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| Afghanistan/South Asia |
| Binny slips the dragnet? |
| 2004-03-06 |
| A local official in eastern Afghanistan says he has received credible reports that Osama bin Laden escaped the recent Pakistani operation to catch him. Speaking to the BBC, a district governor said he passed the details to Afghan intelligence staff. Haji Abdullah, the governor of Pachir-Agam district in Nangarhar province, said he heard the report about al-Qaeda’s leader three days ago. He said he had met a former member of the Taliban who had received a fax referring to "the Sheikh", the term often used for Osama Bin Laden by his supporters. The fax reportedly said the Sheikh was alive and well and that he had escaped a recent attempt by Pakistani forces to catch him on their side of the border. However, the governor rejected recent reports that American forces are focusing on the Tora Bora hills, which overlook his compound, in their search for Osama. There is no sign of any US activity in these rugged hills and peaks. But local residents and officials in the nearby district of Chaprihar said there had been a build-up of American forces in the area earlier this week and that some had stayed for several days. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #9 And I believe, Anonymous, that he's a sincere Christian, and I'll pray that God will ensure that he stays in the White House come February. Care to compare track records when it comes to prayer? I have a college and grad school education obtained debt free, a six figure inheritance obtained from a law suit everyone was betting I'd lose, and the healing a man of tintinitus. Can you meet and raise? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-3-6 9:13:39 PM |
| #8 So, is Kerry a Christian? |
| Posted by: Les Nessman 2004-3-6 7:41:39 PM |
| #7 Actually, if you read the comment carefully. You will see that it was not about Christians, but about someone who masquerades as a Christian, Bush. (Did I say I was tolerant? Lord knows, I've tried, but after the Iraq War debacle, I can only pray that God will intervene and take this man from office come November.) |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-3-6 6:54:11 PM |
| #6 Anonymous - It's probably not as easy as it is for you to point fingers at those Christians who fall below your I'm-so-tolerant barometer? |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-6 6:27:01 PM |
| #5 bushie gonna nationalise the bong werks |
| Posted by: HalfEmpty 2004-3-6 5:43:58 PM |
| #4 Looks like Bush is going to have to actually try to create jobs, after all. (So hard on Bush--having to act like a Christian. Much easier for him to point fingers at those who fall below his "Christian" barometer.) |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-3-6 5:39:21 PM |
| #3 His battered corpse is decomposing in some hole and slipping the dragnet one molecule at a time. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-3-6 9:37:05 AM |
| #2 The BBC -- the brit al-jazeera -- is so pro-Usama I suspect its minions would not hesitate to pump out propaganda hoping to take the heat off their b'woy. In other words, Usama has run out of places to hide, he knows running is futile, and he has no desire to die sweaty and out of breath. Usama is in a hole awaiting his doom. |
| Posted by: Garrison 2004-3-6 2:53:13 AM |
| #1 Let's hope he turns up in Afghanistan soon. |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-6 2:42:26 AM |