Pakistan jails doctor who helped CIA find Bin Laden

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A Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden has been sentenced to 33 years in jail, officials say.

Shakil Afridi was charged with treason for running a fake vaccination programme to gather information.

The US secretary of state Hillary Clinton had called for his release on the grounds that his work served Pakistani and American interests .

Bin Laden was killed by US forces in the north-western city of Abbottabad in May 2011.

The killing triggered a rift between the US and Pakistan, whose government was seriously embarrassed to find Bin Laden had been living in Pakistan.

Islamabad felt the covert US operation was a violation of its sovereignty.

Shortly after the raid on Bin Laden’s house, Dr Afridi was arrested for conspiring against the state of Pakistan.

He was found guilty under the tribal justice system in Khyber district, and has also been fined $3,500.

US Defense secretary Leon Panetta confirmed in January that Dr Afridi collected DNA in an effort to help locate Bin Laden.

Earlier this year, he spoke to the CBS television programme “60 minutes” about the case.

He said Dr Afridi “was not in any way treasonous towards Pakistan… for them to take this kind of action against somebody who was helping to go after terrorism, I just think is a real mistake on their part”.

BBC

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10 responses to “Pakistan jails doctor who helped CIA find Bin Laden”

  1. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    The truth about the Pak is beginning to emerge.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Another ‘Pak’ of idiots there, for sure.

      Hmmmm … probably takes 33 years to make 3500$. But the ‘fine’ added is ludicrous … that only attacks his wife.

  2. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    The truth about the Pak is beginning to emerge.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Another ‘Pak’ of idiots there, for sure.

  3. Rafic Avatar

    The Pakistany government is in Islamist kiss ass mode so The Taliban do not blow government soldiers or property.

  4. Rafic Avatar

    The Pakistany government is in Islamist kiss ass mode so The Taliban do not blow government soldiers or property.

  5. wargame1 Avatar
    wargame1

    Bin Laden died in 2001 during the American attack on Tora Bora. End of story.

    1. Patience2 Avatar
      Patience2

       Wheee, boy!  That’s food for thought.  Could anyone in the world not under some government’s control offer proof of this??

  6. wargame1 Avatar
    wargame1

    Bin Laden died in 2001 during the American attack on Tora Bora. End of story.

    1. Patience2 Avatar
      Patience2

       Wheee, boy!  That’s food for thought.  Could anyone in the world not under some government’s control offer proof of this??

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