Washington, July 02: The United States has an agreement with President Pervez Musharraf to launch direct attacks targeting elusive al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistani territory without prior permission from Islamabad, a media report said on Wednesday. CIA-operated Predator drones may strike Laden's hide-out without taking permission beforehand from Islamabad if the US locates him in Pakistan's rugged tribal areas, a source close to the arrangement told the ‘The Washington Times’. The right to launch attacks to US was granted by Musharraf when the Pakistan had joined the war against terrorism, the source said. The US has options for sending special operations teams into Pakistan if Laden's exact location is determined, but military officials said it would be the Predator, not boots on the ground, that would be...
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