Washington : Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani says both countries "cooperated in making sure" that the operation leading to Osama bin Laden's death was "successful.
Haqqani told CNN's "American Morning" that President Barack Obama called President Asif Ali Zardari tothank him for Pakistan's cooperation.
Meanwhile, the operation that led to bin Laden's death was "American action," a Pakistani official told CNN. "We assisted only in terms of authorization of helicopter flights in our airspace," said official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak about the issue. "In any event, we did not want anything to do with such an operation in case something went wrong," he stated.
A US government official told CNN that DNA matching is underway on samples from the body of bin Laden.The matching has not been completed, but there are photographs of the body with a gunshot wound to theside of head that shows an individual that is not unrecognizable as bin Laden. No decision has yet been made on whether to release photographs and if so, when and how. PPI
