The pressure on Pakistan is immense and they are under a very invasive microscope, probing for any signs of weakness or duplicity. In order to placate their critics and stave off critical examination of their motives, they have granted the US time to talk to the three wives. What they say is anyone's guess, but the fact that at least one was willing to die for her master indicates a difficult interview process ahead.
The conditions the US must accept in order to speak with the wives is less than acceptable: asking the wives country of origin for permission to talk to the women. It is going to be hard enough getting any useful information, doubly so by having to wait for a "Yes" from their respective countries.
And why are we waiting, anyway? The wives of a mass murderer and mastermind behind many deaths over the years should have been answering questions less than hours after bin-Laden died, not days or weeks later, or maybe not at all. In the name of not insulting Islam we bow to the Gods of PC.
From CNN May 10
U.S. granted access to speak to bin Laden's wives
Abbottabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The United States will be given access to Osama bin Laden's wives and children, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik told CNN on Tuesday.
On Monday, a senior Pakistani intelligence source had said the United States could question bin Laden's wives only if their "country of origin has been asked for permission."
One of bin Laden's wives is from Yemen. A well-placed U.S. official who would not speak on the record said the other two wives are from Saudi Arabia.
Malik, in an interview Tuesday with CNN, said Pakistan is giving the United States access "so they can interrogate them, they can interview them."
Malik did not say when or where the United States would have such access. Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said Tuesday U.S. and Pakistani officials were discussing the matter.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said the administration is optimistic that U.S.-Pakistani cooperation "will continue with regards to" access to bin Laden's wives "and also to the materials that were collected by the Pakistanis after the U.S. commandos left" the compound where they killed bin Laden.
Carney described the U.S.-Pakistani relationship as "important and complicated."
Can we get a little clarity on those points, please?
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The conditions the US must accept in order to speak with the wives is less than acceptable: asking the wives country of origin for permission to talk to the women. It is going to be hard enough getting any useful information, doubly so by having to wait for a "Yes" from their respective countries.
And why are we waiting, anyway? The wives of a mass murderer and mastermind behind many deaths over the years should have been answering questions less than hours after bin-Laden died, not days or weeks later, or maybe not at all. In the name of not insulting Islam we bow to the Gods of PC.
From CNN May 10
U.S. granted access to speak to bin Laden's wives
Abbottabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The United States will be given access to Osama bin Laden's wives and children, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik told CNN on Tuesday.
On Monday, a senior Pakistani intelligence source had said the United States could question bin Laden's wives only if their "country of origin has been asked for permission."
One of bin Laden's wives is from Yemen. A well-placed U.S. official who would not speak on the record said the other two wives are from Saudi Arabia.
Malik, in an interview Tuesday with CNN, said Pakistan is giving the United States access "so they can interrogate them, they can interview them."
Malik did not say when or where the United States would have such access. Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said Tuesday U.S. and Pakistani officials were discussing the matter.
Carney described the U.S.-Pakistani relationship as "important and complicated."
Can we get a little clarity on those points, please?
Read it all
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