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Pakistan ‘heavily involved’ in Bajaur air strike
2006-01-15
The Washington Post has quoted a source as saying that Pakistan was “heavily involved” in the air strikes in Bajaur Agency on Friday. “This would not have happened without Pakistani involvement,” the Washington Post quoted an unnamed source as saying about the missile attack on the Pak-Afghan border that killed 18 civilians, including women and children.

Earlier reports that Al Qaeda’s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri was among those killed, have been discredited by now. The same source said that the attack was planned and executed by a combination of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers in Pakistan and Pakistani officials. “This would not have happened unless they had pretty precise information that the right target was at that location,” a US military source told the newspaper. He cautioned, however, that it was possible that Zawahiri got out of the building before it was hit. The source said that US forces, which had been tracking Zawahiri for the past two weeks, will probably know more once the bodies are examined.
I'm not convinced there was Pak involvement — he's only saying there "had to" be. But if there was, that's probably why Ayman was out taking a leak when the rockets hit.
Posted by:Fred

#2  I'm convinced there was Pak involvement, it explains why Zawahiri had been invited but failed to show.
Posted by: AzCat   2006-01-15 12:36  

#1  good. that will turn jihadis against pakistani govt more, divert their firepower internally. Pakis can retaliate far more effectively with torture, communal responsibility, secret police, than the US can.
Posted by: anon1   2006-01-15 10:36  

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