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 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. MORE 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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