I believe many news items discounted this bit of information given that India's capabilities to discern a convoy of OBL SUVs either from a satellite or fighter jets is limited.
--- ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Barua: > > Here is an interesting news item from > http://debka.com/article.php?aid=928. > > Debka is supposedly the media from for the Mossad. > They report that a few days ago, OBL was seen in > India. An Indian Airforce plane photographed the > convoy. > Here is a part of it from Debka. For the whole > report > you can use the link above. > > >From other reports, it seems that India (like many > other countries - even Israel) are upset with the US > Admin. for not sharing intelligence reports. It > seems > the US is only wanting information but not giving > any. > In India's case ISI agents operating in Kashmir. > So, many countries are not helping the US as much as > the US wanted them to. > > BTW: This was also reported in TOI, and on Fox news. > > ************************* > Bin Laden was actually spotted in the flesh just a > few > days ago - according to DEBKAfile�s counter terror > sources. Between October 17 and October 19, an > Indian > air force reconnaissance plane picked him up in the > Tibet-Laddakh region close to the North-Eastern > corner > of Pakistan bordering India and China. Additional > surveillance aircraft were called in and identified > the al Qaeda leader on the move with a 10-vehicle > convoy of black Japanese minivans. Four of the > vehicles turned up again on October 22 heading east > towards the Chinese border. Our sources maintain > that > the rumored sightings of bin Laden on the Lingzi > Thang > Plain on the Tibetan border in June may have been > true > then but are now outdated. In any case, he was not > at > the time in Pakistani Waziristan or the > Afghan-Pakistani border. > > The agents hunting the al Qaeda leader are working > on > the premise that he has decided to wait out the > winter > months in one of two regions: Hunza province in the > Northern Frontier tip of Indian Kashmir or Little > Pamir, where fanatical Tajik tribes have never > allowed > any Kabul government - whether Taliban or led by > Karzai - to secure a foothold. Little Pamir is > wedged > between Tajikistan where Russian special forces > taking > part in the bin Laden dragnet are deployed and > China. > > Before launching the Sept.11 attacks, bin Laden and > his deputy Ayman Zawahiri, prepared snug havens in > the > caverns that riddle the towering 5,000-8,000-meter > mountain peaks. > > In the 1970s, the Russians converted the Little > Pamir > cave warren into subterranean silos for nuclear > missiles pointing towards China. But even the > Russians > found the cold and harsh conditions unendurable and > by > the mid-1980s the bases were abandoned. > > Sunday, October 24, a senior FBI agent, briefed > first > in Pakistan, flew from Islamabad to New Delhi to > meet > Indian security bosses and examine the aerial shots > of > the bin Laden convoy. > > Our intelligence sources report that, after the > American agent studied the data and questioned the > Indian intelligence officers who saw the terrorist > chief leave his minivan several times, he relayed > Washington�s request for the Indian government to > put > its security forces in the North Western region on > red > alert and round up troops for combing operations in > the region before the snowfall. > > New Delhi complied the next day and also stepped up > its vigilance on the Kagil-Leh Highway and along the > Tibetan border. > > But before bin Laden disappeared in his mountain > fastness, he not only had the videotape posted to al > Jazeera, but left with his men precise instructions > defining the political circumstances and timing for > the next al Qaeda terrorist attack in the United > States. > > ************************* > > > > --- Barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 3 years after 9/11, after death of more than > > 1000 heroic American soldiers, after spending 200 > > billion dollar, after hopelessly chasing elusive > > WMDs in Iraq, America is still hunting for the > > single man who symbolises the antire anti American > > Middle East psyche, the man who we all know were > > behind the 9/11, the man who we all know is hiding > > somewhere in Pakistan, America's strongest ally. > > Something is wrong. But funny thing is 50% of > > Americans donot see it and they are being fooled > > again and again since 9/11. I say God Bless > > America!!!! > > Barua > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > The search for Bin Laden > > > > > > Osama Bin Laden - top of America's > "Most > > Wanted" list > > The latest videotape in which al-Qaeda > leader > > Osama Bin Laden threatened the United States has > > renewed speculation as to where he could be > hiding. > > Since the 11 September attacks, a number of > > video tapes, audio recordings, faxes and other > > statements have been attributed to Bin Laden. > > > > The latest tape was aired on Friday on the > > Arabic television station al-Jazeera in which Bin > > Laden says the reasons behind the 9/11 attacks > were > > still present. > > > > It is Bin Laden's clearest claim of > > responsibility yet for the attacks and US > officials > > have said they believe the tape is genuine. > > > > The tape was delivered to the office of the > > Islamabad bureau of al-Jazeera - an action that is > > likely to have embarrassed Pakistan's leader, > > General Pervez Musharraf, one of the US's closes > > ally in the war against terror. > > > > The US has also thrown some of its best > > resources into hunting the al-Qaeda leader, using > > satellite tracking systems and sophisticated > spying > > systems. > > > > He is believed to be hiding in the remote > > tribal region along the Pakistan-Afghanistan > border > > along with his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri. > > > > Pakistan has deployed tens of thousands of > > troops in the area and US forces regularly carry > out > > raids on the Afghan side of the border. > > > > However the last reliable intelligence on > the > > al-Qaeda leader appears to be from November or > > December 2001 during the US-led bombing of > > Afghanistan, when US forces apparently intercepted > > radio messages in which he was directing troops > from > > the mountainous region of Tora Bora. > > > > In January 2004 al-Jazeera released an audio > > tape in which Bin Laden talks about the capture of > > Saddam Hussein and attacks Arab states for backing > > the US-led war on Iraq. > > > > In September-October 2003 audio tapes are > > released by al-Jazeera. In the tapes, Bin Laden > > praises the 11 September hijackers and call for > new > > attacks on America. The CIA confirms the tapes are > > "probably" genuine. > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
