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GORDON Brown blasted Pakistan yesterday for not nabbing Osama Bin Laden.
The PM voiced anger that al-Qaeda's leader is still free EIGHT years after the 9/11 attacks.
And he warned the failure to capture the terror mastermind was putting British lives at risk.
Mr Brown delivered his message in a phone call this weekend to Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari.
The PM said Pakistan must throw its full weight behind the war on Islamic fanatics.
Mr Brown's broadside came hours after he had set out a timetable for British troops to pull out of one or two districts in Helmand Province by the end of next year.
He claimed another five provinces could be handed back to Afghan security forces in 2010.
But he voiced deep frustration at Pakistan's failure to capture Bin Laden and his deputy Ayman Zawahiri.
Speaking at the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad he said: "We want, after eight years, to see more progress in taking out these top two people in al-Qaeda who have done so much damage and are clearly behind many of the operations in Great Britain."
Mr Brown will repeat his message when he meets Pakistan premier Yousaf Raza Gilani at Number 10 on Thursday.
There have long been concerns about shadowy links between Pakistan's secret service and al-Qaeda.
Mr Brown said Pakistan had finally "started to take on the Taliban and al-Qaeda" in the lawless border areas beside Afghanistan.
But he said: "We have got to ask ourselves why eight years after September 11 nobody has been able to spot or detain or get close to Osama Bin Laden."
He added: "Pakistan has to show itself that it can take on al-Qaeda."
OSAMA Bin Laden's freedom inspires terrorists in 60 countries including radicals like the London suicide bombers, warns a US report.
Brown: Catch Bin Laden | The Sun |News
The PM voiced anger that al-Qaeda's leader is still free EIGHT years after the 9/11 attacks.
And he warned the failure to capture the terror mastermind was putting British lives at risk.
Mr Brown delivered his message in a phone call this weekend to Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari.
The PM said Pakistan must throw its full weight behind the war on Islamic fanatics.
Mr Brown's broadside came hours after he had set out a timetable for British troops to pull out of one or two districts in Helmand Province by the end of next year.
He claimed another five provinces could be handed back to Afghan security forces in 2010.
But he voiced deep frustration at Pakistan's failure to capture Bin Laden and his deputy Ayman Zawahiri.
Speaking at the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad he said: "We want, after eight years, to see more progress in taking out these top two people in al-Qaeda who have done so much damage and are clearly behind many of the operations in Great Britain."
Mr Brown will repeat his message when he meets Pakistan premier Yousaf Raza Gilani at Number 10 on Thursday.
There have long been concerns about shadowy links between Pakistan's secret service and al-Qaeda.
Mr Brown said Pakistan had finally "started to take on the Taliban and al-Qaeda" in the lawless border areas beside Afghanistan.
But he said: "We have got to ask ourselves why eight years after September 11 nobody has been able to spot or detain or get close to Osama Bin Laden."
He added: "Pakistan has to show itself that it can take on al-Qaeda."
OSAMA Bin Laden's freedom inspires terrorists in 60 countries including radicals like the London suicide bombers, warns a US report.
Brown: Catch Bin Laden | The Sun |News
