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WRT the 'raiding the compound in 2003' bit, the Pakistani FO official statement clears up the mistake IMO:
The Pakistani FO's official statement mentions 2003, but in a different context:
So the official in the BBC report either misquoted, misinterpreted or misstated in the original interview.
The Pakistani FO's official statement mentions 2003, but in a different context:
Abbottabad and the surrounding areas have been under sharp focus of intelligence agencies since 2003 resulting in highly technical operation by ISI which led to the arrest of high value Al Qaeda target in 2004. As far as the target compound is concerned, ISI had been sharing information with CIA and other friendly intelligence agencies since 2009. The intelligence flow indicating some foreigners in the surroundings of Abbottabad, continued till mid April 2011. It is important to highlight that taking advantage of much superior technological assets, CIA exploited the intelligence leads given by us to identify and reach Osama bin Ladin, a fact also acknowledged by the U.S. President and Secretary of State, in their statements. It is also important to mention that CIA and some other friendly intelligence agencies have benefited a great deal from the intelligence provided by ISI. ISI's own achievements against Al Qaeda and in War on Terror are more than any other intelligence agency in the World.
So the official in the BBC report either misquoted, misinterpreted or misstated in the original interview.