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New York, Mar 15 (ANI): Worlds biggest manhunt for Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has zeroed in on Chitrals stunning peaks and valleys. According to the New York Daily News, Laden is somewhere in the impenetrable Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistans Chitral region.
The region has been sealed off to outsiders and is now regularly buzzed by American spy drones. Many foreign officials also confirmed that Laden has been seen around the Hindu Kush mountains. Recent Predator fly-bys, Ladens tapes and interviews are pointing his appearance to these vast mountains.
The reports suggest that the nearby town of Kalam can also be his current home place.
In fact, drones were first spotted spying on Chitral last summer and were seen again as recently as February 2. It is so far from US-run airfields that drone sorties are limited to just a few hours due to fuelling issues, the report said. (ANI)
Osama bin Laden could be in Pak trekker paradise Chitral: US
Washington, Mar.15 (ANI): New investigation undertaken by a New York-based daily reveals that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden could be ensconced in Pakistans trekker paradise of Chitral.
The area has been declared out of bounds for outsiders and is now regularly buzzed by American spy drones.
The U.S. won”t say it officially, but an exhaustive investigation by the New York Daily News has zeroed in on Chitral’’s stunning peaks and deep valleys for the man responsible for the deaths of over 3,000 people on September 11, 2001.
Six U.S. and foreign officials confirmed to The News that northwestern Pakistan’’s impenetrable Hindu Kush mountains - which boast some of the world’’s tallest climbs - in the Chitral region have been eyed as Bin Laden’’s hideout since 2006 by Osama hunters aiming for the big kill.
A lengthy review of evidence, including recent Predator fly-bys, Bin Laden’’s tapes since 9/11 and interviews with three dozen experts on Al Qaeda, Pakistan and special operations, point to these vast mountains as the terror chief’’s most likely haven.
“Debriefings of Al Qaeda leaders arrested confirmed this,” said Rohan Gunaratna, author of “Inside Al Qaeda.”
Two senior foreign officials said the nearby town of Kalam also is suspect.
Drones were first spotted spying on Chitral last summer and were seen again as recently as Feb. 2. Chitral is so far from U.S.-run airfields that drone sorties are limited to just a few hours because of fueling issues.
CIA Director Leon Panetta has told Congress he asks “every day” where Bin Laden is hiding.
Reports of his location were rare after he escaped a U.S. onslaught in Afghanistan in 2001.
The News has revealed that only four of his tapes were ever recorded in the harsh winter months from January to March.
Most were made in the fall, and no tapes were recorded in winter after 2003 until a year ago.
Experts say this is a new clue, which may mean he lives so high up he’’s snowbound in winter - safer from attack but unable to dispatch couriers on foot with his screeds.
Chitral “is a natural route from Afghanistan” into the Hindu Kush, observed an ex-operative in “Alec Station,” the CIA’’s Bin Laden unit.
The jagged range of sharks teeth peaks has always been a sanctuary for brigands lying low.
Chitral is 300 miles north of the Waziristan tribal belt U.S. drones have bombed 39 times since June.
But last month, Predators were over peaceful Chitral - no missiles have ever been fired there - for the fifth occasion since August.
Some intelligence officials downplay Chitral’’s importance or argue that Bin Laden is in a teeming Pakistani city similar to ones where his aides were nabbed after 9/11 - even though Al Qaeda leaders moved to the tribal areas years ago, where eight top goons have been assassinated in recent months. (ANI)
Pakistan rejects claim of Osama Bin Laden hiding inside its territory
Islamabad, Feb.25 (ANI): Pakistan has rejected claims that Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden has taken refuge inside its territory.
A member of the National Assembly (NA), Sajid Hussain Turi, referring to a report which claimed that Laden was most likely hiding in the town of Parachinar in Kurram Agency, said that it was impossible for Laden to seek refuge in an area dominated by an anti-militant population.
I strongly contradict the report, as Parachinar is completely different from other tribal areas with the majority of the population being Shias, community who are known as anti-Taliban, The Dawn quoted Turi, as saying.
Turi, who represents Kurram Agency in the National Assembly, said both Sunni and Shia communities were against any terror activities in the region.
Earlier, US geographer, Thomas Gillespie of the University of California-Los Angeles, suggested that Osama might be hiding in one of three compounds in Parachinar, a town 12 miles from the Afghan border.
Gillespie based his conclusion on night-time satellite readings and on public reports of Osamas habits and whereabouts. (ANI)
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The region has been sealed off to outsiders and is now regularly buzzed by American spy drones. Many foreign officials also confirmed that Laden has been seen around the Hindu Kush mountains. Recent Predator fly-bys, Ladens tapes and interviews are pointing his appearance to these vast mountains.
The reports suggest that the nearby town of Kalam can also be his current home place.
In fact, drones were first spotted spying on Chitral last summer and were seen again as recently as February 2. It is so far from US-run airfields that drone sorties are limited to just a few hours due to fuelling issues, the report said. (ANI)
Osama bin Laden could be in Pak trekker paradise Chitral: US
Washington, Mar.15 (ANI): New investigation undertaken by a New York-based daily reveals that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden could be ensconced in Pakistans trekker paradise of Chitral.
The area has been declared out of bounds for outsiders and is now regularly buzzed by American spy drones.
The U.S. won”t say it officially, but an exhaustive investigation by the New York Daily News has zeroed in on Chitral’’s stunning peaks and deep valleys for the man responsible for the deaths of over 3,000 people on September 11, 2001.
Six U.S. and foreign officials confirmed to The News that northwestern Pakistan’’s impenetrable Hindu Kush mountains - which boast some of the world’’s tallest climbs - in the Chitral region have been eyed as Bin Laden’’s hideout since 2006 by Osama hunters aiming for the big kill.
A lengthy review of evidence, including recent Predator fly-bys, Bin Laden’’s tapes since 9/11 and interviews with three dozen experts on Al Qaeda, Pakistan and special operations, point to these vast mountains as the terror chief’’s most likely haven.
“Debriefings of Al Qaeda leaders arrested confirmed this,” said Rohan Gunaratna, author of “Inside Al Qaeda.”
Two senior foreign officials said the nearby town of Kalam also is suspect.
Drones were first spotted spying on Chitral last summer and were seen again as recently as Feb. 2. Chitral is so far from U.S.-run airfields that drone sorties are limited to just a few hours because of fueling issues.
CIA Director Leon Panetta has told Congress he asks “every day” where Bin Laden is hiding.
Reports of his location were rare after he escaped a U.S. onslaught in Afghanistan in 2001.
The News has revealed that only four of his tapes were ever recorded in the harsh winter months from January to March.
Most were made in the fall, and no tapes were recorded in winter after 2003 until a year ago.
Experts say this is a new clue, which may mean he lives so high up he’’s snowbound in winter - safer from attack but unable to dispatch couriers on foot with his screeds.
Chitral “is a natural route from Afghanistan” into the Hindu Kush, observed an ex-operative in “Alec Station,” the CIA’’s Bin Laden unit.
The jagged range of sharks teeth peaks has always been a sanctuary for brigands lying low.
Chitral is 300 miles north of the Waziristan tribal belt U.S. drones have bombed 39 times since June.
But last month, Predators were over peaceful Chitral - no missiles have ever been fired there - for the fifth occasion since August.
Some intelligence officials downplay Chitral’’s importance or argue that Bin Laden is in a teeming Pakistani city similar to ones where his aides were nabbed after 9/11 - even though Al Qaeda leaders moved to the tribal areas years ago, where eight top goons have been assassinated in recent months. (ANI)
Pakistan rejects claim of Osama Bin Laden hiding inside its territory
Islamabad, Feb.25 (ANI): Pakistan has rejected claims that Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden has taken refuge inside its territory.
A member of the National Assembly (NA), Sajid Hussain Turi, referring to a report which claimed that Laden was most likely hiding in the town of Parachinar in Kurram Agency, said that it was impossible for Laden to seek refuge in an area dominated by an anti-militant population.
I strongly contradict the report, as Parachinar is completely different from other tribal areas with the majority of the population being Shias, community who are known as anti-Taliban, The Dawn quoted Turi, as saying.
Turi, who represents Kurram Agency in the National Assembly, said both Sunni and Shia communities were against any terror activities in the region.
Earlier, US geographer, Thomas Gillespie of the University of California-Los Angeles, suggested that Osama might be hiding in one of three compounds in Parachinar, a town 12 miles from the Afghan border.
Gillespie based his conclusion on night-time satellite readings and on public reports of Osamas habits and whereabouts. (ANI)
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