The
Pakistani government had foreknowledge of the U.S. raid to take out al-Qaeda
leader Osama bin Laden, but "they did not want to take
responsibility."
Bin
Laden's assassination "gives all the credit to President Obama who wants to be
reelected," Liaquat Ali Khan, author and professor of law at Washburn University
School from Kansa told Press TV's U.S. Desk on Wednesday.
"I think
the Pakistani government knew fully well that the United States' forces were
coming to that house in order to kill Osama bin Laden, but they did not want to
accept the responsibility," he said.
"So it is a perfect match between the two governments who are lying to their people and to the world."
He said
that it is inconceivable that American aircrafts could "fly over [Pakistani]
land and then safely go back without the armed forces of the Pakistani
government knowing anything about them."
"What if
a second attack occurs from India? Do you thing these forces will not know that
Indian airplanes or Indian helicopters have come in to attack a nuclear site or
some other target?" the professor asked.
U.S.
President Barack Obama announced on May 1, 2011 that Osama bin Laden had been
killed almost ten years after the September 11, 2011
attacks. The U.S.
says it has buried him at sea. Two of bin Laden's couriers, one of his adult
sons, and an unidentified woman were also said to be killed in the firefight.
Theweek.com Bin
Laden was found in a luxury compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed by a
small, elite U.S. force. Wiredvc.com The U.S.
Special Forces team that killed Osama bin Laden was under orders to kill bin
Laden, not capture him, a U.S. national security official said.
Worldbulletin.net Since 2001, Congress has approved about $20 billion for Pakistan in
direct U.S. aid and military reimbursements, the Congressional Research Service
(CRS) says. Reuters In 2009, the Obama administration asked Congress to approve a
specific new fund to help Pakistan's military develop counter-insurgency
capabilities. Reuters
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