Source: Asia Times:
By Sameer Patil
Al Jazeera TV’s leak on July 8 of a classified report on the US military raid in Abbottabad, which killed Osama bin Laden, has triggered a controversy in Pakistan. The report holds former President Pervez Musharraf – who was also the former army General who joined hands with the US in the “war on terror” and its hunt for bin Laden after 9/11 – responsible for acceding to the US’s demands, while ignoring Pakistan’s own security interests.
The revelations come at a time when Musharraf is scheduled to stand trial for treason. It also reopens an embarrassing chapter for the Army, whose credibility has suffered not only due to the raid at Abbottabad, but also because of the Salala incident – when, on November 26, 2011, US-led NATO forces attacked Pakistan military check-posts in the Salala area along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, which killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. After the May 2, 2011 top-secret operation by US Special Forces, which killed Osama bin Laden without the knowledge of the Pakistani authorities, a parliamentary resolution demanded an investigation. A commission headed by a retired judge, Justice Javed Iqbal, was formed in June 2011. Over 18 months, it recorded the statements of representatives of military and civilian intelligence agencies, diplomats, government officials, and members of bin Laden’s family.