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Pakistan's PM denies authorities knew Osama bin Laden was living in country
Source: The Guardian
Pakistan's PM denies authorities knew Osama bin Laden was living in country
Global 'intelligence failure' to blame for al-Qaida leader going
undetected for so long, says Yousaf Raza Gilani
Luke Harding and Zofeen Ebrahim
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 9 May 2012 19.26 BST
Pakistan's prime minister has insisted his country had not been "complicit" in sheltering Osama bin Laden and said the fact the late al-Qaida leader was able to live undetected for so long in Pakistan was down to a universal "intelligence failure".
Speaking after the one-year anniversary of Bin Laden's killing, Yousaf Raza Gilani rejected claims Pakistan had secretly known he was living in the garrison city of Abbottabad. US special forces killed Bin Laden on 5 May last year during a raid on his heavily fortified villa.
"There is no complicity. I think it's an intelligence failure from all over the world," Gilani said in an interview with the Guardian. He denied suggestions that elements within Pakistan's military may have been aware of Bin Laden's hideout. He added: "Why should we do that? We have suffered the most."
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Global 'intelligence failure' to blame for al-Qaida leader going
undetected for so long, says Yousaf Raza Gilani
Luke Harding and Zofeen Ebrahim
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 9 May 2012 19.26 BST
Pakistan's prime minister has insisted his country had not been "complicit" in sheltering Osama bin Laden and said the fact the late al-Qaida leader was able to live undetected for so long in Pakistan was down to a universal "intelligence failure".
Speaking after the one-year anniversary of Bin Laden's killing, Yousaf Raza Gilani rejected claims Pakistan had secretly known he was living in the garrison city of Abbottabad. US special forces killed Bin Laden on 5 May last year during a raid on his heavily fortified villa.
"There is no complicity. I think it's an intelligence failure from all over the world," Gilani said in an interview with the Guardian. He denied suggestions that elements within Pakistan's military may have been aware of Bin Laden's hideout. He added: "Why should we do that? We have suffered the most."
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/09/osama-bin-laden-pakistan-pm-gilani
