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U.S. special forces carried out Pakistan raid

Islamabad Furious, Claims Attack Will Destabilize Already Volatile Nation

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U.S. Special Operations Forces conducted a bold and unprecedented raid inside Pakistan early Wednesday morning on a suspected terrorist compound near the border with Afghanistan.

U.S.commandos entered Pakistan this week to attack an al Qaeda target near the Afghan border in a move that could signal more intense U.S. efforts to thwart cross-border militant violence, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
The Bush administration has not officially acknowledged any involvement in the Wednesday attack on the village of Angor Adda that killed up to 20 people, including women and children, according to Pakistani officials.

The raid was conducted at 3 a.m. local time by a Special Operations unit of about 40 troops operating on the ground and in the air, U.S. officials told ABC News. The officials described it as a successful operation but would not say specifically who was targeted.

The Pakistan government called it "a gross violation of Pakistan's territory."

U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson was called into the Foreign Ministry office in Islamabad for what Pakistani officials called "a strong diplomatic protest."

The attack came just days after Pakistan announced that during the holy month of Ramadan it would have a moratorium on military actions against militants in another tribal region, Bajour, which is north of South Waziristan.

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