The United States, despite public outrage in Pakistan over recent military attacks into its tribal areas along the Afghanistan border, may have had permission from officials there for their work targeting terrorists, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

Well-placed Pakistani sources are reporting the U.S. quietly worked out a deal with Pakistan to allow U.S. special operations troops to attack terrorist sanctuaries inside the country.

The sources said the tacit agreement was reached when Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani and Rehman Malik, Gilani's internal security adviser, were briefed on a change in U.S. engagement rules during an official visit to Washington, D.C., in late July. ....