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Lawyer of Pakistani doctor who helped CIA flees after threats
Source: Reuters
Lawyer of Pakistani doctor who helped CIA flees after threats
BY JIBRAN AHMED
PESHAWAR, Pakistan Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:43am EST
(Reuters) - The lawyer for a Pakistani doctor who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden has fled Pakistan after receiving threats from militants, relatives said on Wednesday.
Lawyer Samiullah Afridi went abroad after militants threatened to blow up his car and kill his family, a relative said.
"We cannot disclose the country he left for due to security threats to his life," the relative said, asking for anonymity because he was also scared of militants.
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Lawyer Afridi represented doctor Shakil Afridi, who ran a fake vaccination campaign to try to help U.S. officials find al-Qaeda chief bin laden.
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BY JIBRAN AHMED
PESHAWAR, Pakistan Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:43am EST
(Reuters) - The lawyer for a Pakistani doctor who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden has fled Pakistan after receiving threats from militants, relatives said on Wednesday.
Lawyer Samiullah Afridi went abroad after militants threatened to blow up his car and kill his family, a relative said.
"We cannot disclose the country he left for due to security threats to his life," the relative said, asking for anonymity because he was also scared of militants.
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Lawyer Afridi represented doctor Shakil Afridi, who ran a fake vaccination campaign to try to help U.S. officials find al-Qaeda chief bin laden.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/11/us-pakistan-cia-doctor-idUSBRE9BA0I320131211