Former Pakistani Top Security Official Holds Deep Doubts about Bin Laden's Death

TEHRAN, May 3 (FNA)- Former Director of Pakistan's Military Intelligence Organization General Hamid Gol questioned the authenticity and reliability of the pictures showing the al-Qaeda Leader, Osama bin Laden, as dead, and said certain ambiguities have made him suspicious of the American account of bin Laden's death.
Speaking to FNA in Islamabad on Monday, General Gol said "the pictures of bin Laden's dead body and the dark relations between the American and Pakistani intelligence agencies" can made everyone suspicious of the US report on the death of the al-Qaeda leader.

"The pictures of bin Laden's corpse show him agile and strong, while the al-Qaeda leader was sick and was receiving medical treatment for his illness. Hence, we cannot rest assured that bin Laden was killed during the last night operations," Gol said.

General Gol said killing bin Laden is not a great job as it was years ago, because bin Laden was a used card for the West's ominous goals in the Muslim countries and he was no more important in the campaign on terrorism, specially considering that the al-Qaeda is now stronger than the past and has even found strong footholds in Europe.

Obama announced on Sunday that bin Laden was killed in a US operation in Pakistan.

Obama said he had directed helicopter-borne US armed forces to launch an attack against a heavily fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Sunday acting on a lead that first emerged last August.

"A small team of Americans… killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body," Obama said.

Senior US officials said that in addition to bin Laden, three adult males died in the raid, two who were believed to be couriers for the Al-Qaeda leader, and one who was said to be one of his adult sons.

One woman who was being used as a human shield was also killed, the officials said.