Pakistan’s military has rejected a U.S. media report that says a cell phone found during the raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan contained contacts to a militant group that has “strong ties” to Pakistan’s intelligence agency. A military spokesman called The New York Times news report Friday part of a “smear […]
Pakistan’s Military Rejects Phone Report on Bin Laden’s Links
Pakistan’s Military Rejects Phone Report on Bin Laden’s Links
Pakistan’s military has rejected a U.S. media report that says a cell phone found during the raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan contained contacts to a militant group that has “strong ties” to Pakistan’s intelligence agency. A military spokesman called The New York Times news report Friday part of a “smear […]
Report: Phone Offers Clues to bin Laden’s Pakistan Links
A leading U.S. newspaper reports a cell phone found during the raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan contained contacts to a militant group that has “strong ties” to Pakistan’s intelligence agency. Citing unnamed U.S. officials, The New York Times says the discovery of the phone indicated that the group, Haradat-ul-Mujahideen, was […]
Report: Phone Offers Clues to bin Laden’s Pakistan Links
A leading U.S. newspaper reports a cell phone found during the raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan contained contacts to a militant group that has “strong ties” to Pakistan’s intelligence agency. Citing unmamed U.S. officials, The New York Times says the discovery of the phone indicacted that the group, Haradat-ul-Majahedeen, was […]
Poll: Most Pakistanis Disapprove of Bin Laden’s Killing
A recent poll shows that most Pakistanis disapprove of the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The al-Qaida chief was killed by U.S. special forces in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad on May 2. The survey conducted by the Pew Research Center shows that 63 percent of Pakistanis disapproved of the bin Laden raid, […]
Pakistan Defends Probe Into Bin Laden’s Death
Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, has defended his country’s decision to round up more than 30 people in connection with an investigation into Osama bin Laden’s compound in the northern Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad. Haqqani told ABC’s “This Week” program Sunday that the individuals were rounded up as part of an […]
US Drops Criminal Charges Against bin Laden
U.S. authorities have dropped criminal charges against Osama bin Laden following his death in a U.S. raid last month. Federal prosecutors filed court papers Friday to dismiss a 1998 indictment that charged bin Laden in the bombings that year of two U.S. embassies in East Africa. The attacks in Tanzania and Kenya killed 224 people. […]