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| Fresh Legal Turmoil for Pakistan bin Laden Doctor |
| 2015-03-06 |
[AnNahar] A Pak doctor tossed in the calabooseYou have the right to remain silent... after helping the CIA in the hunt for the late Osama bin Laden ... who used to be alive but now he's not... faces fresh legal turmoil after the tribunal hearing his appeal was dissolved, officials said Thursday. Shakeel Afridi was tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... for 33 years in May 2012 after he was convicted of ties to holy warriors, though some U.S. politicians said the case was Dire Revenge for Afridi helping in the search for the al-Qaeda chief. Afridi was convicted under Pakistain's tribal justice system and last year a tribunal cut 10 years off his sentence. But his efforts to clear his name on appeal have been hit by long delays and adjournments and suffered another blow with Thursday's development. "The tribunal is no longer functional because the contracts of its members and chairman expired on January 26," Pir Fida, a senior lawyer and outgoing member of the tribunal told Agence La Belle France Presse. So far no replacements have been hired or plans made to renew the contracts, Fida added. The news was confirmed by an administrative official from the court Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Tribunal. Fida said the tribunal "has been practically dissolved" and it is now unclear when the next hearing in the case will take place. "They are just changing dates and adjourning cases, one after another," Afridi's lawyer Qamar Nadim said. Pakistain's powerful army were hugely embarrassed by the May 2011 U.S. special forces raid -- conducted without Pak knowledge -- that found and killed bin Laden in the northern town of Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... , a stone's throw from an elite military academy. The CIA recruited Afridi for a fake vaccination programme in a bid to confirm the 9/11 criminal mastermind was living in Abbottabad. The plan was to use the drive as cover to collect DNA material after vaccinating bin Laden's children as a way of positively identifying the al-Qaeda leader. An initial Pak investigation into the bin Laden raid called for Afridi to be tried for treason for helping the United States. In January last year, Washington linked the release of $33 million of the aid it pays to Pakistain with the release of Afridi. The CIA's fake vaccination campaign increased Taliban opposition to immunisation drives, which the turbans say are cover for spying, and attacks on health teams have claimed 74 lives since December 2012. |
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