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Pakistan to deport bin Laden family next week:Â lawyer
[Dawn]  Pakistain will deport the widows and children of former al Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden... who went titzup one dark and stormy night... to Soddy Arabia next week after their jail sentence for illegal residency ends, their lawyer said on Friday. The three women and two children were jugged by Pak security forces after a secret US special forces raid killed bin Laden in the Pak town of Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... in May last year. Earlier this month a Pak court sentenced the women to 45 days in prison for illegally staying in the country. It ordered their deportation after the prison term which began on March 3 when they were formally placed in durance vile. "They are likely to be deported to Soddy Arabia on April 18, as their sentence ends on April 17," the family's lawyer, Aamir Khalil, told Rooters. The three widows and the children were among the 16 people jugged after the US raid. Two of the wives are Saudi nationals, and one is from Yemen. The family is being held at a house in the Pak capital Islamabad. Analysts had said Pakistain may have preferred a lengthy prison sentence for the family to prevent them from discussing details of their time in the country. Once outside Pakistain, bin Laden's relatives could reveal details about how the world's most wanted man was able to hide in US ally Pakistain for years, possibly assisted by elements of the country's powerful military and spy agency. Posted by: Fred 2012-04-14 |
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