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    Pakistan health workers linked to CIA scheme fired

    ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani government official says 17 health workers have been fired for allegedly participating in a CIA scheme to confirm the presence of Osama bin Laden in a northwestern town.

    Zafeer Ahmed said Wednesday the workers, 16 women and one man, were dismissed because they failed to inform authorities they were helping Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi with a fake vaccination program meant to obtain the al-Qaida chief's DNA.

    The scheme was allegedly carried out in Abbottabad, where bin Laden was killed last May by American commandos.

    Pakistan detained Afridi after the operation and could charge him with treason. The Pakistani government was outraged by the operation because it was not informed beforehand.

    Ahmed is a senior health official in Abbottabad district.

     

    29 comments

    • Ralph B  •  3 mths ago
      I'm outraged with the Pakistani government; so who cares what they think?
    • OO  •  3 mths ago
      The only thing more pathetic about Pakistan protecting Usama Bin Laden while supposedly being our ALLY is our weak response. Just this week we have given the Pakis two more high tech planes for WHAT?

      I wish Gen. MacArthur would come out of his grave and punch the top 20 leaders including both Obama and Bush in the the nose for LOSING this war in such a pathetic way. IMPEACH and fire and send to jail every one of them. This country must STOP tolerating LOSERS.
    • John Farmer  •  Plainfield, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      "Zafeer Ahmed said Wednesday the workers, 16 women and one man, were dismissed because they failed to inform authorities they were helping Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi
      with a fake vaccination program meant to obtain the al-Qaida chief's DNA.." Hahahaha. This Zafeer Ahmen is a real fool! It's apparent he was a Bin Laden lover.
      • VIC 3 mths ago
        Sir, are you an idiot or something!!!
    • Tony  •  3 mths ago
      No more US aid for the terrorist-sponsoring goat ropers!
    • AUGUSTUS MCCRAE  •  3 mths ago
      this proves the pakis were deliberately hiding osama.
    • Jay Zielinski  •  Lombard, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      you had Osama bin laden in country and didn't tell us. why should we tell them anything. you hide the MOST WANTED MAN in world in country. who know if you will tell head of al-Qaida what were doing. i don't trust them.
      • Illuminotagain 3 mths ago
        I agree, SO DUMP Musharraf, not the nurses,
        way to flex on the minions, while we trade
        nukes for mangos (wish I was kidding)
    • Jason Lee  •  San Francisco, California  •  3 mths ago
      If anyone should be eligible for asylum, it's the people who helped us get Bin Laden.
    • ollkorrect  •  3 mths ago
      well, credit must be given to the doctor who helped establishing the identity of bin laden.

      funny how the Pakistanis are more surprised with '' sovereignty issues'' against the US rather than the fact that bin laden was living there
      • t 3 mths ago
        didnt usa have sovereingty issues 9/11
    • khill05  •  3 mths ago
      That is because the Pakistani military is the taliban, al quada, hamas, hezbollah and they are the true enemy of the USA. Attack Pakistan, blow up their nukes with some well placed guided missiles and leave them to clean up the mess they are responsible for. their ONLY exports are terrorism and hate and nothing good will ever come out of Pakistan.
      • TeeBag 3 mths ago
        You make Iran's case for having nuclear weapons to deter the fundamentalists of different faith.
      • khill05 2 mths ago
        TeeBag - I have no faith and am not a fundamentalist, I know they have been taught hate for generations and they export hate and terror and Iran is the same and whether you like it or not, you know it is true.
    • Bill  •  Williamsport, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      Pakistan is so bad, even India didn't want them..... lets stop ALL aid to these countries...
    • sanjay chow  •  3 mths ago
      Dear Porkis....do you anything about this....
      "An architect regularly employed by the ISI worked on the compound in which sheltered Osama bin Laden for years in Abbottabad ....Though the original property records for the compound near the Pakistan Military Academy have disappeared,the architect who worked on the structure was regularly employed by the ISI,Washington Post columnist David Ignatius quoted"
      • Ali 3 mths ago
        Sanjay, is it true that when you were a child you had been sexually molested repeatedly by a muslim of pakistani origin?
      • gulati 3 mths ago
        Pakis are born liars and two-timers !
    • backinfulldistrust  •  3 mths ago
      And yet such notorious criminals as General Kayani
      and Abdul Qadeer Khan are national heroes in Pakistan.
      A failed state.
    • skull  •  3 mths ago
      Is this the kind of ally we have? More like avenging bin landen's death. Two face!
    • Stony  •  3 mths ago
      Collateral damage. CIA assets are always discarded when they are of no future use.
    • Vern  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      Why is this administration letting this happen?
    • bertha fay  •  Austin, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Why did we spend all that money on the war or is that non-war in Iraq, when the CIA plus SEAL Team Six could have taken care of it? We destroyed the infra-structure of a whole nation, the way of life of countless innocent civilians and sacrificed American military personnel for WHAT?
    • Q  •  3 mths ago
      This is an expression of the Pakistan State loyalties - the USA is not on their list.
    • Jeffrey Rowan  •  Santa Clara, California  •  3 mths ago
      There is a simple explanation for MultiBillion Dollar US aid Pakistan: Kickbacks. Pakistanis must be paying back the Politicians somehow.
    • Nick718  •  New York, New York  •  3 mths ago
      And how did this covert scheme become public knowledge?
    • Watch thi..............  •  3 mths ago
      This is how they treat the one's actually doing the fighting. Maybe they'll be eligible for foreign aid? Take it from what was going to the paki's.
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