WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested five CIA informants who fed information to U.S. intelligence before the raid last month which killed Osama bin Laden, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
One of the detainees was reported to be a Pakistani Army major whom officials said copied license plates of cars visiting the al Qaeda leader's compound 30 miles northwest of Islamabad.
Pakistan's government leaders, intelligence community and military officials vehemently expressed outrage at any suggestion or innuendo that they were complicit in hiding Osama bin Laden(OBL) - even though OBL was residing in a compound 30 miles outside a military base in Islamabad.
Some folks conjecture Pakistan did covertly green light the American invasion to capture OBL; and to appease the Pakistani extremist they want to appear to be retaliating against American interest.
On the flip side, others argue that they play both ends against the middle...taking money from terrorists and USA.
I tend to believe, living in a very tough neighborhood - borders with Afghanistan, China, India and Iran - that Pakistan has to promote a very nuanced foreign and domestic policy.
They have to placate the Islamic extremist within the country, while fighting a war against terror. They have a sworn enemy and nuclear power (India) on one extended border and a chaotic American lead war in Afghanistan on the opposite border.
Caught up in this mix, it should be no surprise that Pakistan makes several deals with the devil. My only question is who does Pakistan consider the true devil?
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