Monday, May 2, 2011

Was Pakistan Protecting Osama Bin Laden?



Pakistani Complicity In Sheltering Osama bin Laden Is Evident -- Threat Matrix

As the details of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden begin to emerge, one thing is clear: the powers that be in Pakistan - its military and intelligence services - must have known for some time where the terror leader was hiding from the US and the rest of the Coalition. Below are some of the key indicators that explain how Pakistan is complicit in sheltering bin Laden.

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More News On "Did Pakistan Protect Osama Bin Laden"

Did Pakistan know where bin Laden was hiding? -- CBS News
Osama bin Laden's last refuge was in a compund close to a Pakistani military academy -- The Australian/AP
Bin Laden Was Found at Luxury Pakistan Compound -- New York Times/Reuters
Bin Laden hid in Pakistan city laden with military -- Yahoo News/AP
Pakistani hill town astonished by bin Laden's death -- Reuters
Abbottabad -- The military town where bin Laden hid in plain sight -- CNN
This is Where Osama Was Hiding, According to Google Maps -- Techland/Time
Levin questions Pakistani knowlege of bin Laden compound -- Washington Examiner
In Pakistan, an embarrassed silence on killing of bin Laden -- Reuters
Osama Bin Laden Killing: Pakistan Reacts Cautiously to U.S. Raid on Its Soil -- ABC News
Heat on Pakistan as bin Laden killed near capital -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Suspicions grow over whether Pakistan aided Osama bin Laden -- L.A. Times
US forces jammed Pakistan radar system -- Online News
Pakistan-Jihadist Ties May Have Led U.S. to Hit Bin Laden Alone -- Bloomberg
Pakistan Military Needs to Explain on Bin Laden, Levin Says -- Bloomberg
Did Pakistan Know Where Bin Laden Was Hiding? -- Alan Greenblatt, NPR
Place of hiding increases suspicion about Pak role -- Hindustan Times
What Pakistan Knew About Bin Laden -- Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
Osama bin Laden killing may shape future of US cooperation with Pakistan -- Ben Arnoldy, Christian Science Monitor
Analysis: Death may be turning point in U.S.-Pakistan relations -- CNN
Musharraf condemns 'violation of our sovereignty' -- Politico
A really bad day for bin Laden – and for Pakistan -- Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal

My Comment: Either this was a complete intelligence failure on the part of Pakistan (which I doubt), or some (if not most) of Pakistan's intelligence community either did not care and/or were complicit in protecting Bin laden. There are questions that need to be answered .... but I expect that they will not be answered by Pakistan today, tomorrow .... or ever.

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