Militants tipped off on 2 more raid sites: US

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity. The latest incidents bring to a total of four bomb-making sites that the US has shared with Pakistan only to have the terrorist suspects flee before military arrived.

The US officials explained Saturday how they first offered the location of the third,and then the fourth site,in order to give Pakistan another chance to prove it could be trusted to go after the militants. In the tradition of trust but verify, the US carefully monitored the area with satellite and unmanned drones. In each case,they watched the militants depart within 24 hours,taking any weapons or bomb-making materials with them,just as militants had done the first two times. Only then,did they watch the Pakistani military visit each site,the officials said.

Pakistans army Friday disputed reports its security forces had tipped off insurgents at bomb-making factories. Army officials also claimed they had successfully raided two more sites,after finding nothing at the first two.

Meanwhile,in a case that further puts a spotlight on the countrys security forces, a Pakistani journalist was severely injured after being assaulted in Islamabad by men wearing police uniforms,just five days after he spoke about his abduction and torture by suspected intelligence agents in 2008.

Waqar Kiani,who once worked for Britains Guardian newspaper,said he was driving home Saturday night when his car was stopped by four men in police uniforms who beat him up. I have injuries in the back and on my face. They had come in a police van, Kiani told Dawn newspaper. Acting Islamabad police chief Bin Yamin said no policemen were involved.

Journalists condemned the incident,which occurred about three weeks after journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad was abducted and killed while driving in Islamabad.