WASHINGTON – The United States wants Pakistan to grant access to
Osama bin Laden's three wives to gain more information about the al Qaeda
leader's network, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday.
Strains have developed between the two governments over the U.S. killing of
bin Laden last week with Pakistan charging the United States violated its
sovereignty when a U.S. strike team shot bin Laden to death at his Pakistani
home.
"We believe it is very important to maintain a cooperative relationship with
Pakistan, precisely because it's in our national security interests to do so,"
Carney told a news briefing.
Carney said it was hoped that the two countries would be able to work through
their differences, but he said the United States had nothing to apologize for in
the raid on bin Laden's compound.
He said the United States is "very
interested" in gaining access to bin Laden's wives.Reuters
