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WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! US seeks tribal help to hunt out Osama JALALABAD: The US has enlisted tribal warriors in its hunt for Osama bin Laden in the inaccessible network of caves cut into a rugged mountain south of here. The self-appointed government has agreed to help the US flush hundreds of suspected terrorists and hard-line Taliban forces out of a honeycomb of caves and tunnels around the village of Tora Bora, commander Haji Mohammed Zaman said. Developed by mujahedeen fighters with the CIA’s support, Tora Bora served as an underground hide-out and headquarters during the war against the former Soviet Union in the 1980s. Having seized control two weeks ago, officials claimed that bin Laden is hidden with as many as 2,000 foreign fighters and terrorists in Tora Bora. Zaman said, last week, that he was ready to surround Tora Bora and cut off its supply lines — but not without money and arms from Western allies. Zaman refused to elaborate the action the two governments might consider and what contribution each would make. ‘‘We’ve asked for a variety of opposition leaders to help us find al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders wherever they may be in Afghanistan,’’ Rear Adm. Craig Quigley, spokesman for the US Central Command, said. Tora Bora is an attractive hide-out: remote, relatively close to an isolated stretch of the Pakistani border and a nearly untouchable target. The caves can only be reached by walking three hours from the nearest village. Thick canopies of trees camouflage the headquarters from the sky, and nobody can approach on the ground without being spotted. Some of Zaman’s 6,000 fighters know the terrain intimately, having helped build the complex two decades ago. The commander has insisted he needs no men, only money and weapons. Bin Laden’s ties to this mountain city are strong. When the government of Sudan asked him to leave that country in 1996, he flew to Jalalabad. He built a home on the hilly outskirts of town, brought in a wife and children and erected terrorist training camps. — *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
