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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: PartyTime who wrote (6835)3/20/2004 11:49:50 AM
From: John Sladek   of 173976
 
Mystery Militant May Be Uzbek or Chechen - Pakistan

By Simon Denyer
WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected senior al Qaeda member whom the Pakistani army thought it had surrounded in a remote area on the Afghan border is probably a Chechen or Uzbek militant leader, a Pakistani commander said on Saturday.

Thousands of Pakistani troops have been locked in battle with al Qaeda fighters and their tribal allies in Pakistan's wild South Warizistan tribal area since Tuesday.

... the fierce defense the rebels mounted suggested they were trying to protect a "high-value target," who officials said was possibly Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri.

But intercepted rebel radio communications suggested the mystery militant leader was an Uzbek or a Chechen. Zawahri is Egyptian.

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