Asif Ali President Ten PercentZardari
... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ...
has held an emergency meeting with the country's security officials after the US President confirmed that al-Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden
He's dead, Jim!
was killed by US forces.
The meeting between Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the heads of "relevant departments and agencies" ended a short while ago, presidency front man Farhatullah Babar told AFP.
"The foreign office will issue a formal statement of the government of Pakistain on the Osama bin Laden incident," he said.
US forces launched an operation against bin Laden's compound in the Pak town of Abbottabad in northeast of Islamabad on Sunday, killing bin Laden and a woman and injuring three other men, including the al-Qaeda leader's son.
The B.O. regime did not notify the Pak government about its plan to launch the attack on bin Laden's compound, arguing that the reason for not sharing intelligence with Islamabad was "the need to maintain complete secrecy" about the operation.
The death of Osama bin Laden comes almost ten years after the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States which resulted in the death of nearly 3,000 people.
The death of the al-Qaeda leader will likely trigger violence in areas of the world where the terrorist group has footholds, including Afghanistan, Pakistain, Morocco and Algeria.