Pakistan protests to US over FBI action

[Bhaisahab]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Pakistan has protested to the United States over an FBI sting operation involving a fake plot to kill Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations, describing it as a bizarre mission.

The FBI set up the operation to try to trap Mohammed Hossain, founder of a mosque in New York, and its prayer leader Yassin Aref. It involved money laundering, a shoulder-fired missile and the fake murder plot.

In his weekly press briefing on Monday, Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said it was a bizarre move that could have endangered the life of the ambassador, Mr Muneer Akram.

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