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Militants deny link to Pakistani doctor in bin Laden case

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN/PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Deepening the mystery in a case that is straining Islamabad's relations with Washington, a Pakistani militant group said on Thursday it never had ties to a doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden, even though he was jailed for aiding them.

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New Pakistani reason for jailing bin Laden case doctor

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - In another twist to a case that is straining Islamabad's ties with Washington, a Pakistani court says the doctor who helped the United States find Osama bin Laden was imprisoned for aiding militants and not for his links to the CIA.

World, 30 May 2012

New Pakistani reason for jailing bin Laden case doctor

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - In another twist to a case that is straining Islamabad's ties with Washington, a Pakistani court says the doctor who helped the United States find Osama bin Laden was imprisoned for aiding militants and not for his links to the CIA.

World, 30 May 2012

Bin Laden case doctor jailed for militant link

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A Pakistani doctor who helped the United States find Osama bin Laden was imprisoned for aiding militants and not for his links to the CIA, as Pakistani officials had said, according to a court document.

World 30 May 2012

Pakistani doctor in bin Laden hunt rejected U.S. escape: officials

WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities said a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden turned down an opportunity to leave his country and resettle overseas with his family, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday.

World, 29 May 2012

Exclusive: Pakistan doctor in bin Laden case called corrupt, womanizer

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden faced accusations of corruption and other wrongdoing long before he was captured by Pakistani intelligence agents and then jailed for 33 years for treason.

World, 28 May 2012

Pakistani interrogator says bin Laden wives gave little away

ISLAMABAD - Osama bin Laden's three wives were fiercely loyal to him and gave little away when they were interrogated after the al Qaeda chief was killed in a U.S. raid over a year ago, a Pakistani intelligence agent who questioned them said.

World, Yemen, 25 May 2012

U.S. senators penalize Pakistan for jailing CIA helper

WASHINGTON - U.S. senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden voted on Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence.

World, 24 May 2012

Clinton condemns Pakistan for jailing doctor who helped CIA

WASHINGTON - Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for 33 years for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden is "unjust and unwarranted," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, vowing to continue to press the case with Islamabad.

World, 24 May 2012

U.S. should respect decision to imprison doctor who helped CIA find bin Laden: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - The United States should respect a Pakistan court's decision to imprison a doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden, the Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

World, 24 May 2012
President Barack Obama (2nd L) and Vice President Joe Biden (L), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Also pictured are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd R) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R). Please note: A classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured at source. REUTERS/White House/Pete Souza/Handout
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