Bin Laden operation: US rejects Pakistani criticism of raid
US says it will not "apologise" for launching the raid to kill Bin Laden on Pakistani soil.
WASHINGTON:
The United States said Monday it would not “apologise” for launching a raid to kill Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil, after the Islamabad government complained about US “unilateralism.”
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Washington took Pakistani complaints seriously but added: “we also do not apologise for the action that this president took.”
He said Obama was convinced that he had the “right and imperative” to mount the raid, and noted that the president said during his campaign he would act to get bin Laden in Pakistan if necessary.
Carney also said the United States was still seeking cooperation from Islamabad to gain access to three of the al Qaeda leader’s widows who are in Pakistani custody.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 10th, 2011.
The United States said Monday it would not “apologise” for launching a raid to kill Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil, after the Islamabad government complained about US “unilateralism.”
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Washington took Pakistani complaints seriously but added: “we also do not apologise for the action that this president took.”
He said Obama was convinced that he had the “right and imperative” to mount the raid, and noted that the president said during his campaign he would act to get bin Laden in Pakistan if necessary.
Carney also said the United States was still seeking cooperation from Islamabad to gain access to three of the al Qaeda leader’s widows who are in Pakistani custody.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 10th, 2011.