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Pakistan refuses to release Dr Afridi despite US pressure

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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has turned
down the US request to release Dr
Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani physician
accused of helping the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) track down
al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by
arranging a fake vaccination campaign
in Abbottabad.
Dr Afridi was taken into custody by
Pakistani security agencies soon after
bin Laden was killed in a covert raid by
US special forces in Abbottabad on
May 2. Afridi was charged for
arranging a fake vaccination drive in
Bilal Town, Abbottabad, where bin
Laden was living in a large compound,
to get a DNA sample in a syringe from
one of the al Qaeda chief’s blood
relatives so that it could be confirmed
he was living in the compound.
A report by a British newspaper
suggested a few days ago that US
pressure to get Afridi released from
the custody of Pakistani security
agencies had worked to soften the
stand of Islamabad on the contentious
issue, and that the physician was likely
to be set free.
The report quoted a Pakistani official
as saying: “If it is confirmed that he
(Afridi) did not deal with Americans
and didn’t know he was working for
the CIA, he didn’t break any laws. He
also did not spy on Pakistan or violate
the official secrets act. So there may
be no reason to charge him if he was
misled and did not know he was
working indirectly for a foreign
intelligence service.” However, a
Pakistani diplomat said that Pakistan
had now expressed its inability to the
US to free Dr Afridi despite intense
pressure from Washington. “In fact,
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
also made a phone call to President
Asif Ali Zardari a few days back and
asked for the release of Dr Afridi, but
she was told that it was not possible,”
he said.
“One major reason that Dr Afridi
couldn’t be set free is that he will have
to appear before the Abbottabad
Enquiry Commission as an important
witness to whatever happened in
Abbottabad that led to the May 2
military operation by US forces that
killed bin Laden,” he added.
A Pakistani security official, who asked
not to be named, neither confirmed
nor denied that Islamabad had
rejected the US demand to release Dr
Afridi, but said it was most likely that
the Pakistani physician would be
presented before the enquiry
commission for his testimony, which
was very important. “I don’t know
about rejection of the US demand by
Islamabad but Dr Afridi is an important
figure as far as the bin Laden episode
is concerned and his statement before
the commission could help carry
forward the ongoing probe into the
Abbottabad incident.
 
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Please read the thread. He set up a fake vaccination campaign. If he has done anything wrong surely it is for the judical system to decide. Nit for the Americans to force his release?
 
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Killing osama was the goal of both the countries. why pakistan charging this guy? he has helped in obl case after all.
 
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His job was to report it to his own countries authorities, not to spy for a foreign intelligence service.

May be he was simply bounty hunting for the prize on OBL's head..did he damage Pakistan in any way by assisting in removing the most dreaded terrorist from its soil?
 
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Killing osama was the goal of both the countries. why pakistan charging this guy? he has helped in obl case after all.

Complicit with outside nation is treason in any language and any country. Remember that jewish guy who was jailed in america for treason cos he gave american secrets to israelies even though israel and america are practically one.

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Complicit with outside nation is treason in any language and any country. Remember that jewish guy who was jailed in america for treason cos he gave american secrets to israelies even though israel and america are practically one.

Also it will have adverse effect on other ngo's work in health. people will no longer trust doctors etc
 
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Complicit with outside nation is treason in any language and any country. Remember that jewish guy who was jailed in america for treason cos he gave american secrets to israelies even though israel and america are practically one.

I am sure that OBL living in Abootabad was not a Pakistani State secret .. ;)

or was it ??? :)
 
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I have , and for allegedly setting up a "fake vaccination campaign" that did no harm to anybody , which on the contrary helped nail down the world's most wanted terrorist right in Pakistan's backyard ,Pakistan is proposing to charge him under the Official Secrets Act.

There is a saying : "Vinaash kaale vipreet buddhi" --- thats whats going on here !

Don't you guys think this is utterly bizarre ?

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His job was to report it to his own countries authorities, not to spy for a foreign intelligence service.

Ahh yes , inform the ISI / PA : "Guys I just saw OBL in Abbottabad just 100 metres from PA training academy , please inform Uncle Sam and take necessary action"

He would not have been alive till now had he done that ....
 
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Killing osama was the goal of both the countries. why pakistan charging this guy? he has helped in obl case after all.


My criteria works everytime. If a guy is hated for his acts by the people of his country and praised by the enemies of his country , he is a traitor and his A__ should be deep fried in boiling Oil.



:agree::agree::agree::agree::agree::agree:
 
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I am sure that OBL living in Abootabad was not a Pakistani State secret .. ;)

or was it ??? :)

You missed the point. Even an allies spy is a spy. Working for any other nation is a crime-treason immaterial they worked for freind or enemy.

Secondly the theory that isi either complicit or incompetent is simply flawed. If they did know he was there it does not follow isi is incompetent to say otherwise is just anti isi anti pakistani propagand propagated by pakistans enemies
 
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