The Guardian newspaper reported this morning that, after bin Laden escaped in the mountains of Tora Bora, the general, who was then president of Pakistan has signed a secret agreement with the U.S. president George Bush.
Musharraf said today: "The charge of having allowed my intrusion into Pakistan by U.S. forces hunting Osama bin Laden is totally unfounded. Not even discussed this issue between myself and President Bush ignored allowing freedom of action that violates our sovereignty. "
The Guardian quoted a former U.S. fight against terrorism official said, "Both parties agreed that Islamabad protested loudly against intruders thereafter in accordance with public reaction."
Under the agreement, Pakistan would allow U.S. forces to carry out a unilateral attack on its territory in search of bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri. "There was an agreement between Bush and Musharraf that if he knew where Osama was, you chose it," the U.S. official was quoted as saying.
The Guardian said a senior Pakistani official has confirmed that the deal had been struck first by Musharraf and renewed by the army during the "transition to democracy" - a period of six months from February 2008 when Mr. Musharraf was president, but a civilian government was elected.
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