Washington : United states says that there is no proof that Pakistan knew about Osama bin laden hideout but Islamabad should investigate the support network that sustained Bin Laden.
“There was some support network in Abbottabad, with the support of bin Laden,” White House
National Security Advisor Tom Donilon.“We haven’t seen evidence that the government knew about that. But they need to investigate that.” US President Barack Obama ordered the clandestine US Navy SEAL mission that killed Bin Laden at his Abbottabad compound, which also allowed the United States to seize a massive cache of intelligence.
But Donilon stressed that, despite the fugitive terror chief hiding for years in a three-storey house near the capital Islamabad, “I’ve not seen evidence that would tell us that the political, the military, or the intelligence leadership had foreknowledge of bin Laden.”
“The second point though, is the fact which you’re alluding to, is that Osama bin Laden was in this town for six years, 35 miles (50 kilometers) away from the capitol of Pakistan, Islamabad, in a town that was known as a military town where they had an important military academy. This needs to be investigated.”
Donilon, like US intelligence officials on Sunday, described the data haul from the raid as the richest terrorism treasure trove ever collected. He also said that out of recovered data one can build a college library.
