Cell phone links OBL to agencies: Report
WASHINGTON: A cell phone used by Osama bin Laden's courier appears to show that the al Qaeda leader was aided by militants linked to intelligence agencies, The New York Times said Thursday.
Citing US officials briefed on an investigation into the phone, the Times said calls from the device were traced to Harakat-ul-Mujahideen, a militant group.
"It's a serious lead," one US official told the Times. "It's an avenue we're investigating."
The phone was seized during a US commando raid in Pakistan last month in which both bin Laden and his courier were killed.
Relations between Pakistan and the United States, tense at the best of times, deteriorated sharply over the raid.
As US President Barack Obama seeks to bring an end to the war in Afghanistan, the United States and Pakistani officials have sought to play down any unease between them.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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