Pakistani who aided US find Bin Laden convicted of treason.

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peshawar, pakistan — pakistani doctor helped central intelligence agency locate osama bin laden through fake vaccination campaign in city of abbottabad convicted on wednesday of treason , sentenced 33 years in prison, senior official in pakistan said.

tribal court here found doctor, shakil afridi, guilty of acting against state, said mutahir zeb khan, administrator khyber tribal region. along jail term, court imposed fine of $3,500. dr. afridi, may appeal verdict, sent central prison in peshawar.

had been charged under british-era regulation frontier crimes unlike pakistan criminal code not carry death penalty treason. under pakistani penal law, have received death penalty, pakistani lawyer said.

decision appeared add strained relations between pakistan , united states @ time when 2 countries remain @ loggerheads on reopening supply lines through pakistan afghanistan. ny times

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islamabad, pakistan — united states has long suspected of billions of dollars has sent pakistan battle militants has been diverted domestic economy , other causes, such fighting india.

scope , longevity of misuse becoming clear: between 2002 , 2008, while al-qaida regrouped, $500 million of $6.6 billion in american aid made pakistani military, 2 army generals tell associated press.

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the misuse of funding helps explain how al-qaida, dismantled in afghanistan in 2001, able regroup, grow , take on weak pakistani army. today, army complains of inadequate equipment battle taliban entrenched in tribal regions.

part, washington did not ask many questions of leader, musharraf, whom considered ally, according u.s. government accountability office report released last year.

pakistan has received more money fund other nation. least expensive war front. amount u.s. spends per soldier per month $928, compared $76,870 in afghanistan , $85,640 in iraq.

yet 2008, united states had provided pakistan $8.6 billion in military money, , more $12 billion in all. huffpo

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some of money u.s. went buying weapons united states better suited fighting india in border regions of afghanistan – armor-piercing tow missiles, sophisticated surveillance equipment, air-to-air missiles, maritime patrol aircraft, anti-ship missiles , f-16 fighter aircraft.

"pakistan insisted , america agreed. pakistan said have threat other sources," durrani said, referring india, "and have strengthen our overall capacity. "the money used buy , support capability against india." huffpo

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allies?

 

mcrain said: ↑

allies?

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you have none. no 1 does.

strange bedfellows.

 

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