Pakistan warns America not to stage any more raids

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ABBOTTABAD, May 5 (AP): Pakistan has warned America of the "disastrous consequences" if it carries out any other unilateral raids against suspected terrorists in its country. The Pakistani army and the government have been criticized for Monday's raid on the compound of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, with many angry over the violation of the country's sovereignty and doubtful of government claims it was not aware of the raid. Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said Thursday "there shall not be any doubt that any repetition of such an act will have disastrous consequences." But Bashir declined to say whether the American raid was illegal and said relations between Pakistan and the United States remained on course, suggesting his comments were mostly aimed for domestic consumption. Another AFP report adds: A sense of shame swelled in Pakistan Thursday over the unearthing of Osama bin Laden so close to Islamabad, along with anger at the ease with which US forces picked off the Al-Qaeda leader on its soil. The country has been left wondering how US Navy SEALs managed to chopper into bin Laden's compound undetected, kill him and fly off with his body near an academy training the military, Pakistan's most respected institution. But there is also lingering disbelief that the Al-Qaeda mastermind was actually shot dead in early Monday's operation, following US President Barack Obama's announcement that no photograph would be released of his body. "Pakistan and its security apparatus have become something of a laughing stock, with the media around the world highlighting the discovery of the world's most wanted man at walking distance from a leading military academy," right-wing English-language daily The News said in an editorial. "The embarrassment which hangs all around cannot be disguised... These questions include how secure Pakistan-and its nuclear weapons-really are, given that helicopters were able to fly undetected deep into our territory." In the violent southern metropolis of Karachi, mistrust of the US version of events was running rampant, particularly in light of Obama's declaration that the photo evidence would be kept secret on national security grounds. "It has always lied and ditched its allies, so why trust its leadership when they say they have killed Osama. They don't release the picture because it could expose their lies," said Mehmood Azeem, 55, a medical practitioner.