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Pakistan Parliament Condemns bin Laden Raid

Intelligence chief denounces US, says he is ready to resign

(Newser) - Pakistan's parliament has condemned the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and passed a resolution stating that Pakistan will revisit its ties with the US. Supply lines to US troops in Afghanistan could be cut if there are any more such attacks, parliament warned. The announcement came at...

Bin Laden Got 'Complacent' in Compound

Al-Qaeda leader seemed comfortable with security, lacked escape plan

(Newser) - Though “it could take months” to go through all the material discovered at Osama bin Laden’s compound, one thing seems clear: Bin Laden “became complacent” in the hideout, suggesting the existence of a support network in Pakistan, US officials tell CNN . The al-Qaeda leader doesn’t appear...

Bin Laden's Widows 'Hostile' in US Interviews

Pakistan says access proof it is not in league with al-Qaeda

(Newser) - US officials finally got to interview the three widows of Osama bin Laden who are in Pakistani custody—and CNN reports the women were "hostile" to the Americans and provided little useful information. The officials had hoped to interview them separately to tease out any inconsistencies in their stories;...

80 Killed in Pakistan Blasts
 80 Killed in Pakistan Blasts 
May 13, 2011 2:42 AM CDT

80 Killed in Pakistan Blasts

Taliban attacks are retaliation for Osama bin Laden's killing

(Newser) - At least 80 people were killed in twin blasts at a paramilitary training center in northwestern Pakistan. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying they were carried out to avenge the death of Osama Bin Laden, reports the BBC . Suicide bombers struck as recruits were climbing aboard buses...

US Only Got bin Laden Because It's in Afghanistan

This proves we can't count on Pakistan, Bruce Riedel points out

(Newser) - Happy that Osama bin Laden is dead? Well, remember that the raid that killed him “was possible only because America and NATO are engaged in Afghanistan,” writes Bruce Riedel of the Daily Beast . “Simply put, we can’t put pressure on al-Qaeda without Afghanistan forward operating bases,...

China Eager to See Stealth Chopper From Osama Raid

And Pakistan seems happy to oblige

(Newser) - The stealth chopper that didn't make it back from the Osama bin Laden raid is giving Pakistan a little diplomatic revenge. Pakistani officials made a point to tell ABC News they might let China "take a look" at the super-secret helicopter, which had to be left behind after...

Osama bin Laden's Son May Have Escaped

Widows' claim adds to confusion over raid

(Newser) - One of Osama bin Laden's sons may have escaped the raid by Navy SEALs, according to ABC News and British papers the Telegraph and Daily Mail . It seems more guesswork than anything at this point, though. Bin Laden's three widows have reportedly told Pakistani authorities that one son...

Pakistan Secretly OK'd bin Laden Hit—10 Years Ago

Gave Bush permission for raid by Pervez Musharraf

(Newser) - Pakistan is just furious about the US' unilateral raid that took out Osama bin Laden—even though Pakistan agreed 10 years ago to let the US carry out just such a strike on its territory. As the Guardian reports, Pervez Musharraf and George W. Bush struck the secret deal in...

Pakistani Media Outs 'CIA Chief'; Some Cite 'Retaliation' for Osama Bin Laden Killing
 Pakistani Media Outs CIA Chief 
May 9, 2011 7:37 AM CDT

Pakistani Media Outs CIA Chief

Some cite 'retaliation' for bin Laden killing

(Newser) - Pakistan’s media has unveiled the name of the man who it says is the CIA's Islamabad station chief, and some say the Pakistani government is behind the leak. If that’s the case, it would mark the second outing of a CIA agent in Pakistan in six months...

Files Reveal 'Virginity Tests' on Immigrants in UK in '70s

Procedure checked out wanna-be brides from South Asia

(Newser) - The British government is being called on to apologize to South Asian women who were ordered to undergo "virginity tests" by immigration officials. At least 80 women from India and Pakistan attempting to emigrate to Britain to marry were examined by immigration docs in the late 1970s to “...

Official: Bin Laden Had Help From 'Rogue' ISI Agents

Official admits Pakistani intelligence aided Osama in some fashion

(Newser) - As many have suspected , Osama bin Laden did have some help in Pakistan. “Elements of Pakistan intelligence—probably rogue or retired—were involved in aiding, abetting, and sheltering the leader of al-Qaeda,” a senior official in the country’s civilian government tells ABC News . The government has determined...

Videos Show Osama Watched Himself on TV

Pentagon releases video of al-Qaeda leader in compound

(Newser) - Videos seized by Navy SEALs show Osama bin Laden inside his hideout, watching himself on television and rehearsing for terrorist propaganda videos. The videos were released by the Pentagon as further proof that US forces killed the world's most wanted terrorist this week. One shows bin Laden, his unkempt...

In bin Laden Compound, US Watched 'the Pacer'

Bob Woodward fleshes out details of Osama bin Laden takedown

(Newser) - A mundane phone call led to the downfall of the world's most elusive terrorist: “I’m back with the people I was with before," Osama bin Laden's courier told a friend as US ears perked up. Bob Woodward fleshes out the takedown in today's Washington ...

US Saw Chance at bin Laden in 2007

Osama was expected at Taliban, al-Qaeda rally in Afghanistan

(Newser) - Four years ago, the US believed it had a chance to capture or kill Osama bin Laden: Militants would be gathering in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan for suicide attack training, and there were whispers that bin Laden would attend. A secret raid on the site resulted in the...

Osama &#39;Never Left Two Rooms in Compound&#39;
 Osama 'Never 
 Left Two Rooms 
 in Compound' 
3 widows grilled
May 6, 2011 5:09 AM CDT

Osama 'Never Left Two Rooms in Compound'

Pakistanis interrogating women, children

(Newser) - Three of the four women taken into custody after the US raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout are Mrs. bin Ladens and all three widows are undergoing "firm but nonviolent" questioning, Pakistani intelligence officials tell ABC News . One of the wives, Amal Ahmed Abdulfattah, has told interrogators that...

Pakistan Cops to ‘Shortcomings’ in bin Laden Hunt

Even as army orders reduction in US forces, as some question legality of raid

(Newser) - Pakistan's army today admitted to "shortcomings in developing intelligence on the presence" of Osama bin Laden, then promptly ordered a reduction in US military in the country to "minimum essential" levels. The reduction is apparently meant to protest the independent US raid on bin Laden's compound,...

There Was No Firefight
 There Was No Firefight 
May 5, 2011 7:54 AM CDT

There Was No Firefight

Only one person was armed in Osama bin Laden compound

(Newser) - There was fire, but no real firefight. That's the latest revision in the White House's version of events during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. The fire came from some 20 Navy Seals who shot dead bin Laden and three other men and a woman, only...

Osama's Million-Dollar Hideout? More Like $250K

Local real estate experts say it's not as posh as initial accounts suggested

(Newser) - Another aspect of Osama bin Laden's grand finale is getting a dose of reality. US officials initially described his hideout as a mansion valued at $1 million , but two property experts in Abbottabad tell the Guardian it's worth $250,000, max. "This is not a posh area,...

New Brouhaha: Was Killing Osama Legal?

Some call it an unlawful execution

(Newser) - In the wake of Osama bin Laden's death, some are denouncing the US operation as an illegal execution or assassination, but a senior congressional aide says there was only one way the al-Qaeda honcho would have been allowed to surrender: naked. US officials say troops were told to accept...

Leon Panetta: Pakistan Might Have Alerted Osama

And Obama didn't actually watch him being killed

(Newser) - Pakistan was told nothing about the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, because the CIA thought “any effort to work with the Pakistanis could jeopardize the mission,” Leon Panetta told Time yesterday. “They might alert the target.” The statement is likely to deepen the speculation swirling...

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