Pakistan / Bin Laden / The Wives, The Raid / A Discussion

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Pakistan / Bin Laden / The Wives, The Raid / A Discussion #993639

CNN Evening News for Thursday, May 12, 2011
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Breaking news that the US has already questioned Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden††'s wives in Pakistan, that there may have been a network for bin Laden inside Pakistan and that the SEALs had helmet cameras imaging the raid in the compound reviewed.

(Islamabad, Pakistan: Nick Paton Walsh) CNN exclusive report on the anti-American rage in the town of Abbottabad where bin Laden lived, a mysterious detail about men speaking the local language and why Pakistani police or army did not come from nearby reviewed; translations of two unnamed locals' report on what happened given. Questions about the Pakistani reaction to the US raid and whether the army were tipped off about the raid discussed.

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN consultant Fran Townsend about the "bizarre" nature of the mystery men and the Pakistani reaction to the raid discussed. [TOWNSEND - says collusion has not been ruled out, but there is no evidence an official within Pakistani intelligence/military was supporting him.]

(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Washington: Barbara Starr) Source reports on bin Laden's complacency, that he had no escape plan, did not try to destroy the intelligence material, was caught with only three other men and the role of the "couriers" in delivering information from town to town so bin Laden could communicate discussed.

Reporter(s):: Cooper, Anderson;; Walsh, Nick Paton;; Starr, Barbara
Duration:: 00:09:20

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