Embarrassed, Pakistanis Deny Bin Laden Was in Their Country
There’s a growing sense of anger in Pakistan over the bin Laden killing as well as embarrassment that he was hiding in their country. Did the Pakistani government know that he was there? One Abbottabad resident says that their city was a peaceful one, which explains much of the resentment. The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool reports.
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