The abbottabad commission was a judicial inquiry commissioned to provide reports on the circumstantial events leading up to the united states decision to take unilateral military actions in abbottabad in khyberpakhtunkhwa province of pakistan, with the objective of neutralizing alqaeda leader osama bin laden on may 2, 2011. The commission itself was formed a year earlier, and was extremely critical of everyone involved. The report of the abbottabad commission, formed in june 2011 to probe the circumstances around the killing of bin laden by us forces in a. The report was immediatedly classified, but al jazeera published it, on july 8, 20. Leaked osama bin laden abbottabad commission report on al jazeera debunks conspiracy theories. Page 197 of the report, which contains part of the testimony of ltgen ahmed shuja pasha, then director of the isi, was missing from all copies of the report. Al jazeera has obtained and published the official abbottabad commission dossier, outlining their findings regarding the life of osama bin laden obl and the life of. Constituted by the supreme court of pakistan on the request. Nasa report verifies carbon dioxide actually cools atmosphere. It was charged with establishing whether the failures of the pakistani government and military were due to incompetence, or complicity. The report of the abbottabad commission, formed in june 2011 to probe the circumstances around the killing of osama bin laden by american forces in a unilateral raid on the pakistani city of abbottabad, was leaked by the al jazeera investigative unit on 8 july 20, after being suppressed by the pakistani government. Bin laden car stopped for speeding, leaked report claims.
Abbottabad commission report reveals details on osama bin ladens death al jazeera on the night of may 1, 2011, us special forces launched a raid deep into pakistani territory to capture or kill alqaeda chief osama bin laden. Al jazeera has obtained a copy of the commission s report, and presents it here, in full, along with accompanying coverage to help unpick the details, and implications of its findings. Florida family had ties to people linked to 911 attacks. There was a complete collapse of governance and law enforcement, both. Leaked report shows bin ladens hidden life news al jazeera. The abbottabad commission was charged with ascertaining the facts of what happened on the night of may 1, 2011, when the united states unilaterally launched a raid to capture or kill alqaeda. As the 2014 drawdown approaches, the us must begin refocusing its efforts on facilitating the creation in pakistan of internal conditions for action against militancy that. Leaked documents from the abbottabad commission share rich detail on. How was the worlds most wanted person living in that same house for all those years.
The commission has been told that obl never had a phone line, an internet or cable connection either in swat, haripur or abbottabad though a dish was used to watch al jazeera in more than one city that the families stayed in. It took for a foreign media outlet, al jazeera, to leak the report, which calls the bin laden raid fiasco greatest humiliation visited upon pakistan since its. Allegations of support system in pakistan for osama bin. The abbottabad commission report is a judicial inquiry paper authored and submitted by the abbottabad commission, led by justice javaid iqbal, to the prime minister of pakistan on 4 january 20. Shortly after it was published, the news channels website was blocked in pakistan. According to al jazeera and the abbottabad commission report, bin laden was in bed with his youngest wife, amal, when the couple first heard what they. On monday, aljazeera published 336 pages of the abbottabad commission report. On the night of may 1, 2011, us special forces launched a raid deep into pakistani territory. Abbottabad commission report pakistan press foundation. Leaked osama bin laden report accuses pakistani officials. While a frenzied debate is raging over the abbottabad commission report released by al jazeera. In january, 20, the socalled abbottabad commission finished the report, which comprised of interviews with 300 witnesses, among them the family members of osama bin laden, and 3,000 official documents. Al jazeera releases pakistans suppressed report into the killing of al qaeda leader. The report of pakistans abbottabad commission, which was set up by the former government to investigate the circumstances leading to the assassination of al qaedas former leader osama bin laden.
Al jazeera releases pakistans suppressed report into the killing of al qaeda leader osama bin laden. Leaked osama bin laden abbottabad commission report on al. Why is pakistan so worried by exdiplomat husain haqqanis. The abbottabad inquiry commission investigated and reported the circumstances surrounding the may 2011 raid by us special forces at a compound in abbottabad. Bin laden raid files secretly moved to cia to avoid public disclosure 8 jul, 20 16. Pakistani parliament, while quick to castigate haqqani, has not yet mustered the courage to engage with the abbottabad commission report. This resulting report was not released to the public but was leaked by aljazeera via the website of and archived at. Osama bin laden raid as seen by terror leaders family. Osama bin laden stayed in peshawar apart from abbottabad. Bin laden raid files secretly moved to cia to avoid public. The socalled abbottabad commission was responsible for determining where the pakistani government and military failed, according to aljazeera.
The 336page abbottabad commission report, obtained by al jazeera, blasts the government and military for a national disaster over its handling of bin laden and calls on. Source document contributed to documentcloud by mohammed haddad al jazeera english. Abbottabad commission chief calls for report to be made public. Al jazeera exclusively leaks report of pakistani investigation into osama bin ladens life and death in the country. The us navy seals raid that killed the al qaida founder in the town of abbottabad outraged. Imtiaz gul osama bin ladens escape from the tora bora mountains in eastern afghanistan in december 2001 to his last refuge in abbottabad raised many questions. The abbottabad commission report al jazeera among the highlights from the report as published by al jazeera. Talking to a private tv channel, javed iqbal said the news circulating in foreign media regarding the abbottabad commission report. The 336page abbottabad commission report, obtained in july 20 by al jazeera, blasted pakistans civilian and military leadership for gross incompetence over the bin laden affair. The panarab aljazeera satellite channel published the report on its website. Justice r javed iqbal, head of the abbottabad commission which probed the us raid on may 2, 2011 in which osama bin laden was killed, has refuted foreign media reports on the commission report. Pakistan likely knew of osama bin ladens presence, admits. Pakistans air force learned about the bin laden raid on.
Detailed report of a special commission, referred to as the abbottabad commission, created by the ministry of law, justice and parliamentary affairs of the government of pakistan, and mandated to ascertain the full facts regarding the presence of osama bin laden in pakistan. Abbottabad commission report reveals details on osama bin. A 20 report by the abbottabad commission, an official government inquiry into the events surrounding bin ladens capture, charged pakistans civilian and military establishment with gross. Al jazeera obtained a copy of an unreleased report compiled by the pakistani government in the wake of the raid on osama bin ladens compound in may. Since he slipped into pakistan in mid2002, osama lived in at least five different places including peshawar before finally settling down in abbottabad in 2005. After this newspaper reported on some of the abbottabad commission s findings and recommendations yesterday, al jazeera published the report last evening and the report appears to pack quite. In an al jazeera exclusive, the results of the abbottabad commission are now being made public. The report, published by al jazeera and a rare instance of pakistani officials publicly criticizing government and military higherups.
As the abbottabad commission s report illustrates, pakistan faces significant structural and systemic infirmities. A leaked copy of the report by the abbottabad commission, obtained by al jazeera, delivers a scathing verdict on pakistan inability to detect bin laden or. Al jazeera has obtained the full text of the secret report of pakistans abbottabad commission, which investigated how osama bin laden was able to hide in the country for nearly a decadeand how pakistans defense forces had failed to detect or prevent the. It found that by 2005, pakistani intelligence was no longer actively pursuing intelligence that could lead to his capture. In 2011, the united states took unilateral actions to target and kill alqaeda leader. The commission recommended the government make the report public. The strained spy relationship between pakistan and the u. The abbottabad commission report is a judicial inquiry paper authored and submitted by the. In january, 20, the socalled abbottabad commission finished the report, which comprised of interviews. The abbottabad commission report, obtained by al jazeera, dismisses the notion that bin laden was holed up in hiding during his nearly ten years in hiding in pakistan. Pakistani report details bin ladens life in hiding nbc news. New al jazeera and abbottabad commission report see more. The commission has been told that obl never had a phone line, an internet or cable connection either in swat, haripur or abbottabad though a dish was used to watch al jazeera in more than one city. The 336page report was written by the abbottabad commission, which was tasked by the pakistani government with investigating the circumstances of the covert mission that killed bin laden, was published by aljazeera after being leaked to the station by unknown sources screenshot of the first page of the report about the raid that helped kill bin laden.
The report of the abbottabad commission, formed in june 2011 to probe the circumstances around the killing of bin laden by u. The 337page abbottabad commission report said bin ladens nine years in pakistan was proof of. The first draft of the abbottabad report was leaked to aljazeera in july 20. Today, i will focus on the endogenous deficiencies the commission identified that enabled bin laden to remain undetected. Leaked pakistan report details bin ladens secret life.
Al jazeera has obtained and on 8 july published pdf in full the final report of the abbottabad commission, which was appointed by the government of pakistan to investigate how osama bin laden came to be living unnoticed in the city of abbottabad in northeastern pakistan, and. Some of them have been answered by the abbottabad commission, whose report was leaked to al jazeera last week, but others are still open. The abbottabad commission report, divulged july 8, 20 by aljazeera sheds light on a secret understanding between washington and islamabad over the. Aljazeera has a detailed look at the findings of the socalled abbottabad commission, a group tasked by the pakistani government to investigate its inability to find osama bin laden. The abbottabad commission was charged with establishing whether the. Leaked pakistani report reveals lifeand deathof bin laden. Report reveals new details surrounding bin laden compound.
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