DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2001�
MAG: U.S. Seeks 2nd Raid in Pakistan -- Targeting Bin Laden
Sun Apr 14 2002 10:05:07 ET
U.S. forces are
seeking to undertake another raid inside Pakistan like the one that
captured Osama bin Laden's lieutenant, Abu Zubaydah, two weeks ago,
sources in Islamabad tell TIME magazine in fresh editions.
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This time, however, they are after bigger
quarry: bin Laden himself!
Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca,
the sources say, was in Islamabad last month to ask Pakistani President
Pervez Musharraf for permission to make the raid on Pakistan�s
mountainous border with Afghanistan.
But Musharraf has still not given his
consent. He is hesitant, the sources say, because the fierce tribes of
the region are well armed and sympathetic to Afghanistan�s former
Taliban regime.
An American military operation, especially if it went
wrong, could weaken the Pakistani leader�s already frayed ties to the
area, TIME�s Tim McGirk reports.
Developing...
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