The report appears to emphasise that the Pakistan government and military officials, perhaps, did not know of Bin Laden’s presence in that non-descript white bungalow. But experts on Pakistan in the West believe his whereabouts were known to some key officials in the military establishment, making it possible for Bin Laden to remain in Abbottabad for a prolonged period of time. It is also relevant that the judicial report focuses more on the US invasion of Pakistan rather than on why the world’s most wanted militant was able to hide out in a garrison town undetected. This is an odd focus, given the need to improve our own intelligence network. If it was really oblivious to Bin Laden’s presence, then it is clear it has become practically non-functional.
All these matters need to be explored in more detail. However, what is most important of all is that the cover of secrecy over events be lifted and this important report put before parliament and the public. As citizens of a democracy, we need to know more about what happens in our country and the factors which lead to events of this kind unfolding in such an unexpected fashion.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 24th, 2012.
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No past report has been made public, why start telling the truth now?
if i were the OBL,and was asked to choose a place of hiding, neighborhood of a military cantt would be last in my list,unless someone high up was not in the loop....
@numbersnumbers, hahaha funny questions, OBL compound was not carved out of military academy land and it is not adjacent to any cantonment. Also "largest private security compound" funny stuff, looks like you've never been to Pakistan.
I think the conclusion of the report is There was no person called Osama Bin Laden. Osama is a creation of CIA, RAW and Mossad and 911 is a inside job.
Wow, some questions to ponder until report EVER be becomes public!
1) How was it that such a large parcel of land was carved out of the premier Pakistani military academy for construction of probably the largest PRIVATE security compound in the Abbottabad region, and where is the paperwork to explain just how that occurred?
2) How was it that the largest PRIVATE security compound adjacent to the Military Academy in a highly secure Military Cantonment was obviously exempt from any security scrutiny by any number of government "agencies" over the 5 plus years OBL lived there?
Just asking of course, but I should mention that any investigation that doesn't want answers will only question individuals who are carefully selected for their total lack of any knowledge of what really went on! Last year I correctly guessed that the report would basically say "Osama bin Who????"!
This report evidences why Pakistan is in the Outhouse. No nation of consequence trusts or believes in Pakistan. I guess Mr. Bin Laden arrived in a blacked out Limo and then no one knew his whereabouts until the Americans landed right on the spot. On the doors of the Military Academy. If ever this story could be turned into a Musical it will win all Awards there are for being a Comedy of International Proportions. .
You can't please the western "experts" and desi military haters, even if the report is made public and it becomes crystal clear that no official knew where bin laden was hiding nutters will simply blame commission of colluding with the "deep state" for a cover up.