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The '''Abbattabad raid''' was conducted on the night May 1, 2011 by Navy SEALs upon the sovereign territory of [[Pakistan]] without the authorization or foreknowledge of the government of Pakistan. The government of Pakistan was an ally of the [[United States]] in the [[War on terror]] at the time. Five Pakistani residents were killed in the raid. The government of Pakistan has since registered complaints of the violations of its territorial integrity with the international community and the United States.

The '''Abbottabad raid''' was conducted on the night May 1, 2011 by Navy SEALs upon the sovereign territory of [[Pakistan]] without the authorization or foreknowledge of the government of Pakistan. The government of Pakistan was an ally of the [[United States]] in the [[War on terror]] at the time. Five Pakistani residents were killed in the raid. The government of Pakistan has since registered complaints of the violations of its territorial integrity with the international community and the United States.

==Background==

==Background==

Secretary of State [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] under U.S. law (Section 203 of the Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act of 2009, Public Law 111-73) certifide to the [[United States Congress]] on March 18, 2011 that Pakistan was demonstrating “a sustained commitment to and is making significant efforts toward combating [[terrorist]] groups.”  The certification by the [[Obama administration]] required by law to recieve funding stated Pakistan had “made progress” on ceasing support to [[extremist]] and terrorist groups, as well as on preventing [[al Qaeda]] and other terrorist groups from operating on Pakistani territory, and in “dismantling terrorist bases” in the country.  

Secretary of State [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] under U.S. law (Section 203 of the Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act of 2009, Public Law 111-73) certified to the [[United States Congress]] on March 18, 2011 that Pakistan was demonstrating “a sustained commitment to and is making significant efforts toward combating [[terrorist]] groups.”  The certification by the [[Obama administration]] required by law to receive funding stated Pakistan had “made progress” on ceasing support to [[extremist]] and terrorist groups, as well as on preventing [[al Qaeda]] and other terrorist groups from operating on Pakistani territory, and in “dismantling terrorist bases” in the country.  

With the revelation six weeks later that al Qaeda’s founder, [[Osama bin Laden]], was living in plain sight in a compound one-half mile from the country’s premier military academy, the certification was met "with deep [[skepticism]] and appears to many observers to be driven primarily by political considerations rather than ground realities," according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.<ref>http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41832.pdf</ref>

With the revelation six weeks later that al Qaeda’s founder, [[Osama bin Laden]], was living in plain sight in a compound one-half mile from the country’s premier military academy, the certification was met "with deep [[skepticism]] and appears to many observers to be driven primarily by political considerations rather than ground realities," according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.<ref>http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41832.pdf</ref>

==Presidential approval polls==

==Presidential approval polls==

Two weeks after bin Laden was killed about half of President Obama’s approval rating bounce has disappeared. The [[Gallup poll]] put his job-approval rating at 48 percent, higher than the 43-to-44 percent weekly averages he had before the Abbottobad raid but lower than the 51 percent he scored in the week immediately after. Pollsters Glen Bolger and Jim Hobart noted “bin Laden’s death was not the game-changer some predicted it would be. The killing of bin Laden resulted in a small approval bump for the president but had little (if any) impact on his chances of being reelected." They also noted “There is no telling the impact of the White House messing up the narrative.” Pollster Charlie Cook observed news organizations focused on the actual story, rather than "the administration’s preferred message."<ref>http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/cook-report/why-no-bounce-for-obama--20110519</ref>

Two weeks after bin Laden was killed about half of President Obama’s approval rating bounce has disappeared. The [[Gallup poll]] put his job-approval rating at 48 percent, higher than the 43-to-44 percent weekly averages he had before the Abbottabad raid but lower than the 51 percent he scored in the week immediately after. Pollsters Glen Bolger and Jim Hobart noted “bin Laden’s death was not the game-changer some predicted it would be. The killing of bin Laden resulted in a small approval bump for the president but had little (if any) impact on his chances of being reelected." They also noted “There is no telling the impact of the White House messing up the narrative.” Pollster Charlie Cook observed news organizations focused on the actual story, rather than "the administration’s preferred message."<ref>http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/cook-report/why-no-bounce-for-obama--20110519</ref>

==CIA, Blackwater, and the ISI==

==CIA, Blackwater, and the ISI==