US strike violated its sovereignty

Queen Rania of Jordan talks with (L to R) President of the Iraq National Assembly Hajim Alhasani, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf during the session "Muslim Societies in the Modern World" at the World Economic Forum in Davos Thursday. PHOTO: AFP

In an interview with CNN at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Musharraf said he believed around five or six al-Qaeda figures had died in the raid.

The US airstrike on January 13 targeted Ayman al-Zawahri, deputy to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, in the remote Bajaur tribal region along the border with Afghanistan, according to American officials.

Pakistani intelligence officials have said Zawahri was not there at the time of the attack, but that at least four al-Qaeda figures were killed.

"We were disappointed," Musharraf told CNN, which issued a partial transcript of the interview prior to broadcast.