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May 4, 2011

Pakistan Criticizes U.S. Raid 
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The raid that killed Osama bin Laden has inflamed tensions between the
U.S. and Pakisani governments. Pakistan has criticized it as "an
unauthorized unilateral action" and the White House has said it did not
warn Pakistani officials out of fear of tipping off the targets. On
Tuesday, the Pakistani government issued a statement rejecting
allegations it was aware of bin Laden's presence in Pakistan and warned
the United States against undertaking similar missions in the future. At
a trilateral meeting with United States and Afghan envoys, Pakistani
Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said Pakistan is trying to move on from
the fallout over bin Laden's presence.

Salman Bashir: "What we are trying to do here is to look to the future.
This issue of Osama bin Laden is history and I think we do not want to
keep ourselves mired in the past."



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