OSAMA BIN LADEN KILLING PROMPTS WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND US
Pakistan says raid on Bin Laden's house was 'unauthorised' while CIA director defends decision not to inform Islamabad
Declan Walsh
The Guardian, May 4, 2011
The war of words between Pakistan and the US in the wake of Osama bin Laden's killing has intensified as senior officials on both sides traded barbs that underlined their mutual mistrust, and the White House reversed its position on key details of the raid.
In Islamabad the Pakistani foreign ministry issued a hard-worded statement condemning the raid on Bin Laden's house as an "unauthorised unilateral action", and warned that it would not be tolerated in future.
In Washington, the CIA chief Leon Panetta said Pakistan was not informed of the assault on Abbottabad, a military garrison town, because US officials feared the al-Qaida leader could have been warned in advance.
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