'Bin Laden doctor' jailed for militant link, says court

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Source: BBC

A Pakistani doctor was jailed last week for alleged links to a banned militant group - not for helping the CIA to track down Osama Bin Laden, the text of the trial court's judgement shows.

The BBC's Orla Guerin says the papers add a bizarre twist to the case.

It was originally thought that Shakil Afridi had been imprisoned for running a fake vaccination programme to gather information for US intelligence.

His family called the allegations "rubbish" and his lawyers will appeal.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18262360

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1. I smell something. Need to watch this story.

[Eugene]

2. Militants deny link to Pakistani doctor in bin Laden case

Source: Reuters

Militants deny link to Pakistani doctor in bin Laden case

By Saud Mehsud and Jibran Ahmad

DERA ISMAIL KHAN/PESHAWAR, Pakistan | Thu May 31, 2012 8:25am EDT

(Reuters) - Deepening the mystery in a case that is straining Islamabad's relations with Washington, a Pakistani militant group said on Thursday it never had ties to a doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden, even though he was jailed for aiding them.

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A court document released on Wednesday stated that Afridi was imprisoned for 33 years for supporting the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militant group.

"There is no truth to this. We want to get him ourselves. If we get hold of him, we are going to punish him according to sharia law," Abdul Rasheed, an LI commander, told Reuters.

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"He is a traitor, an enemy of Islam, a greedy blackmailer."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/us-pakistan-doctor-binladen-idUSBRE84U0G220120531

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3. I thought this was going to be about the " # 2 " in AQ, Dr. Z

what was I thinking