Pakistan info helped US with bin Laden hideout: official
- Published: 29 Apr 2012 at 01.48
- Online news: Asia
The Pakistani intelligence services provided the United States with information that was helpful in learning more about the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, a US official said Saturday.
President Barack Obama (2ndL), VP Joe Biden (L), Defense Secretray Robert Gates (R), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd R) and the national security team as receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House in 2011. The Pakistani intelligence services provided the US with information about the compound where bin Laden was killed.
"The Pakistanis didn't provide any tips on bin Laden, but they provided certain information that aided the United States in developing the American intelligence picture on the compound," said the official, who asked not to be identified.
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