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May - 1 
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a United States (US) operation on May 1, reports Times of India. US President Barack Obama confirmed that Osama Bin Laden was killed in a US Army operation conducted in Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakht
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Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a United States (US) operation on May 1, reports Times of India. US President Barack Obama confirmed that Osama Bin Laden was killed in a US Army operation conducted in Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, adds The News. "Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the US has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children," said President Barack Obama.
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May - 1 
Four persons were reported to be killed along with Osama bin Laden in a compound known as Waziristan Haveli in Abbottabad District on May 1, reports Dawn. The killed were identified as Osama’s son and three bodyguards. Later, Bin Laden’s two wives, o
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Four persons were reported to be killed along with Osama bin Laden in a compound known as Waziristan Haveli in Abbottabad District on May 1, reports Dawn. The killed were identified as Osama’s son and three bodyguards. Later, Bin Laden’s two wives, one of them of Yemeni origin, and a total of nine children, including his 11 year old daughter, were also recovered from the compound. The women and children are now in the custody of Pakistan’s security agencies.
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May - 2 
Hundreds took to the streets in Quetta , the capital of Balochistan, on May 2, to pay homage to Osama bin Laden, chanting death to America and setting fire to a US flag, witnesses and organisers said, reports Times of India. The participants belongin
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Hundreds took to the streets in Quetta , the capital of Balochistan, on May 2, to pay homage to Osama bin Laden, chanting death to America and setting fire to a US flag, witnesses and organisers said, reports Times of India. The participants belonging to a religious party in Quetta were led by Federal Lawmaker Maulavi Asmatullah. "Bin Laden was the hero of the Muslim world and after his martyrdom he has won the title of great mujahed (Muslim fighter)," Asmatullah said. Organisers said between 1,000 and 1,200 people attended the rally. They also torched a US flag before dispersing peacefully. It was the first rally in Pakistan after the United States announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed in an overnight commando mission in Pakistan.
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May - 2 
Pakistan’s former President General Pervez Musharraf said on May 2 that the news of Osama bin Laden’s death was a “positive step”, although he criticised the United States (US) for launching the raid within his country’s borders, reports Daily Times.
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Pakistan’s former President General Pervez Musharraf said on May 2 that the news of Osama bin Laden’s death was a “positive step”, although he criticised the United States (US) for launching the raid within his country’s borders, reports Daily Times.
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May - 2 
The killing of Osama bin Laden by United States (IS) forces was not a joint operation with Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari said in a column in Washington Post on May 2, reports Dawn. Zardari, also dismissed any notion that Pakistan was failing t
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The killing of Osama bin Laden by United States (IS) forces was not a joint operation with Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari said in a column in Washington Post on May 2, reports Dawn. Zardari, also dismissed any notion that Pakistan was failing to take action against militants on its territory. Zardari said the whereabouts of the al Qaeda leader were not known to the Pakistani authorities.
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May - 2 
The United States (US) killing of Osama bin Laden shows that the Taliban cannot defeat the US in Afghanistan and that it should abandon its ties to al Qaeda, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on May 2, reported Daily Times. “In Afghanistan w
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The United States (US) killing of Osama bin Laden shows that the Taliban cannot defeat the US in Afghanistan and that it should abandon its ties to al Qaeda, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on May 2, reported Daily Times. “In Afghanistan we will continue taking the fight to al Qaeda and their Taliban allies while working to support the Afghan people as they build a stronger Government and begin to take responsibility for their own security,” Clinton said.
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May - 2 
Twenty five foreign militants, including Pakistanis, were killed and wounded by Afghan Security Forces (SFs) after they crossed the border from Pakistan, reported Daily Times. Jamaluddin Badr, Governor of north-eastern Nuristan province, said the 25
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Twenty five foreign militants, including Pakistanis, were killed and wounded by Afghan Security Forces (SFs) after they crossed the border from Pakistan, reported Daily Times. Jamaluddin Badr, Governor of north-eastern Nuristan province, said the 25 foreign militants which included Arabs, Chechens and Pakistanis were killed and wounded overnight. He said the operation was launched to guard against attacks after Osama bin Laden’s death on May 1. “We are aware of the situation here now that al Qaeda and other elements will try to infiltrate into Afghanistan. We have launched an operation to control border infiltration,” said Badr.
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May - 3 
Australia warned on May 3 of the very high threat of terrorist attacks against Western targets in Pakistan following the killing of Osama bin Laden on May1 in Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, although security warning levels at home remain
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Australia warned on May 3 of the very high threat of terrorist attacks against Western targets in Pakistan following the killing of Osama bin Laden on May1 in Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, although security warning levels at home remain unchanged, reported Daily Times. “There is a very high threat of terrorist attack against places in Pakistan that are frequented by Australians and other Westerners,” the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said, adding, “We continue to receive a stream of credible reports indicating terrorists are in the advanced stages of planning attacks, including in Pakistani cities.”
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May - 3 
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that Islamabad has plenty of questions to answer over Osama bin Laden. “There will be lots of questions about what sort of support system Bin Laden had in Pakistan, and we need those questions answered,” adde
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British Prime Minister David Cameron said that Islamabad has plenty of questions to answer over Osama bin Laden. “There will be lots of questions about what sort of support system Bin Laden had in Pakistan, and we need those questions answered,” added Cameron.
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May - 3 
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta said on May 3 that officials ruled out informing Islamabad about a planned raid against Osama bin Laden’s compound, as they feared their Pakistani counterparts might alert the al Qaeda chief, re
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta said on May 3 that officials ruled out informing Islamabad about a planned raid against Osama bin Laden’s compound, as they feared their Pakistani counterparts might alert the al Qaeda chief, reports Daily Times. “It was decided that any effort to work with the Pakistanis could jeopardise the mission: They might alert the targets”, said Panetta, adding, that the options presented to United States (US) President Barack Obama included bombing the compound with B-2 bombers or firing a “direct shot” with cruise missiles. Air strikes were in the end ruled out because of the risk of “too much collateral [damage]” said Panetta, referring to potential civilian casualties, approving in the end the helicopter assault. Further, Panetta alleged Pakistan, saying that it was either incompetent or involved when one look at the country's role in Osama bin Laden's whereabouts. Panetta told lawmakers "either they were involved or incompetent. Neither place is a good place to be."
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May - 3 
France’s Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said he was not convinced Osama Bin Laden could go undetected in Pakistan until his death and would ask Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to explain. “I find it a little difficult to imagine that the p
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France’s Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said he was not convinced Osama Bin Laden could go undetected in Pakistan until his death and would ask Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to explain. “I find it a little difficult to imagine that the presence of someone like bin Laden in a relatively small town could go completely unnoticed,” Juppe said.
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May - 3 
Funeral procession by Jama’at-ud-Dawa (JUD) and funeral prayers by Naveed Qamar were offered for al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden at University Road. Later, JuD workers chanted slogans against the United States (US) and vocalised jihadist poems.
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Funeral procession by Jama’at-ud-Dawa (JUD) and funeral prayers by Naveed Qamar were offered for al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden at University Road. Later, JuD workers chanted slogans against the United States (US) and vocalised jihadist poems.
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May - 3 
Indian Government sources said that a vast majority of Pakistan's military leadership is unhappy about the United States (US) operation that killed Osama bin Laden and fears that America will conduct similar raids in the future to target the country'
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Indian Government sources said that a vast majority of Pakistan's military leadership is unhappy about the United States (US) operation that killed Osama bin Laden and fears that America will conduct similar raids in the future to target the country's nuclear arsenal, reports Times of India. An assessment made by Indian agencies suggests that almost three-fourths of the Pakistani military brass is concerned about the way American helicopters crossed into Pakistani territory, carried out a surgical strike and left without informing either the Pakistani Government or security establishment.
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May - 3 
It was reported that the bullet-riddled Pakistani villa that hid Osama bin Laden from the world was put under police control. Bin Laden’s hideout had been kept under tight army control after the raid by US Special Forces on May 1 in Abbottabad Distri
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It was reported that the bullet-riddled Pakistani villa that hid Osama bin Laden from the world was put under police control. Bin Laden’s hideout had been kept under tight army control after the raid by US Special Forces on May 1 in Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “The army handed over the site to Police and we have deployed about 100 extra Policemen around the compound and in the surrounding streets,” said Police official Qamar Hayat.
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May - 3 
Osama Bin Laden lived for the past five to six years in the compound deep inside Pakistan, where al Qaeda leader was killed by United States (US) forces, President Barack Obama’s counterterrorism chief John Brennan said on May 3, reports Daily Times.
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Osama Bin Laden lived for the past five to six years in the compound deep inside Pakistan, where al Qaeda leader was killed by United States (US) forces, President Barack Obama’s counterterrorism chief John Brennan said on May 3, reports Daily Times. “Well I think the latest information is that he was in this compound for the past five or six years and he had virtually no interaction with others outside that compound. But yet he seemed to be very active inside the compound,” Brennan said, adding, “And we know that he had released videos and audios. We know that he was in contact with some senior Qaeda officials”.
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May - 3 
Pakistani soldiers arrested a peasant, Shamrez Khan, in Abbottabad District near the compound where al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a United States (US) raid on May 3, reported Daily Times. “My father was taken into custody outside his
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Pakistani soldiers arrested a peasant, Shamrez Khan, in Abbottabad District near the compound where al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a United States (US) raid on May 3, reported Daily Times. “My father was taken into custody outside his house when he was looking at the house where the operation was conducted,” Khan’s son Mohammad Qasim said.
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May - 3 
President Asif Ali Zardari on May 3 said that the accusations on Pakistan extending safe havens to extremists were “baseless” and insisted the country’s long-term help was crucial to the United States (US) triumph in gunning down Osama bin Laden, rep
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President Asif Ali Zardari on May 3 said that the accusations on Pakistan extending safe havens to extremists were “baseless” and insisted the country’s long-term help was crucial to the United States (US) triumph in gunning down Osama bin Laden, reports Express Tribune. “Some in the US press have suggested that Pakistan lacked vitality in its pursuit of terrorism, or worse yet that we were disingenuous and actually protected the terrorists we claimed to be pursuing,” said Zardari, adding, “Such baseless speculation may make exciting cable news, but it doesn’t reflect fact.” Zardari’s defence came after Washington warned it would probe how the al Qaeda kingpin managed to live in ‘undetected luxury’ in Pakistan. “Pakistan has never been and never will be the hotbed of fanaticism that is often described by the media,” added Zardari
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May - 3 
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that the relationship of the US with Pakistan was complicated but important one, adding, that several critical intelligence provided by Pakistan to the US over a period of time helped them reach Osama bin L
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that the relationship of the US with Pakistan was complicated but important one, adding, that several critical intelligence provided by Pakistan to the US over a period of time helped them reach Osama bin Laden, reported The News. Carney said that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was not armed when US Special Forces stormed his compound but he did resist before he was shot. Bin Laden's wife "rushed the US assaulter" and was shot in the leg but not killed, contrary to what a White House official said on May 2.
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May - 4 
An unnamed Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) official told reporters that the compound had been raided in 2003 during a search for the al Qaeda operative, reports Times of India. Since then, the compound had not been on the ISI's radar, the official
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An unnamed Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) official told reporters that the compound had been raided in 2003 during a search for the al Qaeda operative, reports Times of India. Since then, the compound had not been on the ISI's radar, the official said. It was revealed that the land for the compound was acquired in three separate deals by one Arshad Khan from Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Khan has now been identified as one of the two couriers killed along with bin Laden in the United States raid.
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May - 4 
Charging that elements in the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) have "dual loyalty", United States (US) lawmaker Peter King on May 4 alleged that the Pakistan intelligence outfits spend more time in chasing Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents in
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Charging that elements in the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) have "dual loyalty", United States (US) lawmaker Peter King on May 4 alleged that the Pakistan intelligence outfits spend more time in chasing Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents inside Pakistan rather the terrorists operating inside the country, reported Indian Express. "There's no doubt that there have been elements in the ISI which have not been supportive of our position, which have at least a dual loyalty," said Congressman, Peter King, adding, “The fact that the ISI maintained its headquarters so close to bin Laden's hiding place in a neighbourhood populated by prominent retired military and intelligence officials, and to learn that for six years bin Laden was living in that compound raises questions.” It raises possibility that there was a direct facilitation by elements of the Pakistan Government or the Pakistan intelligence is "entirely inept", King added.
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May - 4 
Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik on May 4 said that Pakistan is fighting the war against terrorism and Osama Bin Laden’s death is part of the war, reports Dawn. Malik said that the Foreign Office of Pakistan has presented a detailed statemen
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Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik on May 4 said that Pakistan is fighting the war against terrorism and Osama Bin Laden’s death is part of the war, reports Dawn. Malik said that the Foreign Office of Pakistan has presented a detailed statement about the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
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May - 4 
Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said that Pakistan alerted the US to its suspicions about a compound where Osama Bin Laden was found hiding as far back as 2009. Bashir also hit out at “disquieting” comments by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Direct
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Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said that Pakistan alerted the US to its suspicions about a compound where Osama Bin Laden was found hiding as far back as 2009. Bashir also hit out at “disquieting” comments by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta that US officials had ruled out informing Islamabad in advance about US raid on the Pakistani compound, which led to the al Qaeda chief’s death. Asked in a BBC radio interview about the compound in Abbottabad where the al Qaeda chief was discovered, Bashir said: “This particular location was pointed out by our intelligence quite some time ago to the US intelligence. Of course they have a much more sophisticated equipment to evaluate and to assess. We had indicated this compound as far back as 2009 as a possible place”, Bashir said, although he added it was not known at the time Bin Laden was hiding there and there were “millions” of other suspect locations.
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May - 4 
In Peshawar, where Bin Laden once lived during the fight to evict Soviet troops Afghanistan, about 200 lawyers offered special prayers for the al Qaeda ‘hero’ at the courts.
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In Peshawar, where Bin Laden once lived during the fight to evict Soviet troops Afghanistan, about 200 lawyers offered special prayers for the al Qaeda ‘hero’ at the courts.
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May - 4 
Lawmaker Mufti Kifayetullah of Jama’at Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) during the proceedings of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on May 4 termed Osama bin Laden as a ‘hero’ of Muslims and a great jihadi leader, who sacrificed his life for the glory of Islam p
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Lawmaker Mufti Kifayetullah of Jama’at Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) during the proceedings of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on May 4 termed Osama bin Laden as a ‘hero’ of Muslims and a great jihadi leader, who sacrificed his life for the glory of Islam prompting a cabinet member of Awami National Party (ANP) Bashir Ahmad Bilour to call him a symbol of terror, reports Dawn. “It is a matter of shame for army and Government that foreign forces invaded the country and killed our hero,” he remarked, adding, “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government was equally responsible for this action. This is a fact that Americans killed bin Laden but they could not eliminate his ideology”.
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May - 4 
NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Pakistan on May 4 to make progress in the battle against terrorism and said the US commando operation that killed Osama bin Laden was justified, reports Dawn. “We have encouraged the Pakistani auth
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NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Pakistan on May 4 to make progress in the battle against terrorism and said the US commando operation that killed Osama bin Laden was justified, reports Dawn. “We have encouraged the Pakistani authorities to reinforce the fight against terrorists and extremists, in particular in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region,” Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. “We have seen progress, I think there is potential for more progress,” he added. “We must actively cooperate with the Pakistani Government and military in order to strengthen efforts against terrorists in the border region,” Mr Rasmussen added further.
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May - 4 
Pakistan authorities on May 4 arrested Gul Madah, the contractor who built the three-storey mansion in 2005 in Abbottabad District where Osama bin Laden was residing, reports Times of India. Gul hailed from Battagram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa an
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Pakistan authorities on May 4 arrested Gul Madah, the contractor who built the three-storey mansion in 2005 in Abbottabad District where Osama bin Laden was residing, reports Times of India. Gul hailed from Battagram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and had been living near Abbottabad for some years.
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May - 4 
The Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) owned the mansion in the town of Abbottabad in Kahyber Pakhtunkhwa where Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces, a Canadian newspaper, Globe and Mail, has reported, according to Times of India. The report claimed that Pak
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The Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) owned the mansion in the town of Abbottabad in Kahyber Pakhtunkhwa where Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces, a Canadian newspaper, Globe and Mail, has reported, according to Times of India. The report claimed that Pakistan is hushing up the issue of the ownership of the compound. The Globe and Mail quoted a Pakistani Police officer familiar with bin Laden's compound to say the house was used by HM. "The place belonged to Hizbul Mujahideen," the Police officer said, adding, "But the authorities have asked us not to share any information about the exact ownership."
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May - 4 
The United States (US) troops were prepared to capture Osama bin Laden alive, but his resistance and use of a woman as shield, forced them to kill the al Qaeda leader, said John Brennan, the National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism and Homeland
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The United States (US) troops were prepared to capture Osama bin Laden alive, but his resistance and use of a woman as shield, forced them to kill the al Qaeda leader, said John Brennan, the National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism and Homeland on May 4, reports Times of India. Brennan said, "If we had the opportunity to take bin Laden alive, if he didn't present any threat, the individuals involved were able and prepared to do that. We had discussed that extensively in a number of meetings in the White House and with our President".
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May - 4 
The White House said on May 4 that United States (US) President Barack Obama reserves the right to act again against top terror suspects inside Pakistan, following the raid which killed Osama bin Laden, reported The News. Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney
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The White House said on May 4 that United States (US) President Barack Obama reserves the right to act again against top terror suspects inside Pakistan, following the raid which killed Osama bin Laden, reported The News. Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney said, “President Obama made very clear during the campaign that that was his view, and by the actions he has taken as President, feels that it was the right approach and continues to feel that way”. During the 2008 presidential campaign, then senator Obama said that he would order action against Osama bin Laden or other senior al Qaeda leaders inside Pakistan if the country’s leadership “is unable or unwilling to act.”
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May - 4 
Washington on May 4 worked to establish whether Pakistan had sheltered the al Qaeda leader, which Islamabad vehemently denies, reports Daily Times. South Florida Congressman Allen West said Government of Pakistan may have aided and abetted Osama bin
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Washington on May 4 worked to establish whether Pakistan had sheltered the al Qaeda leader, which Islamabad vehemently denies, reports Daily Times. South Florida Congressman Allen West said Government of Pakistan may have aided and abetted Osama bin Laden’s lengthy hideout from US forces. Unless the United States gets a clear explanation of what Pakistani officials knew about bin Laden’s whereabouts, “all aid from American taxpayers to this nation needs to cease,” West wrote in a letter to congressional leaders. “It is not unreasonable for the American people to question if Osama bin Laden was located on Government-controlled land, next to a military academy and so close the nation’s capital. What real assistance was the Pakistan Government providing for the last 10 years to locate the al Qaida leader and bring him to justice?” He suggested the possibility that Pakistan helped Osama bin Laden elude capture to keep USD 20 billion of aid flowing since the 9/11 attacks. “We need to understand whether the government of Pakistan was harbouring Osama bin Laden all these years,” Allen West wrote.
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May - 4 
The doctor Qazi Mahmoodul Haq, who sold the piece of the land where Osama Bin Laden’s final hideout was built, said that the buyer, a Pakistani who apparently sheltered the al Qaeda chief, was a “modest, humble” man who did not seem to be a terrorist
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The doctor Qazi Mahmoodul Haq, who sold the piece of the land where Osama Bin Laden’s final hideout was built, said that the buyer, a Pakistani who apparently sheltered the al Qaeda chief, was a “modest, humble” man who did not seem to be a terrorist, reports Daily Times. The doctor said he sold a plot of land to Arshad in 2005. Property records obtained by reporters show Muhammad Arshad bought adjoining plots in four stages between 2004 and 2005 for USD 48,000. The two appear to be the same person, and the names may be faked.
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May - 5 
A legislation was introduced on May 5 in the United States (US) House of Representatives which if passed would cut aid to Pakistan unless the state department can certify that Islamabad was not harbouring al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, reports Times
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A legislation was introduced on May 5 in the United States (US) House of Representatives which if passed would cut aid to Pakistan unless the state department can certify that Islamabad was not harbouring al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, reports Times of India. "For all these years, we believed that Osama bin Laden was on the run, living in a cave; but, apparently, Satan's Pawn has been living for years in a million-dollar compound just yards away from a Pakistani military base, but Pakistan claims no knowledge of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts. I just don't buy it," said Texas Republican Ted Poe. He said that he introduced a bill that would require Congress and the American people to get a full understanding of what Pakistan knew about bin Laden's whereabouts and when they knew it, before US give them anymore American money. "Congress has already appropriated $3 billion in aid to Pakistan for this year; and unless Pakistan can prove that they were not providing sanctuary for America's number one enemy, they should not receive any American aid," Poe added.
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May - 5 
A United States (US) official on May 5 said that the material seized from Osama bin Laden's compound showed al Qaeda network had planned strikes on US trains on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, reported The News. As of February 2010,
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A United States (US) official on May 5 said that the material seized from Osama bin Laden's compound showed al Qaeda network had planned strikes on US trains on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, reported The News. As of February 2010, al Qaeda "was allegedly contemplating conducting an operation against trains at an unspecified location in the US on the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001," the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said. It was reported that while it was clear there was some level of planning, there is no recent information to indicate an active ongoing plot to target transportation and no information on possible locations or specific targets. Al Qaeda "was looking into trying to tip a train by tampering with the rails so that the train would fall off the track at either a valley or a bridge," according to the department.
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May - 5 
Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who was shot dead in his hideout by special United States (US) forces in Pakistan, was a mass killer of Muslims and not a martyr as a few people are trying to portray, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on May 5,
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Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who was shot dead in his hideout by special United States (US) forces in Pakistan, was a mass killer of Muslims and not a martyr as a few people are trying to portray, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on May 5, reported Times of India. In her remarks to the National Conference of Editorial Writers, Clinton said the State Department is now working on a narrative "that will convince people he was a murderer, not a martyr," and that Osama bin Laden murdered more Muslims than anyone else. "He was a mass killer of Muslims," she said.
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May - 5 
China reaffirmed its support for efforts by its ally Pakistan to combat terrorism after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by US forces, and urged the world to help Islamabad. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu stopped short of directl
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China reaffirmed its support for efforts by its ally Pakistan to combat terrorism after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by US forces, and urged the world to help Islamabad. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu stopped short of directly criticising the daring raid by US Special Forces on Pakistani soil that ended with Osama bin Laden’s death, but said national sovereignty “should be respected” at all times. “Pakistan is at the forefront of the international counter-terrorism effort. The international community should understand and support Pakistan,” Jiang told a press conference.
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May - 5 
Congresswoman Kay Granger asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to immediately stop American aid program for flood victims in Pakistan, where al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces on May 1, reports Indian Express. Expressi
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Congresswoman Kay Granger asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to immediately stop American aid program for flood victims in Pakistan, where al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces on May 1, reports Indian Express. Expressing her "concerns during this time of immense uncertainty about our country's relationship with Pakistan", Congresswoman Kay Granger, who chairs a key committee with oversight over foreign assistance, urged Clinton to shelve nearly USD 200 million in cash payments to Pakistan agencies.
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May - 5 
Jama’at-e-Islami (JI) urged its followers on May 5 to hold mass rallies on May 6 (today) to demand their Government to withdraw its support of the United States (US) war on militancy, reports Daily Times. JI said the US had violated the sovereignty o
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Jama’at-e-Islami (JI) urged its followers on May 5 to hold mass rallies on May 6 (today) to demand their Government to withdraw its support of the United States (US) war on militancy, reports Daily Times. JI said the US had violated the sovereignty of its key ally by sending its own forces into Abbottabad to kill the al Qaeda leader. “Even if there was any sympathy for the Americans, it would dissipate after the way they crushed and violated our sovereignty and our independence,” JI chief Syed Munawar Hasan said, adding, “We have appealed to everyone to hold peaceful demonstrations on Friday on a very large scale. Our first demand is Pakistan should withdraw from the war on terror.”
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May - 5 
No US assistance can be provided to Pakistan unless the Obama administration certifies to Congress that Pakistan did not have any information about Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, says a bill introduced in the House of Representatives, Dawn reported o
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No US assistance can be provided to Pakistan unless the Obama administration certifies to Congress that Pakistan did not have any information about Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, says a bill introduced in the House of Representatives, Dawn reported on May 6. The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs but a growing number of both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are urging their colleagues not to take decisions that may hurt US interests. “Congress has already appropriated USD three billion in aid to Pakistan for this year,” said Congressman Ted Poe, a Texas Republican, while introducing the bill. “Unless Pakistan can prove that they were not providing sanctuary for America’s number one enemy, they should not receive any American aid.” Co-sponsors - Congressmen Vern Buchanan, John Culberson and Allen West, all Republicans - also want to “punish” Pakistan but many see it as a hasty move. “It is not the time to back away from Pakistan… but rather a time to strengthen ties,” said House Speaker John Boehner. “It’s premature to talk of cutting aid, we both benefit from having a strong bilateral relationship.”
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May - 5 
Pakistan more than ever needs support in its efforts to combat terrorism and bolster democracy following the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the European Union said on May 5, reports Daily Times. While the US operation on Pakistani soil “
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Pakistan more than ever needs support in its efforts to combat terrorism and bolster democracy following the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the European Union said on May 5, reports Daily Times. While the US operation on Pakistani soil “has raised questions” on the role of the country’s Army and intelligence services, “there can be no doubt that we will have to rely on Pakistan’s full cooperation as a partner,” said Michael Mann, spokesman for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy High Representative Catherine Ashton. “More than ever we need to underpin the democratic elected government of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani,” he said. But he cautioned that the death of the terrorist mastermind “underlines the need for a broad and reinforced engagement of Pakistan generally, but also on security-related issues such as counter terrorism and human rights.”
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May - 5 
Pakistan warned the United States on May 5 of “disastrous consequences” if it carries out any more raids against terrorists like the one that killed Osama bin Laden, and hit back at international allegations it may have been harbouring the al Qaeda ‘
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Pakistan warned the United States on May 5 of “disastrous consequences” if it carries out any more raids against terrorists like the one that killed Osama bin Laden, and hit back at international allegations it may have been harbouring the al Qaeda ‘chief’, reports Daily Times. Briefing media personalities at the Foreign Office about different aspects and questions regarding the US operation in Abbottabad, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said that Pakistan’s military and political leadership was well-equipped and mindful of the defence requirements of the country. Salman Bashir said the US action, which led to the killing of Osama bin Laden, was a covert operation and Pakistan armed forces were not consulted. He said that Admiral Mike Mullen had telephoned Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at about 3am and informed him about the operation. Bashir pointed out that the American action involved legal issues concerning violation of sovereignty and these should be addressed for the sake of global peace and stability. Even Americans were mindful of the sovereignty issue and Admiral Mullen, among other things, also raised this issue during the conversation with the Army Chief, he added. The secretary recalled that the UN Security Council had emphasised that “member states must ensure that any measure taken to combat terrorism complies with their obligations under international law and in particular human rights, refugee and humanitarian law”.
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May - 5 
Pakistani Ambassador to US, Hussain Haqqani, promised a thorough probe into allegations some of which were reported in the US media, claiming that active or retired Pakistani officials helped Osama bin Laden hide in Abbottabad. “Pakistan will conduct
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Pakistani Ambassador to US, Hussain Haqqani, promised a thorough probe into allegations some of which were reported in the US media, claiming that active or retired Pakistani officials helped Osama bin Laden hide in Abbottabad. “Pakistan will conduct a full inquiry into what his support network was, whether the support network was a private network, or whether it involved individuals working at any level in our police or security services or anywhere,” the ambassador told the Foreign Policy magazine. “We totally reject there was complicity as a policy decision. The only other two explanations are incompetence and overconfidence of our security services,” he added.
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May - 5 
The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on May 5 ordered an investigation into the intelligence failure in detecting the presence of al Qaeda ‘chief’ Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad hideout and for determining how the US car
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The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on May 5 ordered an investigation into the intelligence failure in detecting the presence of al Qaeda ‘chief’ Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad hideout and for determining how the US carried out the operation ‘Geronimo’ without the Pakistan military getting wind of it, reports Dawn. The directives for a broad-based military inquiry were given at a corps commanders conference at the GHQ as the Army decided on an immediate reduction in the US military presence in the country in protest against the ‘unilateral American operation’ in which the fugitive al Qaeda ‘chief’ with $25 million bounty on his head was killed.
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May - 5 
The United Sates Senator Carl Levin on May 5 said that 'high levels' of the Pakistani Government knew where Osama bin Laden was hiding, must know where Mullah Omar is too, reports The News. The Senate Armed Services Committee, Levin said, has alread
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The United Sates Senator Carl Levin on May 5 said that 'high levels' of the Pakistani Government knew where Osama bin Laden was hiding, must know where Mullah Omar is too, reports The News. The Senate Armed Services Committee, Levin said, has already started a preliminary investigation into Pakistan's involvement and, depending on the results of that investigation, will decide whether to hold public hearings to investigate further. "We need these questions answered about whether or not the top level of the Pakistan government knew or was told by the ISI, their intelligence service, about anything, about this suspicious activity for five years in a very, very centralized place," Levin said.
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May - 5 
The United States relationship with Pakistan is not always easy but has been productive for both sides, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on May 5, after the killing of Osama bin Laden raised questions about the alliance, reports Daily Times. C
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The United States relationship with Pakistan is not always easy but has been productive for both sides, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on May 5, after the killing of Osama bin Laden raised questions about the alliance, reports Daily Times. Clinton acknowledged that Washington’s relationship with Islamabad was awkward at times, but said it was still important. “It is not always an easy relationship, you know that,” Clinton said adding “But on the other hand it is a productive one for both our countries and we are going to continue to cooperate between our governments, our militaries, our law-enforcement agencies but most importantly between the American and Pakistani people.”
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May - 5 
United States (US) on May 5 refrained from drawing a parallel between 9/11 and the dastardly Mumbai attacks, also known as 26/11, and appeared to be unwilling to support any similar "hot pursuit" Indian effort as done by the US Special Forces in Paki
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United States (US) on May 5 refrained from drawing a parallel between 9/11 and the dastardly Mumbai attacks, also known as 26/11, and appeared to be unwilling to support any similar "hot pursuit" Indian effort as done by the US Special Forces in Pakistan to kill al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, reported Indian Express. "I don't want to speculate too broadly about an operation that was clearly unique in the history of the US and the history of the world, where we had an individual who was possibly the most wanted man in the world and had perpetrated heinous crimes against not only American citizens but citizens around the globe," said US State Department spokesman Mark Toner. Toner said he is aware of all those terrorism related cases in India including the attack on the Indian Parliament and the Mumbai terrorist attack. "Our counterterrorism cooperation both with India and with Pakistan is ongoing and we believe that it's directed at exactly these kinds of elements," he added.
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May - 5 
United States (US) troops were led to al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden by his own deputy, Ayman al Zawahiri, because of internal power struggle between the two, reports Daily Times, quoting from al Watan, Saudi paper on May 5. It reported that the to
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United States (US) troops were led to al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden by his own deputy, Ayman al Zawahiri, because of internal power struggle between the two, reports Daily Times, quoting from al Watan, Saudi paper on May 5. It reported that the top two al Qaeda men had differences and that a courier who led US forces to Bin Laden was working for Zawahiri. The courier was a Pakistan national and not a Kuwaiti as the US suspected. The man knew he was being followed by the US military but disguised the fact. “The Egyptian faction of al Qaeda is de facto running the organisation now and since he was taken ill in 2004 they have been trying to take full control,” according to sources. It said Zawahiri’s faction had persuaded Osama bin Laden to leave Tribal Areas along the Afghan-Pakistan border and take shelter instead in Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. With the return of an Egyptian figure in al Qaeda, Saif al Adel, the Egyptian faction hatched a plan to dispose of Osama bin Laden.
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May - 6 
Afghan intelligence believed Osama bin Laden was in hiding in an area close to Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa four years ago, but no action was taken after the claim was furiously rejected by former president Pervez Musharraf, reports Dawn
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Afghan intelligence believed Osama bin Laden was in hiding in an area close to Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa four years ago, but no action was taken after the claim was furiously rejected by former president Pervez Musharraf, reports Dawn quoting Afghanistan’s former Intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh on May 6. Saleh, who has long been a hate figure in Islamabad among officials who believed he was implacably anti-Pakistan also said that he had no doubts “that Mullah Omar, the Taliban leader, was hiding in a safe house owned by the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in Karachi”, adding, “He is protected by ISI, General Ahmad Shuja Pasha knows as I am talking to you where is Mullah Omar and he keeps daily briefs from his officers about the location of senior Taliban leaders, simple”.
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May - 6 
Quoting the media reports, rediff.com reported on May 6 that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief General Ahmed Shuja Pasha may step down in the wake of widespread criticism of the Pakistani establishment over United States (US) Special Forces
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Quoting the media reports, rediff.com reported on May 6 that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief General Ahmed Shuja Pasha may step down in the wake of widespread criticism of the Pakistani establishment over United States (US) Special Forces killing Osama bin Laden near a key military facility in the garrison city of Abbottabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pasha may quit as the Pakistan Government "looks for a fall guy for the bin Laden debacle," unnamed senior officials were quoted. The senior officials said "they recognise that an important head has to roll and soon" to allay domestic and international anger over bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad, located close to the federal capital of Islamabad, adding, “The most likely candidate to be the fall guy is General Ahmed Shuja Pasha. It is nearly a done deal".
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May - 6 
The al Qaeda confirmed the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden on May 6 and swore revenge for his killing by elite US commandos, Daily Times quoting the SITE monitoring group reported. “We in the al Qaeda organisation pledge to God and ask his help,
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The al Qaeda confirmed the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden on May 6 and swore revenge for his killing by elite US commandos, Daily Times quoting the SITE monitoring group reported. “We in the al Qaeda organisation pledge to God and ask his help, support and steadfastness to continue on the path of jihad, the path walked upon by our leaders, and on top of them, Osama,” SITE quoted a statement by the organisation as saying. “The blood of Osama, may God have mercy upon him, weighs more to us and is more precious to us and to every Muslim than to be wasted in vain,” the statement added. The statement promised that the US and those who lived in the country “will never enjoy security until our people in Palestine enjoy it”. The statement specified the location of Bin Laden’s death and those responsible, and so is likely end to fringe conspiracy theories that were beginning to form about his demise, while it directly threatened Pakistan’s leaders. “We call upon the Muslims of Pakistan, on whose land Osama was killed, to rise up and revolt to cleanse this shame that has been attached to them by a clique of traitors and thieves who sold everything to the enemies,” the statement made by al Qaeda added.
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May - 6 
United States (US) Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on May 6 that the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden “could be a game-changer” that would have a significant impact on the war in Afghanistan, reported Dawn. Gates said, “US forces would
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United States (US) Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on May 6 that the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden “could be a game-changer” that would have a significant impact on the war in Afghanistan, reported Dawn. Gates said, “US forces would probably be able to tell within six months whether bin Laden’s death has had an effect on the war,” adding, “I think that there is a possibility that it could be a game-changer.”
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May - 7 
Investigators engaged in piecing together the life of Osama bin Laden since his dramatic escape from Afghanistan’s Tora Bora mountains have discovered the al Qaeda ‘chief’ had been living in Pakistan’s urban centres longer than they had thought, Dawn
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Investigators engaged in piecing together the life of Osama bin Laden since his dramatic escape from Afghanistan’s Tora Bora mountains have discovered the al Qaeda ‘chief’ had been living in Pakistan’s urban centres longer than they had thought, Dawn reported on May 7. Before moving to his sprawling compound in Bilal Town, Abbottabad, towards the end of 2005, Osama bin Laden had lived with his family in Chak Shah Mohammad Khan, a village in the nearby District of Haripur, for nearly two and a half years. Chak Shah Mohammad, situated on the highway to Abbottabad, is two kilometres to the southeast of Haripur town.
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May - 7 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on May 7 challenged the claim by the United States about the killing of al Qaeda ‘chief’ Osama bin Laden and demanded presentation of circumstantial evidence in the shape of a video to remove doubts, reports Dawn.
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on May 7 challenged the claim by the United States about the killing of al Qaeda ‘chief’ Osama bin Laden and demanded presentation of circumstantial evidence in the shape of a video to remove doubts, reports Dawn. In a message delivered through telephone to journalists from an unknown location, TTP’s ‘deputy spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan alleged that Osama bin Laden was killed somewhere else and the US staged a drama to put pressure on Pakistan and other Muslim countries and to defame Islam. The TTP spokesman refused to accept the US version of Osama’s killing and burial at the sea of such an important man and asked for release of video showing his killing.
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May - 8 
Osama bin Laden had a “support network” in Pakistan but it is not clear if the Pakistani Government was involved, US President Barack Obama said in his first public comments on May 8, reports Daily Times. “We think that there had to be some sort of s
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Osama bin Laden had a “support network” in Pakistan but it is not clear if the Pakistani Government was involved, US President Barack Obama said in his first public comments on May 8, reports Daily Times. “We think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin Laden inside of Pakistan,” Obama told the CBS show “60 Minutes,” according to excerpts of an interview released. “But we don’t know who or what that support network was. We don’t know whether there might have been some people inside of government, people outside of government, and that’s something that we have to investigate and, more importantly, the Pakistani government has to investigate.”
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May - 8 
Pakistan on May 8 said if it knew Osama bin Laden was hiding in the country, it would have acted against the al Qaeda leader, reported Daily Times. “If any member of the Pakistani Government, the Pakistani military or the Pakistani intelligence servi
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Pakistan on May 8 said if it knew Osama bin Laden was hiding in the country, it would have acted against the al Qaeda leader, reported Daily Times. “If any member of the Pakistani Government, the Pakistani military or the Pakistani intelligence service knew where Osama bin Laden was, we would have taken action,” Islamabad’s Ambassador in Washington, Hussain Haqqani said, adding, “Osama bin Laden’s presence in Pakistan was not to Pakistan’s advantage”. Pakistan is pursuing an investigation to understand how the al Qaeda leader could have been hiding in a prominent town. “It is premature to reveal details of the investigation,” said Haqqani. It was reported that Pakistani officials have interviewed at least one of Bin Laden’s wives.
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May - 8 
Quoting a senior US intelligence official Indian Express reported that computer material gathered by the US forces after the raid revealed that Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad home was a ‘command-and-control’ centre for al Qaeda. "This is the largest c
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Quoting a senior US intelligence official Indian Express reported that computer material gathered by the US forces after the raid revealed that Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad home was a ‘command-and-control’ centre for al Qaeda. "This is the largest cache of intelligence derived from the scene of any single terrorist," said Donilon. The investigations have shown that Osama was actively involved in planning and directing al Qaeda's terror plots. "What we now know, again taking a look initially here, is that he had obviously an operational and strategic role, and a propaganda role, for al Qaeda," Donilon added.
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May - 8 
The US Military Commander in Afghanistan General David Petraeus said that the killing of Osama bin Laden may weaken al Qaeda’s influence on the Afghan Taliban. Even so, General David Petraeus warned that Afghanistan is still a potential refuge for in
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The US Military Commander in Afghanistan General David Petraeus said that the killing of Osama bin Laden may weaken al Qaeda’s influence on the Afghan Taliban. Even so, General David Petraeus warned that Afghanistan is still a potential refuge for international terror groups, and al Qaeda is just one of those. He also warned that the May 2 US raid that killed the al Qaeda leader in Abbottabad did not spell the end of the NATO battle in Afghanistan, which began just one month after the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington with the aim of wiping out al Qaeda and bin Laden. During an interview, Petraeus said, the strong link between al Qaeda and the Taliban was personal, not organisational. “The deal between the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda was between Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden, not the organisations,” he said.
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May - 8 
White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon told during NBC’s “Meet the Press” show that Ayman al Zawahiri, the Egyptian surgeon long considered al Qaeda’s number two, “is not anywhere near the leader that Osama bin Laden was”. “They, as an org
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White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon told during NBC’s “Meet the Press” show that Ayman al Zawahiri, the Egyptian surgeon long considered al Qaeda’s number two, “is not anywhere near the leader that Osama bin Laden was”. “They, as an organisation, will have to work themselves through some sort of succession,” Donilon said. Killing bin Laden, he added, was “a real blow”.
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May - 9 
In a related statement, the Inter Services Public Relations said Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had requested Gilani to “consider convening'' a joint session of Parliament for briefing on the security issues related to the “Abbottabad incid
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In a related statement, the Inter Services Public Relations said Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had requested Gilani to “consider convening'' a joint session of Parliament for briefing on the security issues related to the “Abbottabad incident''. Speaking to officers at Rawalpindi, Kharian and Sialkot garrisons exclusively about the Abbottabad incident, General Kayani noted, “Articulation of a national response through Parliament, under the circumstances, is the most effective way to let the world know the historic achievements of Pakistan against al Qaeda and its terror affiliates.''
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May - 9 
Pakistan struck a clandestine deal in 2001 that allowed the United States (US) to carry out a unilateral raid on its territory similar to May 1-2 raid that killed the al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the Guardian reported on May 9, according to Tribu
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Pakistan struck a clandestine deal in 2001 that allowed the United States (US) to carry out a unilateral raid on its territory similar to May 1-2 raid that killed the al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the Guardian reported on May 9, according to Tribune. The agreement was finalised between then military ruler Pervez Musharraf and US President George W. Bush after Osama bin Laden eluded capture in Afghanistan’s Tora Bora mountains, the newspaper said, citing serving and retired Pakistani and US officials. Under the terms of the agreement, Pakistan would allow US troops to conduct a raid inside Pakistan in search of Bin Laden, his second in command Ayman al Zawahiri, and the group’s third-ranking official. Both sides also agreed that Islamabad would vociferously protest the incursion afterwards in keeping with public sensitivities. The newspaper quoted a former senior US official as saying that “there was an agreement between Bush and Musharraf that if we knew where Osama was, we were going to come and get him.” “The Pakistanis would put up a hue and cry, but they wouldn’t stop us,” the official told the Guardian. A senior Pakistani official said it had been struck under Musharraf and renewed by the army during the “transition to democracy” – a six-month period from February 2008 when Musharraf was still president but a civilian government had been elected. The former US official said the Pakistani protests of the past week were the “public face” of the deal, adding, “We knew they would deny this stuff.”
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May - 9 
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on May 9 asserted in Parliament “the war against terrorism is our own national priority'' and described the Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) as a “national asset'' which has full support of the Government, accor
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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on May 9 asserted in Parliament “the war against terrorism is our own national priority'' and described the Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) as a “national asset'' which has full support of the Government, according to The Hindu. “Indeed, the ISI is a national asset and has the full support of the government. We are proud of its considerable accomplishments,” he added, according to Daily Times. The premier also mentioned that some 40 key al Qaeda operatives, including Faraj al-Libbi and Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, were arrested by the ISI, and stressed, “No other country in the world and no other security agency has done so much to interdict al Qaeda than our spy agency and armed forces.” He also dispelled the allegations of complicity and incompetence on the country’s security agencies, saying the ISI prosecuted the anti-terror strategy with a high degree of professionalism and superb determination. “Allegations of complicity or incompetence are absurd. We emphatically reject such accusations,” said the Prime Minister. He also warned that any attack on Pakistan’s strategic assets would be retaliated with full force. “Let no one draw any wrong conclusions. Any attack against Pakistan’s strategic assets whether overt or covert will find a matching response,” the premier told the National Assembly. “Pakistan reserves the right to retaliate with full force. No-one should underestimate the resolve and capability of our nation and armed forces to defend our sacred homeland,” said Gilani. About Osama bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad, Gilani's explanation was that asymmetrical warfare had happened to be the tool in vogue against superior conventional forces, adds The Hindu. “Terrorism falls in that category… Hiding in plain sight, as is evident in this case, is perhaps another technique that could be attributed to bin Laden in the realm of asymmetrical intelligence,'' he explained.
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May - 9 
Rejecting Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani's criticism of the unilateral action through which Osama bin Laden was killed on May 1-2, the US on May 9 asserted that it would not apologise to the Pakistan Government for the incident, accor
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Rejecting Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani's criticism of the unilateral action through which Osama bin Laden was killed on May 1-2, the US on May 9 asserted that it would not apologise to the Pakistan Government for the incident, according to The Hindu. “We do not apologise for the action,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters. Acknowledging that there were differences between the two countries on a host of issues, he hoped that Pakistan would carry out a complete investigation as to how bin Laden had successfully evaded detection staying in Abbottabad for so long. Asked whether the Obama Administration had confidence in the leadership of Pakistan, Carney said it thought it important that the Pakistanis did a full investigation. “We are, obviously, doing a full investigation and examining some of the substantial material that our operators collected in bin Laden's compound for evidence of the support network that must have existed to allow Osama bin Laden to continue to live in Abbottabad for so long,” he said. “We have made clear that given the threat that bin Laden represented to the US, — given that he was the most wanted man in the world, a mass murderer, a terrorist who continued to plot against us the United States and our allies, — that the President [Barack Obama] would use whatever means necessary to ensure that we could eliminate him. And he did that,” Carney said.
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May - 9 
US officials have released the names of three widows of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden which were arrested from Abbottabad compound, reports The News. According to American television, the three widows who were living with Osama Bin Laden have been
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US officials have released the names of three widows of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden which were arrested from Abbottabad compound, reports The News. According to American television, the three widows who were living with Osama Bin Laden have been identified as Umm-e-Hamza, Umm-e-Khalid and Amal al Saada. Umm-e-Hamza and Umm-e- Khalid hailed from Saudi while Amal al Saada is Yemeni national. Fourth widow of Osama lived in Syria. US official said that Pakistan agreed to give access to the US for quizzing Osama’s widows.
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May - 9 
US President Barack Obama said that he thought that “there had to be some sort of support network for [Osama] bin Laden inside of Pakistan”, reports The Hindu. He said, “We don't know whether there might have been some people inside of government, pe
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US President Barack Obama said that he thought that “there had to be some sort of support network for [Osama] bin Laden inside of Pakistan”, reports The Hindu. He said, “We don't know whether there might have been some people inside of government, people outside of government, and that's something that we have to investigate, and more importantly, the Pakistani government has to investigate.” He added that there were not only individual terrorists in Pakistan but “also a climate inside of Pakistan that sometimes is deeply anti-American. And it makes it more difficult for us to be able to operate there effectively.” He said, “[Continuing counterterrorism cooperation] doesn't mean that there aren't going to be times where we're going be frustrated with Pakistanis. And frankly, there are going be times where they're frustrated with us.”
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May - 9 
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has no intention of bringing home its chief operative in Pakistan despite an apparent attempt by the Pakistani media to unmask his identity, US officials said on May 9, according to Dawn. While the Pakistani media re
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has no intention of bringing home its chief operative in Pakistan despite an apparent attempt by the Pakistani media to unmask his identity, US officials said on May 9, according to Dawn. While the Pakistani media reports apparently were inaccurate, US officials said they believe the leak was a calculated attempt to divert attention from American demands for explanations of how Osama bin Laden could have hidden for years near Pakistan’s principal military academy in Abbottabad.
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May - 10 
Acting Inspector General (IG) of Balochistan Police Ghalib Bandesha denied the presence of the militant organization Quetta Shura, composed of top leadership of the Afghan Taliban in Balochistan. Bandesha was responding to recent media reports which
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Acting Inspector General (IG) of Balochistan Police Ghalib Bandesha denied the presence of the militant organization Quetta Shura, composed of top leadership of the Afghan Taliban in Balochistan. Bandesha was responding to recent media reports which stated that the United States (US) and Pakistani intelligence agencies are on a hunt for Osama bin Laden’s ally Mullah Omar in Quetta after the successful raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad. Omar is reported to have a reward of $25million on his head and is sheltered by heavily-armed fighters in Quetta near the Afghan border. Reports also quoted a senior Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) official confirming to have planned a ‘huge military action in Quetta’.
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May - 10 
Al Qaeda on May 10 again called on Muslims to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden and said Americans will “pay the price” for President Barack Obama’s decision to kill him, the SITE Intelligence monitoring service said, reports Daily Times. Al Fajr M
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Al Qaeda on May 10 again called on Muslims to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden and said Americans will “pay the price” for President Barack Obama’s decision to kill him, the SITE Intelligence monitoring service said, reports Daily Times. Al Fajr Media Centre, which SITE calls the exclusive online distributor of al Qaeda propaganda, said the assassination was a “big mistake” and a “serious sin,” and that Obama had brought disaster on the American people. The statement, made available by the US-based SITE, opened with a lengthy eulogy of bin Laden, killed by US commandos in Pakistan. It said that “despite the stress and the affliction, he continued to smile, certain of the victory of Allah and convinced of His support. He did not retreat nor flatter; instead, he incited to jihad and martyrdom and sought that with his person and his money.” Turning to the American people, it said: “Today, Obama distributed among you the blood of our martyr. We are an Ummah (the global Muslim community) that does not remain silent to injustice, so do not blame us after today. “You are those who chose him and you are those who will pay the price. Obama is protected by armies, (but) who will protect you from our assault?”
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May - 10 
One of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)'s most important leaders who was indicted by the United Sates (US) Treasury Department for the July 2006 Mumbai train bombings, Arif Qasmani, is trying to acquire biological weapons and anthrax through his al-Qaida links,
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One of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)'s most important leaders who was indicted by the United Sates (US) Treasury Department for the July 2006 Mumbai train bombings, Arif Qasmani, is trying to acquire biological weapons and anthrax through his al-Qaida links, Times of India reported on May 11. The interrogation report of a Pakistani businessman and Guantánamo Bay detainee, Saifullah Paracha, has revealed that LeT was in touch with a US-based "al-Qaida anthrax operative'' as it tried to acquire weapons of mass destruction. Qasmani is among the four persons whose assets had been frozen by the US for their alleged involvement in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts. The US notification, in fact, had said that Qasmani also facilitated the Samjhauta blast in 2007. Paracha, a businessman from Sargodha, revealed to the US authorities in 2008 that LeT's Qasmani might have been discussing ways to acquire biological weapons and anthrax with a US based pharmacist, Nazmut Tariq, identified also as an al-Qaida operative.
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May - 10 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 10 said that it had yet to receive a formal request from the United Sates (US) to question three widows of Osama bin Laden while US said that it expects Pakistan will “soon” let it in this regard, reports Daily
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 10 said that it had yet to receive a formal request from the United Sates (US) to question three widows of Osama bin Laden while US said that it expects Pakistan will “soon” let it in this regard, reports Daily Times. Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tehmina Janjua said, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not received a formal request from the US.” She also said that no extradition requests had been received from the countries of origin of bin Laden’s wives – Yemen and Saudi Arabia. US investigators want to question his three wives as they seek to roll up his global militant network. “Pakistanis now appear willing to grant access. Hopefully, they’ll carry through on the signals they’re sending,” said a US official familiar with the matter in Washington. Bin Laden’s Yemeni wife has told Pakistani investigators that they lived in the compound where her spouse was killed in the garrison town of Abbottabad for five years.
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May - 11 
A group of US Senators introduced a legislation that would keep the Guantánamo Bay open, reported Indian Express. This legislation came in response to Barack Obama Administration’s intention to close down the detention camp. The group, comprising fiv
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A group of US Senators introduced a legislation that would keep the Guantánamo Bay open, reported Indian Express. This legislation came in response to Barack Obama Administration’s intention to close down the detention camp. The group, comprising five Senators, said US needs a safe place to keep terrorists, as they believe that the death of Osama bin Laden and the materials seized would result in arrests of more terrorists. "I believe that the new intelligence collected in the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, increases the likelihood that more terrorists will be captured in the near future. We are going to want to have a safe, first-rate facility in which we can house these people in order to keep them off the battlefield and gain intelligence from them," Senator Joe Lieberman said. However, the White House repeatedly asserted that Obama Administration is committed to close down the Guantánamo Bay. Attorney General Eric Holder had also recently restated the administration's intention to close the detention facility.
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May - 11 
A United States (US) lawmaker on May 11 initiated legislation to stop American aid to Pakistan for its fostering of terrorism, reports Times of India. California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher introduced a bill to stop aid to a country whose leadershi
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A United States (US) lawmaker on May 11 initiated legislation to stop American aid to Pakistan for its fostering of terrorism, reports Times of India. California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher introduced a bill to stop aid to a country whose leadership, he said, ''concealed, protected and enabled'' Osama bin Laden for many years.
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May - 11 
Former President General Pervez Musharraf warned in an interview on May 11 that the United States would be ‘a loser’ if it alienated Pakistan in the war against al Qaeda and militants, reports Daily Times. General Musharraf, speaking about the US rai
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Former President General Pervez Musharraf warned in an interview on May 11 that the United States would be ‘a loser’ if it alienated Pakistan in the war against al Qaeda and militants, reports Daily Times. General Musharraf, speaking about the US raid in Pakistan which eliminated Osama bin Laden, also told ABC News there was no deal between his Government and Washington almost a decade ago allowing US forces to conduct a unilateral raid in Pakistani territory, as reported by the British newspaper “Never! And this is the assertion being cast by the Guardian and I rejected that. I condemn such an insinuation,” General Musharraf said. “There was no such deal.” Further, General Musharraf said that it is possible that rogue members of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the military knew of Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad. “As a policy, the Army and the ISI are fighting terrorism and extremism, al Qaeda and the Taliban. But rogue elements within are a possibility,” Musharraf said. “As I said, at the lower level, somebody following a policy of his own and violating the policy from above is a possibility.”
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May - 11 
Pakistan commando-turned dreaded global terrorist Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, who is linked to multiple terror plots under the terrorist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islam (HuJI) including a series of planned "Mumbai style" attacks in key European cities,
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Pakistan commando-turned dreaded global terrorist Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, who is linked to multiple terror plots under the terrorist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islam (HuJI) including a series of planned "Mumbai style" attacks in key European cities, could succeed Osama bin Laden as the chief of al Qaeda, reports Times of India on May 12. It was reported that Ilyas Kashmiri, who was at one point a member of the Pakistan military, serving as a commando in a Special Services Group (SSG) that was once tasked with training Afghan Mujahideen (holy warrior) to fight the Soviets is on the most wanted list of the United States (US) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may succeed bin Laden as Ayman al-Zawahiri the presumed successor, is deeply unpopular in some circles and his elevation is by no means guaranteed. In April this year, the US has announced a bounty of $5 million on the head of Ilyas Kashmiri.
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May - 11 
The Intelligence Officers recovered a handwritten journal containing his "operational ideas," during the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on May 11, reports The News. Agents studying the notebook for information on future al Qaeda plo
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The Intelligence Officers recovered a handwritten journal containing his "operational ideas," during the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on May 11, reports The News. Agents studying the notebook for information on future al Qaeda plots said that it is "just one of many things" found. It doesn't entail where he's been or what he's done."
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May - 11 
The Obama administration dismissed demands of a group of lawmakers that US should stop aid to Pakistan in the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden. "They are legitimate concerns. But we believe that our counter-terrorism cooperation and our a
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The Obama administration dismissed demands of a group of lawmakers that US should stop aid to Pakistan in the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden. "They are legitimate concerns. But we believe that our counter-terrorism cooperation and our assistance to Pakistan is in the long-term national security interests of the US, as well as in the long-term interests of building a stronger, more prosperous and more democratic Pakistan," State department spokesman Mark Toner said.
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May - 12 
Indian Express quoting ABC News on May 12 reported that one of Osama bin Laden's sons went missing in the midst of the US Navy SEALs' raid on al Qaeda Chief’s Abbottabad hideout on May 2. This fact came to limelight by the three wives of Osama bin La
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Indian Express quoting ABC News on May 12 reported that one of Osama bin Laden's sons went missing in the midst of the US Navy SEALs' raid on al Qaeda Chief’s Abbottabad hideout on May 2. This fact came to limelight by the three wives of Osama bin Laden who are in the Pakistani custody. The women said that one of bin Laden's sons has not been seen since the May 2 raid, unnamed Pakistani officials were quoted by ABC News as saying. The son was not identified, but Pakistani investigators agreed that it appeared that someone was missing from the compound, the report added. Later, however, one US official said there was no evidence that anyone was missing from the Abbottabad compound. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, also told CNN that in a recent briefing with the CIA, there was no mention of a missing son. US officials said one of bin Laden's sons, Khalid, was killed in the raid. It is not known if another son, Hamza, was in the compound at the time of the raid, though his mother is reportedly among the wives of bin Laden who are in custody. The US has previously denied the SEALs took anyone from the compound other than bin Laden's body.
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May - 12 
The private journal and other documents recovered from Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad revealed that he intended to target Americans through trains and planes, reports Daily Times. “If possible, strike on significant dates, such as United St
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The private journal and other documents recovered from Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad revealed that he intended to target Americans through trains and planes, reports Daily Times. “If possible, strike on significant dates, such as United States (US) Independence Day on July 4 and the upcoming 10th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 (also known as 9/11)”, reads one of the recovered documents. He urged to kill more Americans in a single attack and to drive them from the Arab world. The records show that Osama was communicating from his walled compound in Pakistan with al Qaeda’s offshoots, including the Yemen branch, which has emerged as the leading threat to the US.
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May - 12 
The real breakthrough that led to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden came from a mysterious Central Investigation Agency (CIA) detainee, Hassan Ghul, reports The News quoting from May 12 special report based on interviews with two dozen current and form
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The real breakthrough that led to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden came from a mysterious Central Investigation Agency (CIA) detainee, Hassan Ghul, reports The News quoting from May 12 special report based on interviews with two dozen current and former senior Intelligence, White House and State Department officials. According to the report, it was Ghul who after years of tantalizing hints from other detainees finally provided the information that prompted the CIA to focus intensely on finding Abu Ahmed al Kuwaiti, pseudonym for the courier who would lead them to bin Laden.
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May - 12 
The United States (US) commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden was “not an assassination”, US Attorney General Eric Holder said on May 12 after the al Qaeda leader’s sons denounced the operation on May 11, reported Daily Times. Holder said that the
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The United States (US) commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden was “not an assassination”, US Attorney General Eric Holder said on May 12 after the al Qaeda leader’s sons denounced the operation on May 11, reported Daily Times. Holder said that the raid on bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan on May 1 was a “kill or capture mission” and that his surrender would have been accepted if offered, but that the safety of US Navy commandos was paramount. “What happened to bin Laden was not an assassination,” Holder said, adding, “I think the action that we took against him can be seen as an act of national self-defence. You have to remember it is lawful to target an enemy commander”. Holder added, “But the threat has not gone. We have to face others in al Qaeda, others still sworn to do harm to the US and its allies. We have to deal with them as well”.
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May - 13 
Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha on May 13 surrendered himself before Parliament for accountability after conceding intelligence failure of the country’s premier secret agency in the Abbottabad o
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Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha on May 13 surrendered himself before Parliament for accountability after conceding intelligence failure of the country’s premier secret agency in the Abbottabad operation in which al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces on May 2, reports Daily Times. The declaration of the ISI chief came during an in-camera session of the joint session of parliament, which was convened to take the lawmakers on board about the Abbottabad incident, which has stirred a storm throughout the country. In a rare show of parliament’s supremacy over the country’s military and intelligence institutions, the ISI head also offered to resign if parliament so decides, and pleaded forgiveness from the nation for the “intelligence lapse” in Abbottabad. He told the House that the United States had used stealth technology on its helicopters that could not be detected. “It was due to the technological superiority that they managed to get in undetected,” Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdaus Ashiq Awan quoted the ISI chief as saying. Pasha, however, pointed out that apart from the failure of the ISI, it was also the responsibility of the Provincial Government, local Police and related agencies to attain information about the al Qaeda chief. “We are, of course, not shying away from our responsibility, but all must share their failure,” Pasha said.
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May - 16 
A Saudi diplomat was shot dead by unidentified militants on his way to the Saudi Consulate in Khayaban-e-Shahbaz area within the limits of the Darakhshan Police Station in Karachi on May 16, reports Daily Times. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) c
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A Saudi diplomat was shot dead by unidentified militants on his way to the Saudi Consulate in Khayaban-e-Shahbaz area within the limits of the Darakhshan Police Station in Karachi on May 16, reports Daily Times. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the responsibility for the killing, and warned United States (US) against attacking its close ally al Qaeda.
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May - 16 
Authorities in Pakistan interrogated Alam Zeb on May 16 wanted in the United States (US) on charges of financing and supporting the al Qaeda linked Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reported Daily Times. Zeb is the grandson of the imam (cleric) of a
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Authorities in Pakistan interrogated Alam Zeb on May 16 wanted in the United States (US) on charges of financing and supporting the al Qaeda linked Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reported Daily Times. Zeb is the grandson of the imam (cleric) of a Florida mosque who was arrested in the US along with his two sons on May 14 on the same charges of creating a network that moved funds from the US to TTP. “Zeb is being interrogated by the security officials at one of their facilities,” said an intelligence official. The college student denied any links with terrorists. Zeb said his grandfather, Pakistani-born American Hafiz Muhammad Sher Ali Khan, had sent money back to Pakistan only to help poor relatives rebuild their houses damaged in fighting in Swat between the army and Taliban.
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May - 17 
A senior al Qaeda Yemeni operative, Muhammad Ali Qasim Yaqub alias Abu Sohaib Al Makki, was arrested by security agencies in Karachi on May 17, reports Daily Times. An Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) report stated that the arrest of Al Makki i
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A senior al Qaeda Yemeni operative, Muhammad Ali Qasim Yaqub alias Abu Sohaib Al Makki, was arrested by security agencies in Karachi on May 17, reports Daily Times. An Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) report stated that the arrest of Al Makki is a major development in unravelling the al Qaeda network operating in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region.
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May - 17 
Al Qaeda has chosen a former Egyptian Special Forces officer as its leader in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death on May 2, Times of India reported on May 18. Saif al-Adel, a top al-Qaeda strategist and senior military leader, has been tapped as care
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Al Qaeda has chosen a former Egyptian Special Forces officer as its leader in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death on May 2, Times of India reported on May 18. Saif al-Adel, a top al-Qaeda strategist and senior military leader, has been tapped as caretaker ‘chief’ of the group, CNN reported, citing former Libyan militant Noman Benotman, who has renounced al Qaeda’s ideology. The decision to choose Adel, also known as Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi, came as militants grew increasingly restive over the lack of a formal successor to bin Laden, Benotman told CNN. Bin Laden's long-time deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, another Egyptian, is considered to be his presumed successor. Benotman said the appointment of Adel on a temporary basis may be a way for the group to gauge reaction to having someone outside the Muslim holy region of the Arabian Peninsula at the helm.
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May - 17 
Security Forces (SFs) shot dead five suspected al Qaeda linked militants who had tried to carry out a suicide bombing in south western city of Quetta on May 17, reports Times of India. They were killed in gunfight near a paramilitary check post in Qu
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Security Forces (SFs) shot dead five suspected al Qaeda linked militants who had tried to carry out a suicide bombing in south western city of Quetta on May 17, reports Times of India. They were killed in gunfight near a paramilitary check post in Quetta. It was reported that the would-be bombers included three women and were believed to be foreigners. "From the appearance of the attackers, it looked they were either Uzbek or Chechens," a senior security official said, adding, "They had hand grenades and bombs strapped to their bodies." If the attack had been carried out, it would have been the second targeting Pakistan's military since al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a United States (US) raid on May 1. A Police official said at least one of the attackers blew himself up before being shot. No SFs were killed, the officials added.
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May - 18 
Pakistan has been submitting exaggerated and inaccurate bills for the billions of dollars US pays to fight militants along the Afghanistan border and the Pentagon has been rejecting 40 per cent of its claims, Indian Express quoting a Wall Street Jour
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Pakistan has been submitting exaggerated and inaccurate bills for the billions of dollars US pays to fight militants along the Afghanistan border and the Pentagon has been rejecting 40 per cent of its claims, Indian Express quoting a Wall Street Journal report said on May 18. “The billing spat has exacerbated tensions between the countries, which reached a nadir after the US raided the compound of Osama bin Laden without informing Pakistani authorities,” a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report said. There was no immediate comment from the Pentagon. The WSJ said the records detail USD 3.2 billion in expense claims submitted to the US for operations from January 2009 through June 2010. “According to the documents and interviews with officials, Pakistan has routinely submitted requests that were unsubstantiated, or were deemed by the US to be exaggerated or of little or no use in the war on terror underscoring what officials and experts see as a deep undercurrent of mistrust between the supposed allies,” the WSJ said. In another case, the US paid millions to refurbish four helicopters to help Pakistan’s army transport troops into battle against Taliban and other militants. But the Pakistanis ended up diverting three of those aircraft to peacekeeping duties in Sudan operations for which Islamabad receives compensation from the United Nations, US officials said. A senior Pakistani official termed it as “detrimental to bilateral trust”, The Daily added.
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May - 18 
The Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is trying to convince the Haqqani network to join Afghan peace talks, Indian Express quoting a Wall Street Journal report said on May 18. Officials and tribal elders with ties to the group said that the ISI wants
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The Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is trying to convince the Haqqani network to join Afghan peace talks, Indian Express quoting a Wall Street Journal report said on May 18. Officials and tribal elders with ties to the group said that the ISI wants the group to join Afghan peace talks, suggesting that Pakistan was unlikely to heed the US warning that it must act soon, the Journal added. US want Pakistan to crackdown on the militant group, which has carried out several attacks in Afghanistan. A tribal elder from North Waziristan, who has contacts with Haqqani's inner circle, said the network has been alarmed by the persistent CIA drone strikes and the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. "They may want to talk," the elder was quoted as saying in the report. In an indication that the Haqqanis were worried, their compounds in North Waziristan's capital Miran Shah was emptied out in the days following the raid and killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the elder added.
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May - 18 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) vowed to fight with “new zeal” in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death to complete the al Qaeda chief’s mission of waging holy war against the West, the ‘deputy commander’ of TTP Waliur Rehman told the Associated P
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) vowed to fight with “new zeal” in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death to complete the al Qaeda chief’s mission of waging holy war against the West, the ‘deputy commander’ of TTP Waliur Rehman told the Associated Press on May 16, Daily times reported on May 18. Rehman said that terrorists would continue to stage attacks in the coming days. Rehman spoke to the AP along the border between North and South Waziristan. “After the martyrdom of Sheikh Osama, the Mujahideen (revenue unit) will continue jihad to complete his mission with a new zeal,” Rehman said, referring to his fighters. “We have the same target, programme and mission,” he added. “Our enemies are NATO, Jews and Christians.” Rehman also questioned details that have emerged about the US raid that killed bin Laden.
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May - 19 
In a recording made shortly before his death, Osama bin Laden praised the mass protests that have toppled and shaken long-time rulers across the Arab world. Laden’s message, released on militant websites on May 19 addressed to the Muslim nation, repr
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In a recording made shortly before his death, Osama bin Laden praised the mass protests that have toppled and shaken long-time rulers across the Arab world. Laden’s message, released on militant websites on May 19 addressed to the Muslim nation, represents an attempt by him to remain relevant following sweeping changes in which al Qaeda and other militant outfits have played almost no role, reported Dawn. “The winds of change will spread through the entire Islamic world, God willing,” Bin Laden said in the 12-minute audio message, adding, “The youth need to make necessary preparations and not act without consulting the experience of the honest ones and those who are far from half solutions and compromises with the oppressors.”
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May - 20 
Confidential American diplomatic cables obtained by Dawn on May 20 reveal new details about the activities of US forces on the ground in Pakistan, an issue that has gained heightened sensitivity in the aftermath of the Raymond Davis incident in Lahor
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Confidential American diplomatic cables obtained by Dawn on May 20 reveal new details about the activities of US forces on the ground in Pakistan, an issue that has gained heightened sensitivity in the aftermath of the Raymond Davis incident in Lahore and the American raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad. The reports reveal that US special operations forces were embedded with Pakistani troops for intelligence gathering by the summer of 2009 and deployed with them on joint operations in Pakistani territory by September that year. “We have created Intelligence Fusion cells with embedded US Special Forces with both SSG and Frontier Corps (Bala Hisar, Peshawar) with the Rover equipment ready to deploy,” reported then US Ambassador Anne Patterson to the State Department in May 2009. “Through these embeds, we are assisting the Pakistanis collect and coordinate existing intelligence assets.” At the time she noted that the US had “not been given Pakistani military permission to accompany the Pakistani forces on deployments as yet.” By September, plans for the joint intelligence activities had been expanded to include army headquarters. “Pakistan has begun to accept intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support from the US military for COIN operations,” Ms Patterson wrote. “In addition … intelligence fusion centers” had been established “at the headquarters of Frontier Corps and the 11th Corps and we expect at additional sites, including GHQ and the 12th Corps in Balochistan.” In April 2009, the cell at Bala Hisar assisted with the Pakistan military operation then taking place in Lower Dir. “US Special Operations Command Force are assisting the FC at the Intelligence Fusion Cell at FC Headquarters with imagery, target packages, and operational planning,” a cable written that month reveals.
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May - 20 
One passerby was killed and 11 other injured in a car bomb blast on a US consulate vehicle on Abdarra Road in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at about 8 am on May 20, reports Dawn. Two consulate personnel in the bullet-proof L
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One passerby was killed and 11 other injured in a car bomb blast on a US consulate vehicle on Abdarra Road in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at about 8 am on May 20, reports Dawn. Two consulate personnel in the bullet-proof Land Cruiser also suffered minor injuries. According to Police, the vehicle carrying US personnel was going to the consulate office in the cantonment from the American Club in the posh University Town. US embassy spokesman in Islamabad, Alberto Rodriguez, said in a statement that the vehicle had been hit by an improvised explosive device. The vehicle was damaged, but no US personnel were seriously injured. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in telephone calls to AFP, claimed responsibility, threatening further attacks against Western targets and indicating that the blast was to avenge the May 2 killing of Osama bin Laden by US Navy SEALs. “Our first enemy is Pakistan, then the United States and after that other NATO countries,” said TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan.
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May - 22 
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik while condemning the assault in PNS Mehran said that al Qaeda and Taliban are enemies of Pakistan, reported The News. “The attack was not on Pakistan navy but on Pakistan,” Malik said.
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Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik while condemning the assault in PNS Mehran said that al Qaeda and Taliban are enemies of Pakistan, reported The News. “The attack was not on Pakistan navy but on Pakistan,” Malik said.
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May - 22 
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on May 22 that the United States (US) had a mole right inside Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout and this was how the al Qaeda chief was tracked down, reports Times of India quoting a media report. Top
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Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on May 22 that the United States (US) had a mole right inside Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout and this was how the al Qaeda chief was tracked down, reports Times of India quoting a media report. Top US officials said after the raid that they were only partially certain of Osama's presence inside the $1 million mansion, but Malik says only definitive information could have led them right to the room where bin Laden was killed. The report also says that bin Laden's Saudi wives believe that it was his younger Yemeni wife Amal who betrayed him either by supplying information or by allowing herself to be tracked to the compound.
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May - 22 
There are elements within the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Pakistani Army who provided support to Osama bin Laden, said American lawmaker and Chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence Mike Rogers on May 22, reported Indian E
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There are elements within the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Pakistani Army who provided support to Osama bin Laden, said American lawmaker and Chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence Mike Rogers on May 22, reported Indian Express. Rogers, who has access to classified United States (US) information on bin Laden case, however, said there is no evidence so far which indicates that the top leadership of either of these two Pakistan organisations were aware of the presence of bin Laden in Abbottabad. "But I believe, and I think many believe that there were elements within those organisations that may have provided them safety and at least logistical support to some degree," Rogers said.
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May - 22 
US President Barack Obama on May 22 said that he would approve an Abbottabad-like operation which killed Osama bin Laden if another militant leader was found in Pakistan, reports Indian Express. Speaking to the BBC on the eve of his visit to Britain,
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US President Barack Obama on May 22 said that he would approve an Abbottabad-like operation which killed Osama bin Laden if another militant leader was found in Pakistan, reports Indian Express. Speaking to the BBC on the eve of his visit to Britain, Obama said that he was mindful of Pakistani sovereignty but said the US could not allow "active plans to come to fruition without us taking some action". Asked what he would do if one of al Qaeda's top leaders, or the Taliban leader Mullah Omar, was tracked down to a location in Pakistan or another sovereign territory, he said the US would take unilateral action if required. He said, "Our job is to secure the United States. We are very respectful of the sovereignty of Pakistan. But we cannot allow someone who is actively planning to kill our people or our allies' people. We can't allow those kinds of active plans to come to fruition without us taking some action."
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May - 23 
David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirator of 2008 Mumbai attacks, testified on May 23 that Pakistani militant groups that got assistance from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reports Dawn. The trial of businessman Tahawwur Rana is bein
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David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirator of 2008 Mumbai attacks, testified on May 23 that Pakistani militant groups that got assistance from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reports Dawn. The trial of businessman Tahawwur Rana is being closely watched worldwide, for what testimony might reveal about suspected links between the Pakistani militant group blamed in the rampage on India’s city Mumbai in 2008; and Pakistan’s main intelligence agency, which has been under increased scrutiny since Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces on May 2 outside Islamabad. Rana is accused of providing cover for Headley by allowing him to use his Chicago-based immigration services business as a cover when he travelled to India. Headley, Rana’s long-time friend from boarding school, told jurors on Monday that he received weapons and leadership training with the militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) since 2000 and it was his understanding that LeT and ISI coordinated with each other in general. He did not immediately give any specifics.
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May - 23 
NATO will protect its troops and Afghans from militants based across the border in Pakistan, the NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on May 23, reiterating pledges by the United States (US) to target insurgents there who have escalated
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NATO will protect its troops and Afghans from militants based across the border in Pakistan, the NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on May 23, reiterating pledges by the United States (US) to target insurgents there who have escalated attacks since Osama bin Laden’s death, reports The Express Tribune. “It is well known that there is cross-border activity and it… (is) a problem and a security challenge,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters in Kabul after talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. “We will take all necessary measures to protect the Afghan people and our own troops,” he said of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), whose war against the Taliban in Afghanistan has dragged on for 10 years.
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May - 25 
The United States (US) Defence Secretary Robert Gates defended the US assistance for Pakistan on May 25 as he underscored the importance of continued engagement with the key regional country amid strains in the bilateral relationship, reports Daily T
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The United States (US) Defence Secretary Robert Gates defended the US assistance for Pakistan on May 25 as he underscored the importance of continued engagement with the key regional country amid strains in the bilateral relationship, reports Daily Times. “I do not think that the money that we have spent in Pakistan has been a waste. The reality is that Pakistan now has 140,000 troops on the border. Their actions in Swat and in South Waziristan have been helpful to us,” he said. Gates spoke as the two countries acknowledged differences since the May 2 unilateral action that took out al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from his hideout in Abbottabad. “Our relationship with Pakistan is not what we wish it were. There is, as the Pakistanis are fond of pointing out, a deficit of trust, in their view because the US has abandoned them on several occasions in the past; most recently, in 1990 and in 1989 after the Soviets left and then with the Pressler amendment,” the Defence Secretary explained during an interaction at the American Enterprise Institute.
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May - 25 
The United States (US) military on May 25 said that it plans to scale back the number of American troops in Pakistan after Islamabad made a formal request, amid tensions over a US raid against Osama bin Laden, reports Dawn. There are more than 200 US
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The United States (US) military on May 25 said that it plans to scale back the number of American troops in Pakistan after Islamabad made a formal request, amid tensions over a US raid against Osama bin Laden, reports Dawn. There are more than 200 US military personnel in Pakistan serving mostly as trainers as part of a long-running effort to counter al Qaeda and religious extremists. But the uneasy relationship between Pakistan and the United States has come under severe strain following a unilateral raid by US commandos that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2 in the Abbottabad.
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May - 26 
Pakistan has agreed to permit the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to send in a forensic team to search Osama bin Laden’s compound, the Washington Post reported on May 26, citing US officials. The CIA team will arrive at the compound in Abbottabad w
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Pakistan has agreed to permit the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to send in a forensic team to search Osama bin Laden’s compound, the Washington Post reported on May 26, citing US officials. The CIA team will arrive at the compound in Abbottabad within days to thoroughly search the residence where US Navy commandos killed bin Laden on May 2 in a unilateral raid that angered Islamabad, the report said. “The assault team was there for only 40 minutes,” an unnamed US official told Washington Post. “The aim is to return to the site - to do another, more thorough, look.” The CIA plans to use infrared cameras and other devices capable of identifying materials possibly embedded behind walls, inside safes or underground, the Washington Post reported.
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May - 26 
Working with Pakistan is a strategic necessity for the United States, even as Washington presses Islamabad to act more decisively on counter-terrorism, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on May 26, reports Daily Times. Pakistan had been a goo
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Working with Pakistan is a strategic necessity for the United States, even as Washington presses Islamabad to act more decisively on counter-terrorism, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on May 26, reports Daily Times. Pakistan had been a good partner in international efforts to fight terrorism, she said, despite anger in the US over the discovery that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been living there for years before US commandos killed him in a May 2 raid. “We do have a set of expectations that we are looking for the Pakistani government to meet, but I want to underscore in conclusion it is not as though they have been on the sidelines. It is in our national security interests to have a comprehensive long-term security partnership with Pakistan,” Clinton told a news conference in Paris.
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May - 27 
Osama bin Laden and his top aides had discussed making a deal with Pakistan in which al Qaeda would refrain from attacking the country in exchange for protection inside the country, New York Times reported on May 27 quoting unnamed US officials. Docu
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Osama bin Laden and his top aides had discussed making a deal with Pakistan in which al Qaeda would refrain from attacking the country in exchange for protection inside the country, New York Times reported on May 27 quoting unnamed US officials. Documents seized from the slain al Qaeda ‘chief’s Abbottabad hideout include messages between Osama bin Laden and his top operations chief over the past year which provide the first suggestion that bin Laden considered Pakistan's Government amenable to a bargain. The paper said that such a bargain was to ensure the safety of top al Qaeda leaders. The officials emphasised that they had found no evidence that such a proposal, which one American official said was in the "discussion phase," was ever raised with Pakistani military or intelligence operatives.
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May - 27 
The United Sates (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on May 27 said that the US was more committed to Pakistan after the Osama bin laden crisis, but asked Islamabad to take decisive steps to defeat al Qaeda. The top US diplomat affirmed that Amer
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The United Sates (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on May 27 said that the US was more committed to Pakistan after the Osama bin laden crisis, but asked Islamabad to take decisive steps to defeat al Qaeda. The top US diplomat affirmed that America had no evidence that anyone in Pakistan at the highest level knew where bin Laden was and she would return to Washington “ever more committed” to the relationship. Talking to newsmen at the US Embassy in Islamabad after meeting Pakistan’s civil and military leadership – President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani – Clinton also said that Pakistan had been “very forthcoming in saying somebody somewhere” was providing support to bin Laden and that a probe was under way. She maintained that a “tremendous amount of commitment has been shown by the government of Pakistan in the fight against terrorism,” as the two countries had moved forward, since US President Barack Obama took over. “We will continue to support Pakistan’s sovereignty, civilian elected government and its people. (But) America cannot and should not solve Pakistan’s problems. That’s up to Pakistan. But in solving its problems, Pakistan should understand that anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not make problems disappear,” averred Clinton.
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May - 27 
The United States on May 27 gave Islamabad a list of terrorist leaders against whom it wants joint operation against, reports The News. The list includes Osama bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al Zawahiri, along with Siraj Haqqani of the Haqqani network, Ily
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The United States on May 27 gave Islamabad a list of terrorist leaders against whom it wants joint operation against, reports The News. The list includes Osama bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al Zawahiri, along with Siraj Haqqani of the Haqqani network, Ilyas Kashmiri, the head of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and suspected al Qaida leader, and Atiya Abdel Rahman, al Qaida operations chief, the US TV reported, citing unnamed officials from both Governments. The list was discussed during separate meetings between senior Pakistani and US officials in the past two weeks, including o May 27 in Islamabad with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to a US official, a Pakistani government official and a Pakistani intelligence official.
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May - 27 
Top Pakistani Army officials are concerned that their ranks have been penetrated by infiltrators aiding terrorists in a campaign against the state, Daily Times quoting The Washington Post reported on May 27. The top Pakistani military commander, Gene
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Top Pakistani Army officials are concerned that their ranks have been penetrated by infiltrators aiding terrorists in a campaign against the state, Daily Times quoting The Washington Post reported on May 27. The top Pakistani military commander, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, was shaken by the discovery of al Qaeda ‘leader’ Osama bin Laden close to a Pakistani military academy, said The Washington Post. He told US officials in a recent meeting that his first priority was “bringing our house in order,” The Washington Post reported, citing an unnamed senior Pakistani intelligence official. “We are under attack, and the attackers are getting highly confidential information about their targets,” The Washington Post quotes the official as saying. Western officials have long accused Pakistan’s intelligence services of playing a double game by fighting terrorists who pose a domestic threat, but protecting those fighting American troops in Afghanistan.
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May - 28 
The United Sates (US) Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton has not given clean chit to Pakistan's ISI over Osama bin Laden's presence in the country, her spokesman Mark Toner said on May 28, reports Times of India. "I don't think she (Clinton) gave the
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The United Sates (US) Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton has not given clean chit to Pakistan's ISI over Osama bin Laden's presence in the country, her spokesman Mark Toner said on May 28, reports Times of India. "I don't think she (Clinton) gave them (ISI) a free chit," state department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters at his daily news conference when asked if Clinton has given a clean chit to ISI with regard to its links to terrorists. "We acknowledge that there are difficulties in the relationship, but the bottom line is that this is a relationship that's in our interest and in Pakistan's interest, and so we need to work through these challenges moving forward," he said.
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May - 29 
Investigations revealed that Ali Dayan, a Pakistan researcher for HRW, also made public an e-mail that Shahzad had sent then with the instructions to make it public in case something happened to him. The email provided Shahzad’s account of a meeting
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Investigations revealed that Ali Dayan, a Pakistan researcher for HRW, also made public an e-mail that Shahzad had sent then with the instructions to make it public in case something happened to him. The email provided Shahzad’s account of a meeting he held with two ISI officials on October 17, 2010. After he disappeared on May 29, there were allegations that he had been abducted by the ISI because of his recent story on the PNS Mehran base attack of May 22. Shahzad had reported that the attack took place after the Navy identified and interrogated a few of its lower-level officers for their ties with al Qaeda.
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May - 29 
Pakistan has decided to launch an air and ground military offensive in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports The News. The United States has long demanded that Pakistan launch an offensive in the region to hun
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Pakistan has decided to launch an air and ground military offensive in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports The News. The United States has long demanded that Pakistan launch an offensive in the region to hunt down the Haqqani network, one of the deadliest Afghan militant factions fighting American troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan has been reluctant, but has come under intense US pressure to attack militancy after it was discovered that Osama bin Laden had been living there. Quoting unnamed “highly placed sources” as saying Pakistani Air Force planes would soften up militant targets under the “targeted military offensive” before ground operations were launched.
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May - 29 
Quoting sources in the Indian Government, The Hindu reported that US authorities did not intend to press Pakistan for the extradition of suspects sought by federal prosecutors for their role in the November 26, 2008, terrorist attacks on Mumbai ( als
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Quoting sources in the Indian Government, The Hindu reported that US authorities did not intend to press Pakistan for the extradition of suspects sought by federal prosecutors for their role in the November 26, 2008, terrorist attacks on Mumbai ( also known as 26/11), lest it should lead to a further breakdown of its increasingly fraught relationship with Pakistan. Even though Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, demanded greater counter-terrorism action against al Qaeda during her just-concluded visit to Pakistan, the sources said she did not push for action against several Pakistani nationals indicted by a federal grand jury for their role in the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) attack, which left 164 persons, including six Americans dead. “The United States has been putting intense diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to do more on Mumbai, but seems to think any public action will undermine its priority, which is action against jihadist groups focussed on the West, like al-Qaeda,” an Indian Intelligence official observed.
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May - 29 
Taliban leader Mullah Baradar is believed to have informed US whereabouts of al Qaeda ‘Chief’ Osama Bin Laden, The News quoting a UK paper claimed on May 29. According to the report, in return the US promised to pullout troops from Taliban stronghold
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Taliban leader Mullah Baradar is believed to have informed US whereabouts of al Qaeda ‘Chief’ Osama Bin Laden, The News quoting a UK paper claimed on May 29. According to the report, in return the US promised to pullout troops from Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan once Osama had been killed or captured. Until now it has been believed that Osama Bin Laden was caught when the US intercepted a phone call made by his courier Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti. But new reports suggest it was actually Baradar who told the US where he was hiding. Baradar was arrested in a joint Pak-US operation last year in Karachi and was interrogated in prison before being released in October 2010.
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May - 30 
The United Sates (US) Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen on May 30 said that the Pakistani Government would launch a major offensive on militants in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). “It’s a very i
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The United Sates (US) Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen on May 30 said that the Pakistani Government would launch a major offensive on militants in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). “It’s a very important fight and a very important operation,” the outgoing chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff told a television network. In several interviews to US television channels, Admiral Mullen said part of his job as chairman had been to try and “close the trust gap” between the United States and Pakistan, which had built up over many years. Mr Mullen said he visited Pakistan last week with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to “show the strength in terms of our commitment” because “we’re going through a difficult patch right now after the (Osama) bin laden operation”. The United States has long demanded the operation to eliminate the Haqqani network, which Washington claims is protected by Pakistanis. Describing the US-Pakistan relationship as vital, Admiral Mike Mullen said that he came away from May 27 meeting with Pakistani leaders convinced of their commitment to work with the US on security, intelligence and development. “It was a very frank meeting, it is a very difficult time and yet a very important relationship,” he said of the May 27 meeting that Mullen and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had with the Pakistani political and military leadership in Islamabad. Mullen said Hillary and I went to Pakistan to “reaffirm the commitment on the part of the US to work with Pakistan” and to send a message about the importance of the US-Pakistan relationship.
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May - 31 
A diplomatic cable sent under the name of United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton states that despite public disavowals, “some officials of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate continue to maintain ties with a wide a
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A diplomatic cable sent under the name of United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton states that despite public disavowals, “some officials of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate continue to maintain ties with a wide array of extremist organizations,” in particular the Taliban and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), reported The Hindu. The cable, dated December 30, 2009 was sent to five US Embassies, including that of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. It says these organisations exploit Pakistan's network of charities, non-governmental organisations and madrasas (religious seminaries), which provide them with “recruits, funding and infrastructure to plan new attacks.” Clinton accuses Pakistan of seeking to block the listing of Pakistan based terrorists as well as “affiliated” terrorists nominated for blocking by India under the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1267. Further, the cable also focussed on the check of illegal finance flows into Pakistan and Afghanistan from some Gulf countries, which was also marked to American Embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It states that “donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide.” The country is described as a “critical financial support base for al Qaeda, the Taliban, LeT, and other terrorist outfits, including Hamas, which probably raises millions of dollars annually from Saudi sources, often during Hajj and Ramadan.”
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May - 31 
Headley testified before a United States (US) court that al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri had a plan to kill the CEO of Lockheed Martin in frustration over drone attacks along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and had sent men for surveillance, reported
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Headley testified before a United States (US) court that al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri had a plan to kill the CEO of Lockheed Martin in frustration over drone attacks along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and had sent men for surveillance, reported The News. Headley added that following his arrest he had offered to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by giving a sword implanted with a chip to Kashmiri so that he could be targeted by drone attacks. “There was a plan to kill him [the CEO] because he was making drones,” said Hedley, adding, “Kashmiri had arranged for men to carry out surveillance in the US in connection with the plot to kill the Lockheed CEO.
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May - 31 
It was reported that the armed forces will carry out a limited operation in North Waziristan Agency primarily targeting al Qaeda, TTP and foreign militants, as against the widely held belief that the focus will be exclusively on the Haqqani Network.
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It was reported that the armed forces will carry out a limited operation in North Waziristan Agency primarily targeting al Qaeda, TTP and foreign militants, as against the widely held belief that the focus will be exclusively on the Haqqani Network. Military commanders ruled out the possibility of a full scale operation like the one launched in South Waziristan and said it was ‘unfeasible’ because of difference in ground realities. South Waziristan, they said, was a “no-go area” when they launched a major military offensive in October 2009 to flush out terrorists. “But the northern part has a massive presence of military and there are peace pacts with tribes that cannot be ignored.” A senior officer said, “The operation will be very selective and intelligence led.” The major target, it is said, will be the TTP militants who took refuge in North Waziristan after having been dislodged from south. “It will indeed be a big achievement if we succeed in neutralising some of the suicide bomber training centres,” added another officer.
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