Osama bin Laden killing may shape future of US cooperation with Pakistan



By Ben Arnoldy, Staff writer / May 2, 2011
New Delhi

US forces killed Osama bin Laden in a shootout at a mansion north of Pakistan’s capital Sunday night, culminating an aggressive use of American intelligence assets inside the country.
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President Obama, in an address Sunday night, said he gave the go-ahead for the operation last week after months of intelligence work. On Sunday, a US team attacked Mr. bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, killed him, and took the body.

Mr. Obama made no mention of a “joint operationâ€