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US called explanation about Osama's hideout
US called explanation about Osama's hideout
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The United States warned yesterday it would probe Osama bin Laden’s support network in Pakistan, raising tough questions for its anti-terror ally after killing the Al-Qaeda key player in a daring raid.Officials said DNA tests had proven conclusively that the man US Special Forces killed Sunday in the city of Abbottabad was indeed their reviled foe blamed for the deaths of 3,000 people in the September 11 attacks in 2001.President Barack Obama’s top anti-terror adviser John Brennan said that it was “inconceivable” that bin Laden did not have a support network in Pakistan.“I am not going to speculate about what type of support he might have had on an official basis inside of Pakistan,” said Brennan, when quizzed by reporters on oft reported links between Pakistani intelligence and radical Islamists.“But we are closely talking to the Pakistanis right now.“We are looking right now at how he was able to hold out there for so long and whether or not there was any type of support system within Pakistan that allowed him to stay there.”In another sign of mistrust between Washington and Islamabad, Brennan said that US officials did not notify Pakistan of the raid until its helicopters exited Pakistani airspace with bin Laden’s remains.Pakistan’s main Taliban faction threatened to attack Pakistan and the US, calling them “the enemies of Islam.” Meanwhile, President Obama and White House staff was yesterday debating the release of a video showing bin Laden being buried at sea.
