Pakistan PM to address bin Laden debacle

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Source: Al Jazeera



Gilani to "take nation into confidence" as Obama speculates al Qaeda leader may have had Pakistani "support network".

Last Modified: 09 May 2011 09:25

Pakistani leaders are under pressure from both an anti-American public and the US over bin Laden's killing

Pakistan's prime minister is set to brief parliament on the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden, his first public statement since the attack embarrassed the country and raised fears of a new rift between Islamabad and Washington.

Yusuf Raza Gilani is expected to "take the nation into confidence" in parliament on Monday, an official told the AFP news agency, amid deepening suspicion in the US that Pakistani officials may have had ties with the al-Qaeda leader.

Pakistanis have expressed anger at the perceived impunity of the American raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad - apparently conducted without Pakistani knowledge - but also questioned whether their military was too incompetent to know bin Laden was in the area, or conspired to protect him.

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