Pakistan/US relations - from bad to worse (part 2)

Did Washington strike a deal with Islamabad to allow US special forces to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden inside Pakistan?

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Didier CHAUDET - Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, Central Asia Specialist.
Christopher DICKEY - Newsweek Bureau Chief in Paris and Middle East Correspondent.
Hall GARDNER - Professor and Chair, Department of International and Comparative Politics, AUP.
Ejaz HAIDER - Contributing Editor, The Friday Times, expert on security questions of Pakistan (By phone from Lahore, Pakistan).

Watch the first part.

Presenter

François Picard

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