US feared Pakistan might 'alert' bin Laden
China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-05 07:55
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Media and local residents gather outside the house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday. Anjum Naveed / Associated Press |
WASHINGTON - CIA Director Leon Panetta said in an interview on Tuesday that officials ruled out informing Islamabad about a planned raid against Osama bin Laden's compound as they feared their Pakistani counterparts might alert the al-Qaida chief.
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