Sunday, December 25, 2011

Ex-Pakistan Army Chief Claims That The Military Hid Osama Bin Laden

Pakistan Military Hid Osama In Abbottabad: Ex-Army Chief -- MSN News

Washington: Pakistani military had harboured Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden with the knowledge of former president General Pervez Musharraf, former army chief General Ziauddin Butt has said.

An article on the Jamestown Foundation website, which cited Butt, said that despite denials, evidence is emerging that "elements within the Pakistani military harboured Osama with the knowledge of Musharraf and Kayani". Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is the current army cheif.

Ziauddin Butt, a former army chief, told a conference on Pakistani-US ties in October 2011 that according to his knowledge then director general of Intelligence Bureau, Brigadier (retd.) Ijaz Shah, had "kept Osama bin Laden in an Intelligence Bureau safe house in Abbottabad".

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My Comment: It has taken a few months, but people in Pakistan are now coming out and starting to talk. The Jamestown Foundation article that outlines these claims can be found here.

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