• Pakistani who helped US track osama sentenced to 33 years in prison
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[quote]A Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden was convicted of high treason Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, officials said, a verdict that is likely to further strain the country's relationship with Washington.Shakil Afridi ran a vaccination program for the CIA to collect DNA and verify bin Laden's presence at the compound in the town of Abbottabad where U.S. commandos killed the al-Qaida chief last May. The operation outraged Pakistani officials because they were not told about it beforehand. Senior U.S. officials have called for Afridi to be released, saying his work served Pakistani and American interests. His conviction comes at a sensitive time because the U.S. is already frustrated by Pakistan's refusal to reopen NATO supply routes to Afghanistan. The supply routes were closed six months ago in retaliation for American airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Afridi also was ordered to pay a fine of about $3,500 and will spend an additional three and half years in prison if he does not, said Nasir Khan, a government official in the Khyber tribal area, where the doctor was arrested and tried.[/quote] [url]http://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-helped-us-sentenced-prison-111936200.html[/url] Fuck you Pakistan.
What a great ally, you helped capture an international terrorist that we were "looking for"? Treason.
Ignoring the fact that it was Osama for a moment... At the end of the day he worked with a foreign countries government without the knowledge of his own government. The same would have happened in America were it an american citizen colluding with the Pakistani government. Additionally, if I'm reading the article correctly, he was collecting peoples DNA without their knowledge or consent under the guise of vaccinations.
[QUOTE=Kenneth;36080813]The same would have happened in America were it an american citizen colluding with the Pakistani government.[/QUOTE] Except the US isn't a partner that is currently receiving vast sums of money that has proven to be more of a hindrance than a benefit in tracking down an international terrorist, that has plotted the deaths of thousands, who turned out to be located right next to a military base.
Pakistan is not a monolithic entity. There are many different views, and most of them aren't particularly positive with regards to the drone happy Obama administration. I'm not sure why it being Osama particularly matters to Pakistanis? Various estimates put the death toll of drone attacks around the same amount as those who died in 9/11. The UN challenge is rather interesting though.
[QUOTE=Kenneth;36080813]Ignoring the fact that it was Osama for a moment... At the end of the day he worked with a foreign countries government without the knowledge of his own government. The same would have happened in America were it an american citizen colluding with the Pakistani government. Additionally, if I'm reading the article correctly, he was collecting peoples DNA without their knowledge or consent under the guise of vaccinations.[/QUOTE] Although it [I]was[/I] for the greater good.
[QUOTE=Kenneth;36080813]Ignoring the fact that it was Osama for a moment... At the end of the day he worked with a foreign countries government without the knowledge of his own government. The same would have happened in America were it an american citizen colluding with the Pakistani government. Additionally, if I'm reading the article correctly, he was collecting peoples DNA without their knowledge or consent under the guise of vaccinations.[/QUOTE] Surely some discretion should be used in this case considering he helped find the worlds leading terrorist?
Yet we still pour money into this shithole for some reason.
free shakil
American government should at least try to get him asylum there with him and his family, lets be honest the American government does owe him alot.
[QUOTE=Source;36085888]American government should at least try to get him asylum there with him and his family, lets be honest the American government does owe him alot.[/QUOTE]Well, a [US] Senate panel has already cut [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18201077"]Pakistan's aid by thirty three million[/URL].
[QUOTE=Thlis;36080859]Except the US isn't a partner that is currently receiving vast sums of money that has proven to be more of a hindrance than a benefit in tracking down an international terrorist, that has plotted the deaths of thousands, who turned out to be located right next to a military base.[/QUOTE] Well it still consitutes high treason under their legal codes. As well as breach of human rights probably. And as they say - justice should be blind. He should not be released by the court, just because he was doing it for a good cause. Generally speaking what you would use in a case like this, is that after he is convicted, you give him a presidential (or similar) pardon for serving the countries best interest. But you do not directly interfere into the judiciary.
Yet right next door we have the secular nation of India which would actually be an ally you can trust...
God I hate my country....
[QUOTE=mchapra;36086789]God I hate my country....[/QUOTE] Do I smell treason???
[QUOTE=Swebonny;36086824]Do I smell treason???[/QUOTE] OH CRAP!
He was a classic spy, but if Pakistan doesn't advocate terrorism, then why did they sentence him to prison? Edit: Maybe they just wanna step on US' toes but jailing some expendable agent isn't going to deal any blow.
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