Washington:
Brushing aside Pakistan's protests, President Barack Obama has made it clear that the US will again carry out special operations in that country like the one against Osama bin Laden if necessary to target high profile terrorists.
Obama's views on the subject were enunciated by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney when he was asked at a news conference whether the US reserves the right, as the President had said back earlier, to go and enter Pakistani territory and act against terror suspects if Pakistan will not act against them.
Carney while replying in the affirmative to the question said, "Yes. He made very clear during the campaign that that was his view. He was criticized for it. He maintained that was his view, and by the actions he has taken as President, feels that it was the right approach and continues to feel that way."
The comments by Carney came against the backdrop of Pakistan's protestations that the helicopter raid by US commandos in Abbottabad deep inside that country to kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin laden on Sunday last was violation of its sovereignty and an "unauthorized unilateral action". Carney also noted that the covert operation against Osama was "very successful".
The Obama Administration at the same time said the al Qaeda leader would have been taken alive had he surrendered to the US commandos but maintained that its covert operation in Abbottabad deep inside Pakistan on Sunday to kill him was conducted in a manner "fully consistent" with the laws of war.
Carney said the US believes that the 9/11 mastermind was brought to justice in the helicopter raid and that it is "entirely appropriate" given the circumstances.
"It's a hypothetical, but certainly that method was very effective and was entirely lawful. I certainly wouldn't want to preclude the use of that method by anything I might say from here," Carney said.
Obama's views on the subject were enunciated by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney when he was asked at a news conference whether the US reserves the right, as the President had said back earlier, to go and enter Pakistani territory and act against terror suspects if Pakistan will not act against them.
Carney while replying in the affirmative to the question said, "Yes. He made very clear during the campaign that that was his view. He was criticized for it. He maintained that was his view, and by the actions he has taken as President, feels that it was the right approach and continues to feel that way."
The comments by Carney came against the backdrop of Pakistan's protestations that the helicopter raid by US commandos in Abbottabad deep inside that country to kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin laden on Sunday last was violation of its sovereignty and an "unauthorized unilateral action". Carney also noted that the covert operation against Osama was "very successful".
The Obama Administration at the same time said the al Qaeda leader would have been taken alive had he surrendered to the US commandos but maintained that its covert operation in Abbottabad deep inside Pakistan on Sunday to kill him was conducted in a manner "fully consistent" with the laws of war.
Carney said the US believes that the 9/11 mastermind was brought to justice in the helicopter raid and that it is "entirely appropriate" given the circumstances.
"It's a hypothetical, but certainly that method was very effective and was entirely lawful. I certainly wouldn't want to preclude the use of that method by anything I might say from here," Carney said.
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