Posted on 05/08/2011 9:43:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A senior official in Pakistan's civilian government told ABC News, "Elements of Pakistan intelligence -- probably rogue or retired -- were involved in aiding, abetting and sheltering the leader of al Qaeda."
This is based on the government's judgment that the number of years bin Laden spent in Abbottabad -- and it now appears in a village outside the city of Haripur -- would have been impossible without help, possibly from someone in the middle tier of ISI, Pakistan's intelligence agency, who grew up fighting alongside the mujahidin against the Soviets, said the official.
According to the official, the military and ISI have been weeding some of them out but many remain.
There have long been sharp divisions between the civilian government and military in Pakistan, and those divisions are now playing out in public.
The Pakistani official also said U.S. officials are demanding the identities of particular ISI agents, in part, as proof the government is truly serious about confronting al Qaeda's supporters on the inside.
In public statements, U.S. officials have balanced these demands with positive words about the U.S.-Pakistani relationship.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
As long as OBL was in Pakistan, the most logical place for him to hide was right under the noses of the authorities. Thus the fact that he was found to be hiding in such a prominent location is not necessarily proof that the ISI or Pakistani Army were in on it.
Judging from the photos is doesn’t seem the Pakistanis are really big into lawns.
And of course there will be many punished for it. LOL
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No reason to think their intelligence operatives actually are intelligent, right, got it.
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