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India-Pakistan
Pakistan Paves Way for Release of Doctor Who Helped Hunt Down Bin Laden
2018-05-01
President Obama didn’t care, President Trump does.
[AAWSAT] Pak authorities are expected to release Shakil Afridi, a Pak doctor who helped the CIA hunt down al-Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden
... who is now sometimes referred to as Mister Bones...
in 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....
, after being transferred to the city of Rawalpindi from Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
, where he has been tossed in the clink
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
for seven years now.

The authorities tossed in the clink
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
Afridi and later sentenced him to life imprisonment after the execution of Abbottabad operation, which ended in the death of bin Laden in May 2011.

His attorney said on Saturday that his jail transfer could be a prelude to his release.

Afridi was accused of treason after word spread he had helped the CIA collect genetic samples of the bin Laden family, paving the way for a US Navy SEAL raid in the town of Abbottabad that killed him.

The continued imprisonment of Afridi has long been a source of tension between Pakistain and the United States, which cut military aid over accusations Islamabad continues to shelter Talibs fighting US and Afghan soldiers across the border in Afghanistan.

A jail official in the northwestern city of Peshawar said Afridi was transferred to Adiala prison in Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, but said the reasons were unclear and could simply be security-related.

Afridi’s lawyer, Qamar Nadeem, confirmed the transfer of his client but said he was not sure where he was now.

Judicial officials could not be reached on Saturday nor could embassy officials for the United States, which has for years called on Pakistain to release Afridi, according to Rooters.
Posted by:Fred

#6  The moron obviously assumed our top men had brains and integrity.

The Pakis would have figured it out eventually. The good doctor was too clever by half.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2018-05-01 16:17  

#5  The moron obviously assumed our top men had brains and integrity.
Posted by: gorb   2018-05-01 15:55  

#4  Afridi's is presumably a smart guy. But he's lacking in common sense. In what universe did it make sense for him to stay in Pakistan after something like this?
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2018-05-01 13:07  

#3  Pakistan had to have a betrayer. It could not appear that Pakistan had colluded with the Great Satan. Shakil Afridi was the sacrificial goat necessary to convince the masses of the innocence of Paki intelligence and government.

Multiple rotary wing aircraft lumbering across AFG, across the Durand to Pakistan. Loitering for nearly an hour in Abbattabad, then back again without being challenged by the Paki air defences. Absolutely amazing, no ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-05-01 08:10  

#2  Thank you Leon Panetta for outing the good doctor. Panetta was supposed to the adult in the Obama admin.

Loose talk by senior members of the Obama administration may have condemned Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor who assisted America’s hunt for Osama bin Laden, to 33-year term in prison on trumped-up charges.

According to Fox News, an official 357-page report by the Pakistani government that examined the security failures that allowed the U.S. to evade that country’s defenses in the raid on May 2, 2011 concluded that Dr. Afridi was implicated by a “statement by the U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who was the CIA Director when May 2 happened, confirming the role of Dr. Afridi in making the U.S. assassination mission a success.”
Posted by: Tholurong Jones1532   2018-05-01 07:58  

#1  I would like Him and his Family to be here, but keep it simple.
Posted by: newc   2018-05-01 00:30  

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