11-03-01 CIA murder suspect in Afghanistan // CIA sospechoso de asesinato en Afganistán // 美国中央情报局在阿富汗的谋杀案疑犯

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Relationship between US and Pakistan, a key ally in the Afghan war, are reaching unprecedented level of hostility.
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Pakistan Tried to Trade CIA Contractor for 'Lady al Qaeda'

U.S. Nixed Deal To Swap Raymond Davis for Aafia Siddiqui

The government of Pakistan offered to trade a CIA contractor currently jailed in that country for a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected by U.S. intelligence to be an al Qaeda operative.
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According to a senior American administration official and a Pakistani official involved in the negotiations to free CIA contractor Raymond Davis, the Pakistani government proposed trading Davis for Aafia Siddiqui, an MIT-educated Pakistani neuroscientist currently serving 86 years in federal prison for attempted murder.

Read the full story:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/raymond-davis-case-pakistan-trade-lady-al-qaeda/story?id=13018457

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Friday, 25 February 2011

Pakistan arrests US security contractor as rift with CIA deepens

Islamabad authorities have arrested a US government security contractor amid a worsening spy agency row between the countries, with Pakistani intelligence calling on the Americans to "come clean" about its network of covert operatives in the country.ISI tells American agency to unmask all its covert operatives after arrest of Aaron DeHaven in Peshawar, over visa expiry

The arrest came at the start of the murder trial of another American held in Pakistan, the CIA agent Raymond Davis.

Peshawar police arrested Aaron DeHaven, a contractor who recently worked for the US embassy in Islamabad, saying that his visa had expired.

Read the full story:

http://www.u.tv/News/Pakistan-arrests-US-security-contractor-as-rift-with-CIA-deepens/c3895b33-56eb-473c-bb6c-2d2e23b360be