Woman said to have been used as human shield for bin Laden

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Breaking News Alert: Breaking News: Woman said to have been used as human shield for bin Laden

May 2, 2011 3:03:08 PM

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A woman believed to be a wife of Osama bin Laden was used as a human shield when U.S. forces stormed his secret compound in Pakistan, President Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser said at a White House briefing. "She was positioned in a way that indicated she was being used as a shield," said the adviser, John O. Brennan, adding that the woman was killed in the attack.
Brennan also said it was "inconceivable that bin Laden did not have a support system" in Pakistan that allowed him to live comfortably with his family in a town north of Islamabad. He said U.S. officials are pursuing this with the Pakistanis, who were pointedly not informed about the raid before it took place.


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