A week after the death of Osama bin Laden, the U.S. has increased pressure on Pakistan by the presence of al Qaeda in its territory for nearly six years. The U.S. president has urged Islamabad to investigate whether members of the Pakistani government was involved or knew of a "network of support" to terrorist hiding in Abottabad, a military post just 50 miles from the capital.
Obama's comments in an interview broadcast last night (late in Spain) on CBS, are the most direct on the possible complicity of Pakistan with terrorism. "We had to be some kind of network of support for bin Laden inside Pakistan," he explained. "We do not know whether they may have been some people in Government or outside Government.
And that's something we have to investigate and, more particularly, that the Pakistani government must investigate," he added. On Saturday, U.S. and Pakistan had requested the names of some officers involved in the monitoring of Islamic terrorism. The statements of U.S. President delve into the concerns expressed by senior officials from Washington about the possibility that Pakistan knew bin Laden was hiding in a residence in Abbottabad.
In another interview, on ABC, the national security adviser, Tom Donilon, has insisted on the idea: "The fact is that Osama bin Laden was hiding just 50 kilometers from the Pakistani capital in a location that is considered predominantly military ". Although they recognized that "to date there is no political or military evidence that Pakistan knew bin Laden was in its territory," Donilon has stressed the need for a "thorough investigation." One of the possible lines that you mentioned has been to question the three widows of Bin Laden in custody of Pakistani authorities after the operation, with the intention of finding out if any high office was helping to hide the terrorist.
National Security Adviser has also insisted on the amount of data seized from the residence of bin Laden, who could fill "a small college library" in what looks like a veiled warning to the Pakistani authorities that the U.S. could soon find out who helped the most wanted terrorist to hide for so long.
In Pakistan, the public debate if the army and its powerful spy agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), knew that the world's most wanted terrorist was hiding in Abbottabad. In its official statement, the military has admitted failures in the collection of information, but the government accused it of complicity, or of incompetence, has rejected the military or intelligence services were aware of the presence of Bin Laden in country.
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is scheduled to appear in a few hours before Parliament to explain "aspects of the operation and remember the sacrifices consented by Pakistan in the war against terrorism" as a member of his cabinet. Death "deserved" During the interview, Obama has tried to erase doubts about the legality of the operation which killed Bin Laden.
"Anyone who wonders if the perpetrator of such crimes on U.S. soil did not deserve to end up like you need to consider over the head," he said. The U.S. president has insisted on the success that has led to the operation and has dismissed the possibility of capturing the terrorist alive.
The president's storyline has been that "justice was done" and Bin Laden was what he deserved. "The whole process made me very nervous, but the only thing that made me lose sleep was the possibility of having to kill Bin Laden," he said. The president also acknowledged that, having failed to bin Laden, "the operation would have significant consequences" and has estimated the "evidence at the time of approval by 55%." Other voices called yesterday to move on and leave behind the controversy over the legality of the military operation.
"I think the SEAL (the elite Navy command) did exactly what they had to do. We must shut up and stop thinking about what happened in that building," said John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and Democratic presidential candidate in 2004. Military aid to Pakistan to pressure from the White House on Pakistan, adding that of some U.S.
congressmen, who have recommended significant suspend military aid it receives Pakistan, an unstable country with nuclear weapons, to fight terrorism until clarify whether there was knowledge by the government about the whereabouts of the world's most wanted terrorist. Indiana Republican Sen.
Richard Lugar said he found it "logical that if Osama bin Laden had been in this house six years, with a group of people connected with the military, then a lot of people in Pakistan know his whereabouts." However, argued against military cut off aid to Pakistan for being a "key country" in the fight against terrorism.
Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, rejected these accusations and said his country has begun an investigation. "Heads will fall once the investigation is complete. The investigation is ongoing and will not show any tolerance if found complicit, "he said in an interview also on ABC.
Avisado" 15 minutes "Relations between the two nations, who in public describe themselves as" partners and allies "have become to tighten after the operation on Sunday, in which an elite commando team entered the U.S. on Pakistani territory to kill the leader of Al Qaeda. Washington warned Islamabad only once the operation was completed and U.S.
soldiers were back at base in Afghanistan from which the attack was launched. Donilon said yesterday that this decision was "not a question of confidence in the Pakistani authorities," but to "protect the safety of the operation." Interior Minister Pakistan, Rehman Malik, has revealed today in an interview with Al Arabiya, he was informed of the operation "15 minutes after it began" and that his government never gave protection to the former leader of Al Qaeda.
In response, the Government and Pakistani military leaders warned Thursday that the U.S. operation would constitute a violation of the sovereignty of the country and stressed that, to repeat a similar action, Islamabad would review military cooperation with Washington. 
Obama's comments in an interview broadcast last night (late in Spain) on CBS, are the most direct on the possible complicity of Pakistan with terrorism. "We had to be some kind of network of support for bin Laden inside Pakistan," he explained. "We do not know whether they may have been some people in Government or outside Government.
And that's something we have to investigate and, more particularly, that the Pakistani government must investigate," he added. On Saturday, U.S. and Pakistan had requested the names of some officers involved in the monitoring of Islamic terrorism. The statements of U.S. President delve into the concerns expressed by senior officials from Washington about the possibility that Pakistan knew bin Laden was hiding in a residence in Abbottabad.
In another interview, on ABC, the national security adviser, Tom Donilon, has insisted on the idea: "The fact is that Osama bin Laden was hiding just 50 kilometers from the Pakistani capital in a location that is considered predominantly military ". Although they recognized that "to date there is no political or military evidence that Pakistan knew bin Laden was in its territory," Donilon has stressed the need for a "thorough investigation." One of the possible lines that you mentioned has been to question the three widows of Bin Laden in custody of Pakistani authorities after the operation, with the intention of finding out if any high office was helping to hide the terrorist.
National Security Adviser has also insisted on the amount of data seized from the residence of bin Laden, who could fill "a small college library" in what looks like a veiled warning to the Pakistani authorities that the U.S. could soon find out who helped the most wanted terrorist to hide for so long.
In Pakistan, the public debate if the army and its powerful spy agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), knew that the world's most wanted terrorist was hiding in Abbottabad. In its official statement, the military has admitted failures in the collection of information, but the government accused it of complicity, or of incompetence, has rejected the military or intelligence services were aware of the presence of Bin Laden in country.
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is scheduled to appear in a few hours before Parliament to explain "aspects of the operation and remember the sacrifices consented by Pakistan in the war against terrorism" as a member of his cabinet. Death "deserved" During the interview, Obama has tried to erase doubts about the legality of the operation which killed Bin Laden.
"Anyone who wonders if the perpetrator of such crimes on U.S. soil did not deserve to end up like you need to consider over the head," he said. The U.S. president has insisted on the success that has led to the operation and has dismissed the possibility of capturing the terrorist alive.
The president's storyline has been that "justice was done" and Bin Laden was what he deserved. "The whole process made me very nervous, but the only thing that made me lose sleep was the possibility of having to kill Bin Laden," he said. The president also acknowledged that, having failed to bin Laden, "the operation would have significant consequences" and has estimated the "evidence at the time of approval by 55%." Other voices called yesterday to move on and leave behind the controversy over the legality of the military operation.
"I think the SEAL (the elite Navy command) did exactly what they had to do. We must shut up and stop thinking about what happened in that building," said John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and Democratic presidential candidate in 2004. Military aid to Pakistan to pressure from the White House on Pakistan, adding that of some U.S.
congressmen, who have recommended significant suspend military aid it receives Pakistan, an unstable country with nuclear weapons, to fight terrorism until clarify whether there was knowledge by the government about the whereabouts of the world's most wanted terrorist. Indiana Republican Sen.
Richard Lugar said he found it "logical that if Osama bin Laden had been in this house six years, with a group of people connected with the military, then a lot of people in Pakistan know his whereabouts." However, argued against military cut off aid to Pakistan for being a "key country" in the fight against terrorism.
Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, rejected these accusations and said his country has begun an investigation. "Heads will fall once the investigation is complete. The investigation is ongoing and will not show any tolerance if found complicit, "he said in an interview also on ABC.
Avisado" 15 minutes "Relations between the two nations, who in public describe themselves as" partners and allies "have become to tighten after the operation on Sunday, in which an elite commando team entered the U.S. on Pakistani territory to kill the leader of Al Qaeda. Washington warned Islamabad only once the operation was completed and U.S.
soldiers were back at base in Afghanistan from which the attack was launched. Donilon said yesterday that this decision was "not a question of confidence in the Pakistani authorities," but to "protect the safety of the operation." Interior Minister Pakistan, Rehman Malik, has revealed today in an interview with Al Arabiya, he was informed of the operation "15 minutes after it began" and that his government never gave protection to the former leader of Al Qaeda.
In response, the Government and Pakistani military leaders warned Thursday that the U.S. operation would constitute a violation of the sovereignty of the country and stressed that, to repeat a similar action, Islamabad would review military cooperation with Washington.
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