Monday, September 5, 2011

Pakistan Is Refusing To Release The Doctor Who Confirmed That Osama Bin Laden Was At Abbottabad

Osama bin Laden's hideout in Islamabad. Pakistan Today

US Asks Pakistan To Hand Over Medic Who Helped CIA Trace Bin Laden -- Arab News

ISLAMABAD: The United States has asked Pakistan to hand over Dr. Shakil Afridi, who had helped the CIA trace Osama Bin Laden through a fake vaccination campaign in Abbottabad.


Afridi from Khyber Agency was picked by Pakistan’s intelligence agencies moments after the disclosure was made by a British newspaper.

Afridi was assigned to collect DNA samples of Bin Laden’s family in Abbottabad months before the world’s most wanted man was killed by US special forces on May 2.

The vaccination program was launched by the CIA in order to confirm whether or not Bin Laden was hiding in the compound.

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More News On The Case Of Dr. Shakil Afridi

Fate of Dr Afridi to be decided by judicial commission, Pakistan tells US -- Pakistan Today
US wants agent doctor released; Pakistan says no -- Economic Times
Washington wants collaborating doctor released -- Express Tribune
Pakistan refuses to release Dr Afridi despite US pressure -- Pakistan Today

My Comment: Pakistan is more focused on intimidating, arresting, and threatening those who assist U.S. efforts to stop Al Qaeda .... rather than going after members of Al Qaeda that are in Pakistan today.

And the Pak government has the audacity to wonder why no one trusts them?

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