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# Osama bin Laden dead: US used new Predator and Reaper drones to track al-
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Qaeda leader
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## A new type of stealth drone flew dozens of missions deep into Pakistan to
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gather intelligence on Osama bin Laden's house before the raid to kill him,
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according to American officials.
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![Osama bin Laden dead: US used new Predator and Reaper drones to track al-
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Qaeda leader ][1]
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The secret flights are the latest evidence of the mistrust between Pakistan
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and the US Photo: EPA
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[![Rob Crilly][2]][3]
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By [Rob Crilly][4], Islamabad 4:44PM BST 18 May 2011
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[Follow Rob Crilly on Twitter][5]
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Predator and Reaper drones are frequently spotted glinting overhead in the
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country's tribal areas before unleashing Hellfire missiles on terrorist
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targets.
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However, the officials said the CIA used a newer model equipped with stealth
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technology to fly undetected at high altitudes to provide hours of video of
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the suspect compound in Abbottabad, little more than 30 miles from the
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Pakistani capital and well beyond the usual operating area for the drones.
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"It's not like you can just park a Predator overhead - the Pakistanis would
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know," a former US official told The Washington Post newspaper.
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The secret flights - possibly involving a Lockheed Martin model known as the
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RQ-170 Sentinel - are the latest evidence of the mistrust between Pakistan and
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the US, and show how CIA agents kept their Pakistani colleagues in the dark.
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Pakistani intelligence services have been blamed in the past for tipping off
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members of the Afghan Taliban as American forces homed in on their location.
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## Related Articles
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* [Bin Laden: message from beyond the grave][6]
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19 May 2011
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* [Pakistan militants hit checkpoint][7]
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18 May 2011
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* [Osama bin Laden killed: Saif al-Adel acting as al-Qaeda's 'caretaker
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leader'][8]
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18 May 2011
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* [Osama bin Laden raid: Blow-by-blow account of the mission 'that nearly
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went wrong'][9]
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18 May 2011
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* [Osama bin Laden killing could justify killing Col Gaddafi][10]
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17 May 2011
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At the same time, Pakistan's military and intelligence hierarchy is coming
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under fire at home for having allowed the US operation, seen as a breach of
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Pakistan's sovereignty.
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The scale of the task they face in fighting extremism was evident yesterday.
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Swarms of militants attacked a police checkpoint outside the north-western
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city of Peshawar, killing two policemen, in the latest terrorist assault since
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bin Laden was shot dead.
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The attackers numbered more than 70 and launched a second assault after being
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repulsed in an intense fire fight, leaving 15 militants dead.
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"They were armed with AK-47 rifles and rockets. We successfully repulsed the
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first attack. They attacked again and then there was an exchange of fire that
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lasted for about two- and-a-half hours," said Abdul Jabbar, a security
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official.
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Pakistan has seen a wave of attacks since bin Laden was killed.
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The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility last Friday for a suicide attack
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on a paramilitary training centre which killed at least 89 people.
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Meanwhile, it emerged yesterday that al-Qaeda had appointed an interim leader.
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Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian former special forces officer, has taken temporary
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control, according to the al-Jazeera news channel, while a succession battle
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is played out. Adel was close to Bin Laden in the 1990s and helped plan the
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bomb attacks against the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in
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1998, according to American prosecutors.
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## [Al-Qaeda][16]
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* ### [News »][17]
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* ### [World News »][18]
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* ### [Asia »][19]
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* ### [Pakistan »][20]
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* ### [Rob Crilly »][3]
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attack][27] ][28]
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