A leaked report assails Pakistani officials over Bin Laden affair
Iran Press TV
Tue Jul 9, 2013 2:16PM GMT
A recent leaked Pakistani government report has blasted the country's civilian and military leadership for failing to detect the presence of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden for years.
The fact-finding report, never released publicly, was ordered after the May 1, 2011 raid by US Special Forces on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad near Islamabad.
The 336-page report found the Pakistani government has been negligent, inefficient, and incompetent in the bin Laden affair. The long-suppressed report also detailed bin Laden's secret life and called the handling of bin Laden affair a 'national disgrace.'
The report said Pakistan's intelligence establishment had "closed the book" on bin Laden in 2005, and had been no longer actively pursuing intelligence that could have led to his capture.
The report also chastised Pakistan's leadership for failing to detect the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) activities on its soil.
"The US acted like a criminal thug," the report said.
"But above all, the tragedy refers to the comprehensive failure of Pakistan to detect the presence of OBL (Osama bin Laden) on its territory for almost a decade or to discern the direction of US policy towards Pakistan that culminated in the avoidable humiliation of the people of Pakistan." added the report by the Abbottabad Commission.
It also called on the leadership to apologize to the people of Pakistan for their "dereliction of duty."
US President Barack Obama claimed that Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces on May 1, 2011 in a hiding compound in Pakistan.
A US official later announced that bin Laden's body was abruptly buried at sea, adding that their decision for a sea burial was made because no country would accept bin Laden's remains, without elaborating on which countries were actually contacted on the matter.
Media reports, however, have raised serious questions as to why US officials did not allow for the application of a DNA test to officially confirm the identity of the corpse before its hasty burial.
JR/PR
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