The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
shared intelligence with Pakistan suggesting al Qaeda planned to carry out major attacks inside
Pakistan,
reports Dawn. The information
was based on documents seized
by US Navy SEALs during the
raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound
in Abbottabad. Some of the details
of the intelligence shared with
Dawn revealed that before
being killed in the May 2 raid,
Osama bin Laden, along with
Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who took
over as al Qaeda chief in June
2011, and other senior leaders
of the terror outfit had planned
to mount indiscriminate attacks
on Pakistani soil. There were
conflicting reports about the
shared intelligence. One participant
of the meeting said CIA Deputy
Director Michael Morrell had
presented a dossier to Pakistani
officials while another claimed
that it was just a tip about
what al Qaeda had been planning
to do in Pakistan and lacked related details — the bits that could help put
the jigsaw together.
Meanwhile, the US Embassy in Islamabad
banned its staff from restaurants
and markets in the capital for
several days on either side
of the anniversary of Osama
bin Laden’s death. “Due to security
concerns, the US embassy has
restricted its employees from
going to restaurants and markets
in Islamabad from April 27-May
5,” a warning on the embassy
website said. “We recommend
that US citizens in Islamabad
during this period take similar
precautions.”
Further, the Government says Osama
bin Laden’s three widows and
his children have been deported
to Saudi Arabia. A statement
said the family left early on
April 27 (today) to the “country
of their choice, Saudi Arabia”. | 
