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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Pakistan Gives Bin Laden Hero 33 Years, Obama Does Nothing

Dr. Shakil Afridi was convicted of treason in Pakistan on Wednesday for helping the United States find Osama Bin Laden.


In the kind of double game that has been characteristic of the Obama era, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for his release. But where was the administration during Afridi’s arrest and trial? Four months ago, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta openly admitted that Afridi had run a hepatitis B vaccination program in order to gather DNA samples from members of Bin Laden’s family, who were thought to be living nearby. When Afridi was charged with treason in January, Panetta lamely said that Pakistanis should be against the charge, because they were threatened by terrorism, too: “For them to take this kind of action against somebody who was helping to go after terrorism, I just think is a real mistake on their part.”

A “mistake”? How about a cataclysmically immoral, terrorist-supporting decision that would not be accepted by the United States under any circumstances?
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

the good doctor didnt find him, obama did! how dare you spread lies about my lord n savior!

Anonymous said...

I hope there's some sort of back door diplomacy going on that results in this gentleman being freed.

Other articles I've read indicate Pakistan is looking to prosecute others who abetted this operation yet is doing little to nothing to those who aided in hiding the Bin Laden family.