Pakistan government denies sheltering bin Laden

[Turborama]

Source: The Irish Times

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 16:54

Pakistan today categorically denied any prior knowledge of the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden, but said it had been sharing information about the targeted compound with the CIA since 2009.

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"Neither any base nor facility inside Pakistan was used by the US forces, nor the Pakistan Army provided any operational or logistic assistance to these operations conducted by the US forces," the foreign ministry said in a lengthy statement.

While Islamabad hailed the killing of bin Laden as an important milestone in the fight against terrorism, the statement said Pakistan had expressed "deep concerns" that the operation was carried out without informing it in advance.

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“Some in the US press have suggested that Pakistan lacked vitality in its pursuit of terrorism, or worse yet that we were disingenuous and actually protected the terrorists we claimed to be pursuing," Asif Ali Zardari said. “Such baseless speculation may make exciting cable news, but it doesn’t reflect fact. Pakistan had as much reason to despise al-Qaeda as any nation. The war on terrorism is as much Pakistan’s war as it is America’s.”

Read more: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0503/breaking2.html

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[Lost-in-FL]

1. Duh!! nt

[louslobbs]

2. Ok, if they say so, then it must be true lol, NOT!

I guess we have to take their word for that.
Lou

[cosmicone]

3. In other news, water denies being wet. n/t

[Vehl]

4. If the Russians found Hitler living in a mansion splat in the middle of WestPoint, America can deny!

any knowledge of Him..using the same argument Pakistan uses!

Pakistan must take us all for idiots to even think that we would swallow such blatant lies.

[sarcasmo]

5. Time to cut off any aid to Pakistan.

[OhioChick]

6. Interesting White House Briefing Today.....

If you haven't seen it already, be sure to watch.

Some excerpts:

WH's Carney on US-Pakistan relations: 'It's a complicated but important relationship. Pakistan is a key partner in fight against terrorism'

More from White House on Pakistan: 'You have to be careful about tarring everyone in the government'

I would assume the White House knows far more than we do, or ever will.

[Odin2005]

7. Whatever, you fucking LIARS.