Thursday, May 5, 2011

Will carry out more Abbottabad-style attacks if needed: US warns Pak

The US will again carry out special operations in Pakistan if required like the attack that killed Osama bin-Laden to target high profile terrorists, a top White House official said, asserting this had been "very successful". 
 Not withstanding the reaction from Pakistan that America's covert operation against bin Laden was an "unauthorized unilateral action", White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the Obama Administration would continue with this policy if that country does not act against terror suspects holed up in that country. 

The Obama Administration at the same time said the al Qaeda leader would have been taken alive had he surrendered to the US commandos but maintained that its covert operation in Abbottabad deep inside Pakistan on Sunday to kill him was conducted in a manner "fully consistent" with the laws of war. 

Carney told reporters the US believes that the 26/11 mastermind was brought to justice in the helicopter raid and that it is "entirely appropriate" given the circumstances. 

Source: The Indian express

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