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US used stealth technology to avoid Pakistans detection
Pakistans intelligence chief Friday informed the in-camera session that the U.S. had used stealth technology on its helicopters that could not be detected by the radars when they raided a compound and killed Osama bin Laden.The in-camera session of the joint sitting of the parliament was summoned after the army and the intelligence agencies had been under fire for their failure to detect the U.S. army helicopters, which intruded into Pakistan and conducted nearly one hour operation to kill the al-Qaeda chief. Osama bin Laden was killed in the May 2nd raid along with his son and two couriers in the Pakistans garrison city of Abbotabad. The countrys intelligence agencies are also criticized for their failure to know about the presence of the world most wanted man in a Pakistani compound for five years. 'It was due to the U.S. technological superiority that they managed to get in undetected, head of Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt. gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha told the parliament, according to Information Minister, Dr Firdus Ashiq Awan. The Minister quoted the spy chief as telling the house that armed U.S. aircraft were ready to react to any Pakistani reaction. Posted by: tipper 2011-05-15 |
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