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Pakistan 'arrests CIA informants in Bin Laden raid' Pakistan 'arrests CIA informants in Bin Laden raid'
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Pakistan has arrested five alleged informants for the CIA who helped in the US raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in northern Pakistan in May, US media report.Pakistan has arrested five alleged informants for the CIA who helped in the US raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in northern Pakistan in May, US media report.
Among those held by the intelligence agency, the ISI, was the owner of a safe house rented to the CIA to watch Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, the New York Times reported.Among those held by the intelligence agency, the ISI, was the owner of a safe house rented to the CIA to watch Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, the New York Times reported.
The raid strained US-Pakistan ties.The raid strained US-Pakistan ties.
US President Barack Obama said "someone" was protecting Bin Laden.US President Barack Obama said "someone" was protecting Bin Laden.
Pakistan has denied knowing Bin Laden's whereabouts.Pakistan has denied knowing Bin Laden's whereabouts.
And US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on a recent visit to Pakistan that there was "absolutely no evidence that anyone at the highest level of the Pakistani government" knew where Bin Laden was.And US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on a recent visit to Pakistan that there was "absolutely no evidence that anyone at the highest level of the Pakistani government" knew where Bin Laden was.
'Major arrested''Major arrested'
The ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) has not so far made any public comment on the arrests.The ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) has not so far made any public comment on the arrests.
However, soon after Bin Laden was killed on 2 May, witnesses told the BBC that at least four Pakistanis were arrested. Two of the men were cousins of Bin Laden's courier who were picked up from their village in the north west. The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says dozens of people have been arrested and released by security agencies since Bin Laden's killing but at least five of the arrested men have not been released yet.
The other two were picked up from, or near, Abbottabad, about 60km (40 miles) north of the capital, Islamabad. Soon after the killing on 2 May, witnesses told the BBC that two brothers - both cousins of Bin Laden's courier - were picked up from their village in the north-western Shangla district.
It is not clear whether the four were among the alleged CIA informants arrested. A member of the security forces was picked up from the Ilyasi Masjid area near the Bin Laden compound in Abbottabad, according to witnesses. It is not known whether he belonged to the intelligence wing of the police or the army. He remains unaccounted for to date.
The contractor who built the Bin Laden compound, Noor Mohammad alias Gul Madah, a property dealer identified by witnesses as Kaleem, Bin Laden's neighbour Shamrez and his father Zain Mohammad were arrested in the weeks following the killing.
Barring Kaleem, the men were later released, but they have all gone missing, our correspondent adds.
It is not clear whether these men were among the alleged CIA informants arrested.
The New York Times said those arrested included a Pakistani army major believed to have logged the number plates of cars visiting Bin Laden's compound in the weeks before the raid.The New York Times said those arrested included a Pakistani army major believed to have logged the number plates of cars visiting Bin Laden's compound in the weeks before the raid.
The US has sharply reduced its troop presence in Pakistan at Islamabad's request.The US has sharply reduced its troop presence in Pakistan at Islamabad's request.
The US has provided Pakistan with billions of dollars of aid in recent years, much of it military assistance. Washington has provided Pakistan with billions of dollars of aid in recent years, much of it military assistance.
Pakistan has also been angered by US drone raids on tribal regions bordering Afghanistan in which civilians, as well as militants, have been killed. Islamabad has also been angered by US drone raids on tribal regions bordering Afghanistan in which civilians, as well as militants, have been killed.