The US on Monday said it would not “apologise” for launching a raid to kill Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil, after the Islamabad government complained about US “unilateralism.”
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Washington took Pakistani complaints seriously but added, “We also do not apologise for the action that the president took.” He said Obama was convinced that he had the “right and imperative” to mount the raid, and noted that the president said during his campaign he would act to get bin Laden in Pakistan if necessary.
Meanwhile, according to a private TV channel, a US State Department spokesman said Washington maintained the right to strike in Pakistan again if it had actionable intelligence on presence of any high value target in the country.