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Taliban may be tipped on US covert operations from inside – journalist

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Published: 26 November, 2009, 01:15
Edited: 26 November, 2009, 12:38

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Speaking about the planned assassinations of Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives by a US private security company, journalist Wayne Madsen warned that the Taliban has allies within Pakistani intelligence.

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