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Geraldo sez Tora Bora cave complex penetrated
  • FoxNews general Geraldo Rivera reported this morning that Afghan forces had penetrated into the Tora Bora cave complex. Al-Qaeda fighters have have been given until 8 a.m. Wednesday to surrender. Mohammed Zaman, head of defense for the local Pashtun clans attacking bin Laden's group, declared a cease-fire Tuesday morning after his fighters, backed by American air strikes and British and U.S. special forces, overran some of the caves. Al Qaeda leaders told Zaman by two-way radio that they were ready to discuss terms of surrender; Zaman, who has probably never heard of U.S. Grant, told them instead to surrender unconditionally within 24 hours and to be prepared to be handed over to the "international community" for prosecution.

    Commander Hazrat Ali said his forces had taken one of two peaks on Enzeri Zur mountain. Hundreds of Al Qaeda fighters had made a stand there after being flushed from their cave shelters overnight by massive U.S. bombing and raids by U.S. troops. "We were successful. We captured a lot of caves," Ali said as his troops staged mop-up operations. "The largest ones were full of documents and personal belongings. Al Qaeda fighters had come under heavy shelling as they tried to climb down a mountain and flee into neighboring Pakistan, just one hill away.

    Afghan troops said dozens of heavily armed U.S. soldiers made lightning raids against Al Qaeda command centers overnight and returned to a camp in the nearby village of Pacir before sunrise.
    Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2001-12-11

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