Pakistan frees murder accused CIA contractor

Pakistan frees murder accused CIA contractor

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A CIA contractor indicted earlier in the day on two murder charges in Pakistan has been acquitted and released after a deal to pay "blood money" to the victims' families was reached, punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah said.

The deal ends a long-simmering diplomatic stand-off between Pakistan and the United States, which denies it was involved in any payment.

"The court first indicted him but the families later told court that they have accepted the blood money and they have pardoned him," Mr Sanaullah said.

"The court acquitted him in the murder case."

Raymond Davis, 36, sho

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Well that was easy !

If it were me, I'll bet Id be swinging in the breeze within days.

If he were not CIA, do you think he could have walked so easily?

"But US secretary of state Hillary Clinton denied money changed hands and White House spokesman Jay Carney shed no light.

"I don't have any information that would corroborate that," he said."

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