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Musharraf: bin Laden May be Dead
By Associated Press
December 22, 2001, 11:02 AM EST
BEIJING -- Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf says he's "reasonably
sure" that Osama bin Laden has not escaped to Pakistan and that there's a
"great possibility" that the al-Qaida leader is dead.
In an interview broadcast Saturday on Chinese state television, Musharraf
said Pakistan would hand bin Laden to the United States if he's caught.
"He's not in Pakistan, of that we are reasonably sure. But we can't be 100
percent sure. We have sealed the borders between Afghanistan and Pakistan,"
Musharraf said.
"The Tora Bora region in which he was supposed to be operating ... has about
eight passes leading into Pakistan," Musharraf said. "We are guarding each
one of these passes."
"Maybe he is dead because of all the operations that have been conducted,
the bombardment of all the caves," Musharraf said. "There is a great
possibility that he may have lost his life there."
"If he does enter, if we identify him, he will be handed over," Musharraf
added.
China Central Television said it interviewed Musharraf on Friday, the second
day of his current trip to China.
Copyright � 2001, The Associated Press
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