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\nCIA faked health drive for bin Laden DNA – Published: July 12, 2011 at 3:00 AM<\/p>\n
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan, July 12 (UPI) — The CIA set up a fake vaccination program near Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan hideout before the raid that killed him hoping to get his family’s DNA, officials say.<\/p>\n
The elaborate scheme was carried out in Abbottabad, 30 miles northeast of the capital Islamabad, in an attempt to get evidence bin Laden’s family lived where the CIA believed the al-Qaida leader was hiding, the U.S. and Pakistani officials and local residents told Britain’s The Guardian newspaper.<\/p>\n
The civilian U.S. intelligence agency, which also engages in covert activities at the request of the U.S. president, wanted confirmation bin Laden was in the compound before mounting a risky operation inside another country, the officials said.
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It wanted to compare DNA from any bin Laden child from the compound with a sample from his sister, who died in Boston last year, to provide evidence the family was present, the officials said.<\/p>\n
At one point, a nurse managed to gain entry into bin Laden’s compound to administer the vaccines, and possibly record conversations or leave behind a surveillance device, the newspaper said.<\/p>\n
U.S. special forces killed bin Laden in a post-midnight raid of the compound May 2. …more<\/a><\/p>\n