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Bin Laden Alive, Well, Directing al-Qaida Ops

Sources say terrorist leader, top aide escaped Afghanistan for Pakistan, planning new attacks

Tuesday, October 29, 2002
(1:00 AM ET)
WorldNetDaily.com

Last week, CIA Director George Tenet told Congress that al-Qaida is now in a new "execution phase" of operations. The agency believes the devastating attack in Bali, for instance, was the work of the Southeast Asian group Jemaah Islamiah, closely linked to al-Qaida.

Osama Bin Laden is alive, well, living in Pakistan and planning new terrorist attacks in the U.S., United Kingdom and Germany, according to WorldNetDaily intelligence sources.

Bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, is also in Pakistan. Both al-Qaida leaders bought their way out of Afghanistan during the U.S. siege of Tora Bora last year. Bin Laden reportedly paid $15 million to facilitate his escape.

At least one senior al-Qaida leader who fled to Pakistan with bin Laden has since returned to Afghanistan. Amin al-Haq, described as a very close associate of bin Laden, is reportedly back in Afghanistan now.
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