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Old 05-10-2011, 07:46 AM   #1036
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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft View Post
Pakistan and the US had signed an agreement a decade ago that allowed the US to conduct raids on Pakistani territory if they believed Bin Laden was there, and then Pakistan would agree to protest it:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...-pakistan-deal

Also, Obama made the Bin Laden strike team large enough so that it could fight its way out of Pakistan, if necessary:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...stile-pakistan

This stuff may or may not have been in the 60 minutes interview; I haven't listened to it yet.
The secret pact story is a perfect example of why many of us do not accept wide-ranging conspiracies as anywhere near possible. Someone will inevitably leak something to the press. This took, what, a week after the act for an "anonymous US official" to leak the information?
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