US feared Pakistan might 'alert' Bin Laden about raid: CIA
[Dawn] CIA Director Leon Panetta said in an interview Tuesday that officials ruled out informing Islamabad about a planned raid against the late Osama bin Laden's
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compound as they feared their Pak counterparts might alert the Al-Qaeda chief.
Panetta told Time magazine that "it was decided that any effort to work with the Paks could jeopardize the mission: They might alert the targets."
Posted by: Fred 2011-05-04 |