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CIA organised fake vaccination drive to get Osama bin Laden's family DNA

• The Guardian

The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an elaborate attempt to obtain DNA from the fugitive al-Qaida leader's family, a Guardian investigation has found.

As part of extensive preparations for the raid that killed Bin Laden in May, CIA agents recruited a senior Pakistani doctor to organise the vaccine drive in Abbottabad, even starting the "project" in a poorer part of town to make it look more authentic, according to Pakistani and US officials and local residents.

 

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Comment by tittiger
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I don't buy it. I think they knew where Bin Laudin was in addition to the fact that they did not even want to get him.
Something else, something bigger is going on here.

 

Comment by Powell Gammill
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/world/asia/12dna.html

Comment by Powell Gammill
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/cia-moves-to-protect-key-analyst-in-bin-laden-raid/2011/07/11/gIQAWQgf9H_story.html



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