tell CIA Director David Petraeus, the official said. "It would be ideal if the U.S. provides drone technology to Pakistan."

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My Comment: We have gone down this road before .... and when the U.S. complied with Pakistan's requests the end result was always the Pakistani spy agency warning their militant allies that they were being targeted by CIA hit squads. I suspect that this new Pakistani spy chief will be given the benefit of the doubt .... and the U.S. will provide him some intelligence. But I expect the same results and outcomes.

If Pakistan is serious in improving relations, they should release this hero .... but I am not holding my breath.