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Pakistan braced on Tuesday for a backlash over the killing of Osama bin Laden by American commandos.

03 May,2011 04:12 pm

The night-time helicopter raid by dozens of US special forces -- who were operating independently on Pakistani soil -- ended a decade-long manhunt for the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. Washington said shared intelligence led military operatives to the al Qaeda leaders hideout, 50 kilometres from Islamabad, Pakistan was deliberately kept in the dark about the raid.The “war on terror” allies have clashed repeatedly in the past with Pakistan criticising the US for infringing upon its sovereignty, but Islamabad has said little about the Bin Laden raid, fearing repercussions.In the wake of Bin Ladens death the United States again pointed finger at Pakistan, questioning how he had been able to hide out in a fortified compound so close to the capital “for an extended period of time”.