Author: CNN-IBN
Publication: IBNLive.com
Date: May 4, 2011
URL: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pakistan-was-kept-in-the-dark-purposely-cia/151172-2.html
48 hours after Osama bin Laden's killing,
the White House said Osama was unarmed when he was killed but his photos are
too gruesome and inflammatory to be made public.
Meanwhile, there's more embarrassment for
Pakistan that insists that they knew of Operation Geronimo - The CIA says
that US deliberately kept them in the dark for fear of spread of information.
"It was decided that any effort to work
with the Pakistanis could jeopardise the mission. They might alert the targets,"
said Leon Panetta, CIA Director.
Responding to CIA's statement, Pakistan's
envoy to the US Hussain Haqqani was non-committal at best.
Speaking to CNN-IBN, Haqqani said Pakistan
will probe the Osama incident after the CIA director virtually blamed Islamabad
for protecting the terrorist.
"The US, India and Pakistan have to eliminate
terrorism together. We all have been victims at different levels. There individuals
who need to be identified for not reporting correctly or turning a blind eye.
That is something we have to figure out," he said.
Meanwhile, the pressure is growing on Pakistan.
France and the UK both have asked for an explanation on how the world's most
wanted man was found in a town close to the Pakistani capital - a town with
a huge military presence.
The French Foreign Minster said he will seek
answers when he meets his Pakistani counterpart later this month. British
Prime Minister David Cameron says he suspects that an extensive support network
was provided to Osama by Pakistan.
"Clearly bin Laden had a support system
within Pakistan, we don't yet know what that support system included,"
said Cameron.
