Former Pak Army general may have informed CIA about Osama's location

May 20, 2015 02:37

A UK-based former senior officer in the Pakistan Army has been accused of being a supergrass who sold the secret location of Osama bin Laden to the CIA.

Retired Brigadier Usman Khalid, a British citizen, has been named as the informant whose tip-off led to the assassination of the worlds most wanted man in 2011.

His family have told The Telegraph of their anger that their father - who died a year ago after living in London for 35 years - has been publicly identified as the source of the leak.

And they have denied that Brigadier Khalid was the man responsible.

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