The Pakistani mili- tary and the ISI, not only knew about the American raid, but also cooperated with the forces, says the report.
A Pakistani intelligence officer, who wished to secure American citizenship for his family, gave details of Osama bin-Laden's whereabouts to the US, in a deal worth $25 million which was a reward from the State Department's Rewards for Justice program.
The Pakistani officer also informed the US officials that the Saudis were paying off Pakistan and the ISI to keep Osama hidden in the Abbottabad compound, the Daily Mail reported.
The paper said this account disputes widely published reports that a courier working for Osama was the catalyst for the famous Navy SEAL Team Six mission.
The deal, the Mail said, included the roughly $25 million reward offered by the State Department for information leading to the capture dead or alive of the al Qaeda leader, who was billed as the world’s most wanted terrorist.
The State Department said it would not comment on the report.
It has been reported that the US President, Mr Barack Obama, sought four helicopters to cover the SEALs as they headed out of Pakistan, but they were not needed because the Pakistani authorities were unaware that the Americans had even entered their airspace.
But the report, based on a a blog, claimed that the Pakistani military, as well as the spy agency ISI, not only knew about the American raid, but they also cooperated with the US
special forces in the special operation.
Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 11 September 2001 attacks and the world's most wanted terrorist, was killed in the US operation on May 2, 2011, as the special forces launched a helicopter-borne assault on a closely guarded compound in Abbottabad.
40 minutes later they left, taking with them Osama's body and a hoard of computer data devices and other information. -PTI
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