Pakistan Using U.S. Drones

The unprecedented collaboration between the U.S. military and Pakistani army may be a game changer for relations between the two countries. For the first time, Islamabad is accepting U.S. assistance during a major military operation, in this case its week-old offensive against militants in Southern Waziristan. The U.S. military is providing Pakistan with information and surveillance video captured by umanned aircraft, filling gaps in the Islamabad government's spying arsenal. Although the U.S. and Pakistan have been sharing information about the volatile border regions for months, the Pakistani government declined previous offers of U.S. surveillance support of its military operations, a fact which the recent spate of militant attacks in Pakistan in anticipation of the Waziristan offensive may have changed.