{"id":282082,"date":"2011-02-25T10:02:41","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T10:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/25\/accused-cia-contractor-in-pakistan-court\/"},"modified":"2011-02-25T10:02:41","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T10:02:41","slug":"accused-cia-contractor-in-pakistan-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/accused-cia-contractor-in-pakistan-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused CIA contractor in Pakistan court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"65.9788368336\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"45.0411409764\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!--===========CAPTION==========--><\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<p>U.S. officials originally said Raymond Davis was a diplomat, but later revealed he is a CIA contractor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--===========\/CAPTION=========--> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Raymond Davis is accused of murder<\/li>\n<li>His arrest has strained relations between the U.S. and Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>The next hearing is set for March 3<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Raymond Davis, the American accused of killing two Pakistani men, appeared in a Pakistani court Friday where he was handed documents that detailed the case against him.<\/p>\n<p>The court then adjourned until March 3 when Davis is expected to be formally charged.<\/p>\n<p>The case has strained relations between the United States and Pakistan, a key ally in the war against al Qaeda and the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan, and many Pakistanis are outraged by the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Davis has said that the shooting occurred after he was attacked by two men as he drove through a busy Lahore neighborhood on January 27, according to the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials had originally said Davis was a diplomat and later revealed that he is a CIA contractor, a fact that intensified the already highly charged situation.<\/p>\n<p>During the court hearing Friday, Davis was handed over documents of evidence in the case, but he initially refused to accept them because they were in Urdu, a language he did not understand.<\/p>\n<p>Clerks were told to translate the documents to English. 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