American Held in Pakistan Shootings Worked With the C.I.A.

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This article was written by Mark Mazzetti, Ashley Parker, Jane Perlez and Eric Schmitt. Arif Ali/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Activists of Pakistan’s outlawed religious party the Jamaat-ud Dawa protested against Raymond Davis in Lahore on Monday. WASHINGTON — The American arrested in Pakistan after shooting two men at a crowded traffic stop was part of a covert, C.I.A.-led team of operatives conducting surveillance on militant groups deep inside the country, according to American government officials. Working from a safe house in the eastern city of Lahore, the detained American contractor, Raymond A. Davis, a retired Special Forces soldier, carried out scouting and other…

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American Held in Pakistan Shootings Worked With the C.I.A.

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