Bin Laden in Pakistan: CIA Head

Finding leader remains 'major priority,' he says
By A Ali,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 11, 2009 1:57 PM CDT
Bin Laden in Pakistan: CIA Head
This 1998 file photo shows Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.   (AP Photo)

Osama bin Laden is still in Pakistan and his arrest remains a top priority for the US, CIA Director Leon Panetta said today, adding that joint operations with Pakistani forces could finally net al-Qaeda’s top leader. The CIA has Pakistani informants that keep it abreast of terrorist targets there, and continues to monitor safe havens in Somalia and Yemen, Reuters reports. (More Osama bin Laden stories.)

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