No ‘clear evidence’ Pakistan knew location of bin Laden

THE US has no “definitive evidence” that Pakistan knew Osama bin Laden was living in the compound where a Navy SEALs assault team killed him, but the country must now show convincingly its commitment to defeating the al- Qaida terrorist network, a senior Pentagon official said yesterday.

Michele Flournoy, the top policy aide to Defence Secretary Robert Gates, told reporters that the Pakistani government should, for example, help the US exploit materials the SEALs collected inside bin Laden’s lair.

Flournoy was the first Pentagon official to comment on the record about the raid. She offered no new details but said it offered an incentive for Pakistan to co- operate more fully in defeating the terrorist network.