Benazir may allow US Army to hunt down Osama inside Pakistan

Malaysia Sun (ANI) Tuesday 2nd October, 2007

Washington, Oct 2 : Former premier Benazir Bhutto has said that she might allow the US military to strike inside Pakistan to eliminate al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden if she comes back to power.

"I would hope that I would be able to take Osama bin Laden myself without depending on the Americans. But if I couldn't do it, of course we are fighting this war together and (I) would seek their cooperation in eliminating him," she said.

Asked whether she would agree to let the Americans take action against Osama in Pakistan, Bhutto said that her decision would depend on the strength of the evidence.

"I think one really needs to see the information. So I would really need to see the evidence," she told BBC.

"But if there is evidence, my first reference would be to go in myself and if ... there is a difficulty on that I'd like to cooperate with the Americans," Bhutto added.

Earlier, Bhutto had said that if she again becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan, she would allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to question disgraced nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan.

It has to be determined, if Khan was solely responsible for what he had confessed to, or if there were "others" involved, Bhutto said at the Middle East Institute here.

She went on to say that when in power her party would hold a parliamentary debate over the issue.