Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has said that more raids like the one in Abbottabad would not be tolerated, ISPR press released said.According to the ISPR press release issued Thursday, the acknowledgement came after army chief of staff General Ashfaq Kayani convened a meeting of corps commanders on the fourth day after US commandos tracked down and killed bin Laden in Abbottabad.In a meeting, COAS threatened to review cooperation with the United States if it conducted more raids like the one that killed Osama bin Laden."COAS made it clear that any similar action violating the sovereignty of Pakistan will warrant a review on the level of military/intelligence cooperation with the United States," Kayani said.It was also decided in a meeting that the investigation into intelligence failures to detect the world’s most wanted man on the soil would be conducted. Meanwhile Pakistan’s military on Thursday admitted to intelligence “shortcomings” on pinpointing Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s location and ordered an investigation.The acknowledgement came after army chief of staff General Ashfaq Kayani convened a meeting of corps commanders on the fourth day after US commandos tracked down and killed bin Laden in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad.“While admitting own shortcomings” in developing intelligence on bin Laden’s whereabouts, the meeting said “achievements” by military intelligence against Al-Qaeda and other terror groups were without parallel.
In the bin Laden case, the military said the CIA developed intelligence based on initial information provided by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency but did not share further developments with the Pakistanis.
It said an investigation had been ordered into the circumstances that led to the intelligence breakdown.
In the bin Laden case, the military said the CIA developed intelligence based on initial information provided by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency but did not share further developments with the Pakistanis.
It said an investigation had been ordered into the circumstances that led to the intelligence breakdown.