Monday, May 2, 2011

Article > Bin Laden's killing: intriguing questions, few answers

Excellent article on Pakistan's ambulance, bin Laden's where abouts, operational aspects and how many were actually killed with bin Laden .-Read more 
The brilliant operation conducted by the U.S. Navy SEALs to kill Osama bin Laden should be celebrated, but the information provided so far by the administration leaves many questions unanswered; one of them has to do with Pakistan: it is inconceivable that bin Laden and his entourage could have stayed in their ostentatious compound for five years without elements in the Pakistani security services protecting them; it is bad enough for Pakistan to train and support several local Islamist terrorist groups so that they do Pakistan's bidding in its conflict with India; it is another thing altogether for Pakistan to help hide the leader of a movement that declared war on -- and has pursued active acts of war against -- the United States, and do so while receiving billions of dollars in aid from the United States; we typically use the adjective "ambivalent" to describe Pakistan's attitude toward the war on Islamic terrorism; perhaps it is time to search for another adjective; there are also some intriguing questions about the operational aspects of the raid on bin Laden's compound

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