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| Bin Laden was in region before U.S. attack: Taliban |
| 2003-03-09 |
| A former Taliban diplomat said today Osama bin Laden, was in the southern Afghan province of Nimroz just days before U.S. forces launched a new operation to arrest him. Naseer Ahmed Roohi, a former diplomat in Afghanistan's fallen hardline government, said he had information from "reliable sources" bin Laden had been in the Siakoh mountain range straddling the southwestern Afghan provinces of Nimroz, Helmand and Pakistan's Baluchistan province. "Bin Laden, along with a few companions, shifted to an unknown area, just days before the U.S.-led operation in the area," Roohi told Reuters. Translated, I'd say that says he hi-tailed it as soon as he heard about KSM getting snagged... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |