Abbottabad Commission: Air Force presents their side of the story

Ammunitions and ballistics experts from the military also presented their findings to the inquiry commission.


Express October 18, 2011

ISLAMABAD: The inquiry commission on US operation in Abbottabad recorded statements of Director General Joint Staff Headquarters and Assistant Chief Air Staff, Air Headquarters, Express 24/7 reported on Tuesday.

The meeting of the commission was held at the Cabinet Division and was chaired by retired Justice Javed Iqbal.

Other members of the commission who attended the meeting were Abbas Khan, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi and retired General Nadeem.

Ammunitions and ballistics experts from the military also presented their findings on the May 2 incident in which al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces in a raid on a compound in Abbottabad.

In earlier meetings, the judicial commission investigating the US raid interviewed DG Military Intelligence and IGP Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

(Read: “Abbottabad commission: Military Intelligence boss, K-P police chief quizzed”) 

As reported earlier, the inquiry commission also interviewed the widow of Abu Ahmed AlKuwaiti.

AlKuwaiti, who owned the compound in Abbottabad where Bin Laden was found, was the al Qaeda chief’s courier. His real name is said to be Arshad Khan and he was fatally shot during the May 2 raid in the garrison city.

(Read: “May 2 probe: Abbottabad panel interviews AlKuwaiti’s widow”)

AlKuwaiti’s wife was also injured during the operation. She was living with Bin Laden’s family and was taken into custody by intelligence agencies along with Bin Laden’s two wives and children.

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