1. A former member of Parliament, the mullah did precisely what the demonstrators, and a heavily armed and armored cadre of Pakistani police, expected him to do. 2. According to press reports in Pakistan, Pakistani police had the main role in conducting the raids and were supported by American intelligence and law enforcement officials. 3. But what some people in the capital had feared might rachet into a major confrontation between anti-U.S. demonstrators and Pakistani police passed without any significant violence. 4. Did he act with his accomplices, and, if so, why was a Pakistani police official among them, as some suggest? 5. During the intervening week, Pakistani police officials gave optimistic interviews indicating that they were on the verge of capturing Saeed. 6. He said the Pakistani police were working in close collaboration with the FBI, which has an agent permanently stationed in Islamabad. 7. In a week of interrogation, Odeh reportedly told Pakistani police that he had taken part in the operation and that bin Laden had directed it. 8. It is not clear why news of his surrender was kept quiet for a week while Pakistani police said the hunt for Saeed continued. 9. Odeh was arrested in Pakistan after flying out of Nairobi, and was returned quickly after confessing a degree of guilt to Pakistani police. 10. Pakistani police have no computerized collection of fingerprints and photos. |