US intelligence launched a fake vaccination drive in the Pakistan town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an effort to gather DNA from members of his family, the Guardian reported Tuesday.
CIA officials recruited a senior
local doctor to organise the campaign after it tracked down a bin Laden
courier to what turned out to be the Al-Qaeda fugitive's compound in the town of Abbottabad, the British newspaper said.
Before launching the high-risk
operation against bin Laden, US officials wanted to test DNA samples
from people living at the compound with a sample that they had from his
sister.
Doctor Shakil Afridi, who has since been arrested by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, launched the programme in Abbottabad's poorest area to make it appear more credible.
The project then moved swiftly to the Bilal Town suburb, where bin Laden was residing.
'The whole thing was totally irregular,' a Pakistani official told
the newspaper. 'Bilal Town is a well-to-do area. Why would you choose
that place to give free vaccines?'
A nurse managed to gain access to the compound but Pakistani sources
claim she failed to obtain any DNA samples, the Guardian reported.
Bin Laden was killed on May 2 in a raid that soured US-Pakistan relations.
The Pakistani military on Monday
insisted it was capable of fighting Islamic militants without US
assistance, hitting back after Washington said it would suspend $800
million worth of security aid.
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