There are reasons we kept mum on this operation, not the least of which was the very real chance that Pakistan ISI would foil our attempts again by giving bin-Laden a heads-up we were coming. Not this time, and look at the results.
From ExpressIndia May 2
After the four helicopters carrying US special forces swooped down and killed the world's most wanted man as he was holed up in a two-storey(sic) house, just 100 yards from the Pakistani Military Academy, US President Barack Obama called his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari to inform him of the mission accomplished.
"We are very concerned that he (bin Laden) was inside Pakistan, but this is something that we're going to continue to work with the Pakistani government on," a senior administration official said.
The Obama Administration shared intelligence on the bin Laden operation with no other country, including Pakistan, sources said. "That was for one reason and one reason alone: We believed it was essential to the security of the operation and our personnel... that only a very small group of people inside our own government knew of the operation," an official said.
Shortly after the raid, US officials contacted senior Pakistani leaders to brief them on the intent and the results of the raid.
But even now, the US officials have not made it clear from where the helicopters and special forces undertook the operation.
The United States has also contacted a number of its close allies and partners throughout the world.
Giving reasons for not contacting Islamabad, officials said since 9/11, the US has made it clear to Pakistan that the US would pursue bin Laden wherever he might be.
"Pakistan has long understood that we are at war with al Qaeda. The United States had a legal and moral obligation to act on the information it had...
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From ExpressIndia May 2
Pak kept in dark till last minute on Osama operation
Washington Pakistan was kept in dark till the operation to kill Osama bin Laden was successfully accomplished inside the country close to the capital Islamabad, the US officials said.After the four helicopters carrying US special forces swooped down and killed the world's most wanted man as he was holed up in a two-storey(sic) house, just 100 yards from the Pakistani Military Academy, US President Barack Obama called his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari to inform him of the mission accomplished.
"We are very concerned that he (bin Laden) was inside Pakistan, but this is something that we're going to continue to work with the Pakistani government on," a senior administration official said.
The Obama Administration shared intelligence on the bin Laden operation with no other country, including Pakistan, sources said. "That was for one reason and one reason alone: We believed it was essential to the security of the operation and our personnel... that only a very small group of people inside our own government knew of the operation," an official said.
Shortly after the raid, US officials contacted senior Pakistani leaders to brief them on the intent and the results of the raid.
But even now, the US officials have not made it clear from where the helicopters and special forces undertook the operation.
The United States has also contacted a number of its close allies and partners throughout the world.
Giving reasons for not contacting Islamabad, officials said since 9/11, the US has made it clear to Pakistan that the US would pursue bin Laden wherever he might be.
"Pakistan has long understood that we are at war with al Qaeda. The United States had a legal and moral obligation to act on the information it had...
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