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Middle East Bin Laden sets alarm bells ringing
Central Asia By Syed Saleem Shahzad
World Economy
Asian Economy ISLAMABAD - After a prolonged lull, the United States Central
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Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched a series of covert
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Afghanistan following strong tip-offs that al-Qaeda leader Osama
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bin Laden has been criss-crossing the area in the past few
weeks for high-profile meetings in militant redoubts.
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has come from multiple intelligence agencies, in Pakistan, 5. Mullah Omar gets
Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. For at least two years, little a Russian visitor
credible news has emerged of Bin Laden's movements and
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Officials are said to be "stunned" by the visibility of Bin Laden's 7. The Odyssey
movements, and their frequency, in a matter of a few weeks in Dawn top 10
the outlawed terrain of Pakistan and Afghanistan, the most 8. Gaddafi triggers
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Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan in 2001. 9. 15 minutes of
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The development has fueled speculation in intelligence circles that MPs
al-Qaeda could be planning another major attack along the lines
of the September 11, 2001, assault on New York and 10. The heart of
Washington, and the July 2007 foiled bomb attack in London. Turkness
A meeting in Bajaur
Several weeks ago, Bin Laden is reported to have met with
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the legendary Afghan mujahid and founder
and leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) political party
and paramilitary group, in a militant camp in thick jungle on the
fringes of Kunar and Bajaur provinces in Afghanistan. The
encounter was publicized by leaks from the HIA's inner circle and
the news was circulated within militant camps in Pakistan's North
Waziristan tribal area via top-level Pakistani militant commanders
in Bajaur.
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considered it essential to lobby it for support of Islamic armed
movements like the Afghan resistance against the Soviets and
the Palestinian resistance against Israel. He struggled to achieve
unity among Muslim rulers and Islamists to resist Western
hegemony. He was less dogmatic than others in his strategic
purview.
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