Osama raid act of war: Mush

WASHINGTON (Agencies) - Former president Pervez Musharraf has said Americas raid that killed Osama bin Laden was technically an act of war against his country. No country has a right to intrude into any other country, said Musharraf. US President Barack Obama recently made a statement on a British television show that if he gets to know more al Qaeda terrorists are hiding in Pakistan, he would again ask the security forces to carry out similar raids. I think that this is putting the Pakistan leadership and the government on the dock and I think that its not a very responsible statement, Musharraf told CNN in an interview. He said US President Obama is being arrogant in saying that he would take same action as he did during Operation Geronimo where al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed on May 2 by US Navy Seals in Abbottabad, a garrison town north of Islamabad.Actually, technically, legally, you see it, its an act of war. So I think it is an irresponsible statement, and I think such arrogance should not be shown, publicly, to the world, he said, but noted it wouldnt necessarily signal a war. How to deal with it is the question, and I leave it to the government there to how they want to deal with it.

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