US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said he is "very concerned" about a Pakistani doctor arrested for providing intelligence for the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden last year.
Dr Shikal Afridi is accused of running a CIA-run programme in Abbottabad where Bin Laden was killed. A Pakistan panel says he should be tried for treason.
Mr Panetta told the CBS TV network the arrest had been "a real mistake".
Dr Afridi provided "very helpful" information for the raid, he added.
He was arrested shortly after the operation, carried out by US special forces in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad on 2 May last year.
Pakistan was deeply embarrassed by the raid, and condemned it as a violation of sovereignty.
Tried for treason, eh? "Treason" is usually reserved for those who take up arms against the state, or are directly involved in actively damaging the state. If Pakistan is saying that giving up info in OBL is treason, then are they saying he was somehow a representative of the state of Pakistan? And if that's their argument, why aren't we bombing the shit out of them?
By: Brant
No comments:
Post a Comment