-Caveat Lector- ---------- > From: Dan S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: biowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [InTheShadows] U.S. Believes Bin Laden Is Hiding In CIA-Built Caves > Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 9:40 AM > > From: Dan S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.nypostonline.com:80/030799/news/4276.htm > - > U.S. BELIEVES BIN LADEN IS HIDING IN CIA-BUILT CAVES > > By NILES LATHEM > > Saudi millionaire terrorist Osama bin Laden is believed to be on the > move and hiding in a network of high-tech mountain caves built by the > CIA during the Afghan war, The Post has learned. > > U.S. intelligence agencies assigned to track the world's most dangerous > terrorist believe bin Laden and his entourage have been moving around in > remote regions of Afghanistan since the Taliban, the Islamic militia > that controls most of that country, reported his alleged "disappearance" > three weeks ago. > > The agencies are convinced he's taken refuge in specially fortified > caves that were built for the Afghan resistance during its war against > Soviet occupation in the 1980s. > > Nicknamed the "bat caves" by CIA operatives in Pakistan, these secret > remnants of the last Cold War conflict are scattered in key strategic > regions throughout Afghanistan and were used as headquarters and staging > areas for the Afghan mujahadeen fighting the Soviet Red Army. > > "They are very deep, very fortified and were built to withstand carpet > bombing by the Soviets. The U.S. government financed their construction > and helped build many of them," said Yousef Bodansky, staff director of > the House Task Force on Terrorism. > > In fact, the nerve center of bin Laden's Kandahar headquarters, which > was targeted for U.S. missile attacks last August, was in one of the > CIA-built and-financed caves. > > Journalists and other people who have visited bin Laden in the Kandahar > cave have said there were three rooms: one with one desktop and two > laptop computers, two faxes and a satellite telephone system; another > loaded with weapons and a third, bin Laden's private study, that > contained a library of classic Islamic writings and three beds. > > Bin Laden was a hero in the holy war against the Soviets when he left > his privileged life in Saudi Arabia to finance and organize a global > network of Islamic fighters in the Afghan war. > > He has kept his network, known as al Qeda, intact and is now turning it > loose on U.S. interests in an attempt to drive U.S. forces out of the > Persian Gulf. > > Last month, the Taliban, responding to growing U.S. pressure to > extradite him to New York to face charges of plotting to blow up U.S. > embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and other terrorist attacks, told the > State Department it had a falling-out with him and he had disappeared. > > But U.S. intelligence has sporadically tracked him by monitoring his use > of his satellite phone and his Internet log-ons, sources told The Post. > > He was first tracked down in Tora Bora, Afghanistan, and then in > Helmand. Most recently he's been placed in Jalalabad, a region > controlled by former Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatayar, a grizzled > warlord and veteran of the Afghan war who is associated with, but not > part of, the Taliban. > > Jalalabad was a key staging area for the mujahadeen during the Afghan > war, and sources report there are several cave complexes in that area. > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > We are proud as punch of our new web site! > http://www.onelist.com > Onelist: The leading provider of free email community services > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > InTheShadows (formally the list known as exploration) is a discussion list dedicated to keeping up-to-date with new technologies, advancements in medicine, environmental concerns, 'conspiracy theories', politics, and, of course, UFO stuff. Discussion is encouraged. 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