Pakistan and America are locked in a diplomatic stand-off over the fate of Osama Bin Laden’s youngest wife.Amal al Sadah was at the centre of an international custody battle after Pakistan refused to give America permission to speak to her yesterday.
The 27-year-old, from Yemen, rushed Navy SEAL troops in a desperate bid to shield her fugitive husband during Sunday's raid.
She was shot in the leg as U.S. forces stormed the compound in Pakistan, but had to be left behind after one of the evacuation helicopters crash landed.
She was captured by Pakistani forces. Today she was trapped in an international custody battle, with Pakistan and America locked in a diplomatic standoff over her fate as the two countries traded slurs over whether the Islamic state sheltered bin Laden for a decade.
U.S. Special Forces meant to take the Yemeni citizen with them when they raided Bin Laden’s compound but they left her behind after one of their helicopters crashed on landing, leaving them with no room to take her.
But with accusations flying that Pakistan shielded the international terrorist, officials refused the Americans permission to interrogate her at the military hospital in Rawalpindi where she is being treated for a bullet wound in the calf. Read More
