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Osama bin Laden Escaped to Pakistan, Says Aide
Thursday, December 13, 2001
Amebo.com

U.S. warplanes kept up pressure on al Qaeda fighters still holed up in caves and bunkers in the jagged Spin Ghar mountains.

AS uncertainty still shrouds the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, indications emerged yesterday that he escaped the embattled Tora Bora base to Pakistan 10 days ago, with the help of Ghilzi tribesmen.

A senior al Qaeda operative and Saudi financier, Abu Jaffar told the Christian Science Monitor yesterday:

"Osama bin Laden travelled out of Tora Bora two times in this Ramadan holy month."

"He left to meet Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar about three weeks ago and stayed with him near Kandahar," Jaffar said. "He left again just over a week ago and was headed to Pakistan, where he was helped across the border by Pashtun tribesmen."
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Not exactly a new idea, and Abu Jaffar told the Christian Science Monitor the same story he’s been spouting since the start of Ramadan. It may be true, but it is certainly no reason to let the al Qaida walk.

Dan