Washington: The US will again carry out special operations in Pakistan if required like the attack that killed Osama bin Laden to target high profile terrorists, a top White House official said, asserting this had been "very successful".
Notwithstanding the reaction from Pakistan that America's covert operation against bin Laden was an "unauthorised unilateral action", White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the Obama Administration would continue with this policy if that country does not act against terror suspects holed up in that country.
The Obama Administration at the same time said the al Qaeda leader would have been taken alive had he surrendered to the US commandos but maintained that its covert operation in Abbottabad deep inside Pakistan on Sunday to kill him was
conducted in a manner fully consistent with the laws of war.
Carney told reporters the US believes that the 09/11 mastermind was brought to justice in the helicopter raid and that it is entirely appropriate given the circumstances."It's a hypothetical, but certainly that method was very effective and was entirely lawful. I certainly wouldn't want to preclude the use of that method by anything I might say from here," Carney said.
Carney's remark came in response to a question.
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