Thursday, May 24, 2012

Doctor Who Helped To Find Osama Bin Laden Is Convicted On Treason And Jailed For 33 Years (News Roundup)


Pakistani Doctor Who Helped US In bin Laden Raid Sentenced To Prison -- FOX News

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Usama bin Laden was sentenced to 33 years in prison on Wednesday for conspiring against the state, officials said, a verdict that is likely to further strain the country's relationship with Washington.

Shakil Afridi ran a vaccination program for the CIA to collect DNA and verify bin Laden's presence at the compound in the town of Abbottabad where U.S. commandos killed the Al Qaeda chief last May in a unilateral raid. The operation outraged Pakistani officials, who portrayed it as an act of treachery by a supposed ally.

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More News On The Pakistani Doctor Jailed For Helping The CIA Find Bin Laden

Pakistani Doctor Who Helped Locate Bin Laden Jailed for 33 Years -- Bloomberg
Pakistani doctor who helped find Bin Laden gets 33 years in prison -- L.A. Times
Bin Laden doctor jailed 33 years for treason -- The Australian
Dr Afridi jailed for 33 years for helping CIA -- DAWN
Pakistani doctor who helped CIA find Osama bin Laden jailed for treason -- ABC News
Pakistani doctor who helped in Osama bin Laden raid convicted of treason -- The Telegraph
Pakistani doctor accused of helping U.S. gets 33 years in prison -- CNN
Pakistani Doctor Jailed For Helping CIA Find Bin Laden -- Reuters
Pakistan jails doctor who helped CIA find Osama bin Laden -- MSNBC
Pakistani who helped US sentenced to prison -- AP
Pakistan jails doctor over bin Laden hunt -- Al Jazeera
33 Years In Prison For Pakistani Doctor Who Aided Hunt For Bin Laden -- NPR
Shakil Afridi sentenced to 33 years in treason case -- DAWN
Pakistan jails doctor who helped CIA find Bin Laden -- BBC
Bin Laden informant: Dr Shakil Afridi sentenced to 33 years -- Express Tribune/AFP
Profile: Shakil Afridi -- BBC

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