Cell Links with Pakistani Intelligence Bin Laden
by Citing U.S. officials aware of the research on the phone seized in the operation in which both were killed, "The New York Times" said that the calls were traced from this device led to a militant group linked to the agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
An investigation into a cell phone used by Osama bin Laden messenger appears to show that al-Qaeda leader had the backing of a militant group linked to Pakistan’s intelligence services, according to a news release.
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Citing senior U.S. officials aware of the research on the phone seized in the operation in which both were killed, ‘The New York Times said the calls were traced from this device led to Harakat-ul-Mujahideen, a group Militant linked to the agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reported AFP.
“It’s a finding seriously,” said a U.S. official as saying. “It’s an avenue we’re investigating,” he said.
Another U.S. official qualified the issue by saying the newspaper that the link between bin Laden and the intelligence was not confirmed, since it is unclear if the calls are directly related to the late leader of al Qaida.
Harakat ul-Mujahideen, Pakistan-based, is classified as a “terrorist” organization by the United States.
The defense analysis group Jane’s said that the organization has led attacks on security posts in India and is active in the region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The Times said it had maintained clandestine links with the ISI for years.
Relations between the U.S. and Pakistan have deteriorated since the U.S. military operation on May 2 in which Bin Laden was killed, sparked comments about the incompetence of the Pakistani military and its complicity with the Taliban.
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