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...with al-Qaeda. Moreover, it is a sacred duty among Pashtun residents to give sanctuary to Muslims seeking it. With its rugged terrain, its warrior tribes and its centuries-old hostility to authority, Waziristan is a fitting bolt-hole for Islamic militants, possibly even al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. U.S. intelligence believes he is hiding somewhere near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, 150 miles of which snake along Waziristan's frontier. Last week the Qatari TV network, al-Jazeera, aired a videotape of bin Laden walking with his lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahiri in rugged hills that look like those...
Americans probably cannot count on much help from the Waziris, despite the $25 million bounty Washington has put on bin Laden's head. "Do you know how much money Osama has?" asks tribesman Mehfooz Ullah. "Over $200 million. How could anyone hand him over for $25 million?" And, he adds, "we can't betray a Muslim brother." Painted in giant letters on the rock faces that run along Waziri roads are the slogans LONG LIVE OSAMA and WE LOVE OSAMA...
...NEGLECT THE THREAT POSED BY OSAMA BIN LADEN AND LEAVE IT FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO CLEAN...
President Clinton focused on terrorism from the start. The CIA set up a special bin Laden division, and the President authorized the use of lethal force against him. We struck his camp in 1998 after the embassy bombings, and we came close. President Bush has been in Afghanistan with 8,000 troops, and they still haven't found...
...this year's 9/11 anniversary, reemphasized the allegation that Saddam "had a great deal to do with terrorism in general and with al Qaeda in particular" although he retracted days later, saying he had "misspoken" and offering a far more limited account of the relationship between Baghdad and bin Laden. It's difficult to avoid the impression of a concerted effort at the top levels of the administration to hone and clarify the message on Iraq's alleged prewar ties to al-Qaeda...