[LINK] bin Laden is dead

[Jan Whitaker]

At 10:15 AM 4/05/2011, Birch, Jim wrote:
>   It's likely
>that some elements of the military and security services knew what was
>going on and condoned and/or aided it.  Clearly there's a mixture of
>people, sympathies and strategies that aren't coherent.

I didn't see it, but reports this morning about a Lateline interview 
said something similar, that Pakistan WAS involved in some way, but 
are being let off the hook to avoid the domestic backlash that would 
result against the government itself. I reckon there are quite a few 
games being played at a few levels to provide deniability. The US has 
always said if they foudn ObL there, they would go after him, 
regardless of what Pakistan thought or wanted. The buy-off for that 
'privilege' has been over a billion $ in aid every year - almost 10 
years, almost a $10bil. That buys a lot of 'cooperation'.

Jan



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