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Bin Laden doctor Shakil Afridi to be retried
[Bangla Daily Star] Officials in Pakistain have overturned the jail sentence and ordered a retrial of a doctor who helped the CIA in their search for the late Osama bin Laden.... who doesn't live anywhere anymore... Shakil Afridi was charged with treason and tried under the tribal justice system for running a fake vaccination programme to gather information. If I was a highly paid CIA agent, I'd have run a legit vaccination program to gather the information. Maybe they didn't pay him enough? He was locked away Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! for 33 years in May 2012 and has been held since then at Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. Central Jail. Bin Laden was killed by US forces in 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 2011. His killing created a crisis in relations between the US and Pakistain, which felt the covert operation was a violation of its illusory sovereignty. The sentence was quashed and a retrial ordered because the previous judge had exceeded his authority in handing down the sentence, a judicial official at Pakistain's Frontier Crimes Regulation ruled. The order issued by the commission says Dr Afridi will stay in prison until the retrial is concluded. No date has been set for the trial. Shortly after the raid on Bin Laden's house, Dr Afridi was tossed in the slammer Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! for conspiring against the state of Pakistain. Although he was accused of working with the CIA he was eventually locked away Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! for collaborating with a hard boy group. Correspondents say that the group named had actually kidnapped him on one occasion. Dr Afridi was not present at his trial. His swift conviction came in a court outside Pakistain's normal jurisdiction in the semi-autonomous tribal areas, which do not necessarily follow standard judicial procedures. He has consistently maintained that he did not know the target of the CIA operation was Osama bin Laden. Posted by: Fred 2013-08-30 |
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