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'Al-Qaeda Has Been Pakistanised
2011-05-10
[Tolo News] A former CIA officer has said that al-Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden
... who now dances with worms...
would not have been able to spend several years in Pakistain without a support structure from Pak networks.

Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer who served as senior advisor to three US presidents on Middle East and South Asian issues; and chaired President B.O.'s first inter-agency review of policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistain told CNN that the al-Qaeda has been Paksed.

Mr Riedel has said that the US did not keep Pakistain informed of Bin Laden compound operation in advance over fears that it would jeopardise the mission.

The fact that Osama bin Laden was living in a military area and whether the Mighty Pak Army knew it or not has strained the credulity to believe that Pakistain was not aware about Osama's whereabouts before the raid.

Last week on Monday Osama bin Laden was rubbed out in an operation by a small team of US special forces in Abbottabad, a city 35km north of Pak capital Islamabad.
Posted by:Fred

#1  OR, twas it the other way around, i.e. that Osama's so-called "CORE AL-QAEDA/QAIDA" became a de facto STATE, NOT JUST A GROUP OR NETWORK???

versus

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > PAKISTAN TERROR TIES AT CENTER OF UPCOMING CHICAGO TRIAL.

* RUSSIA TODAY > [DNC Chair Howard Dean] "DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA" BACKS AFGHAN WITHDRAWAL, in wake of Osama's demise + controversy over Pak Govt. role in hiding him from the US.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-05-10 03:00  

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