NEW YORK: Sirajuddin Haqqani, head of the Haqqani terror network is a potential target for a Abbottabad-like hit, US officials have warned, as reports indicated that the network's inner circle fled their compounds in Pakistan as the raid on Osama bin Laden became public.
Wall Street Journal quoted a tribal Pushtun elder with ties to the clan as saying that, "Haqqanis are worried" , and the group has been alarmed by the persistent CIA drone strikes and killing of Osama.
In one indication that the group is worried , the elder said was that they emptied their compounds in North Waziristan's capital, Miran Shah, in the days following the Abbottabad raid. The paper said that the group may be wanting to talk now and Pakistan's ISI is trying to convince that the Haqqani network should be allowed to join Afghan peace talks, but the US is strongly opposing such a move.
