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Pastimes : Terrorist Attacks -- NEWS UPDATES ONLY

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To: Quahog who started this subject12/13/2001 8:14:18 PM
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CNN: Bin Laden Said Surrounded in Cave

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Intelligence reports say that Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) is apparently in a cave complex surrounded by anti-Taliban fighters and U.S. forces in Afghanistan (news - web sites), CNN said Thursday, citing U.S. military officials.

``The United States has reason to believe that Osama bin Laden is surrounded by opposition forces and U.S. forces in a cave complex in Tora Bora,'' CNN reported.

The United States is hunting bin Laden, whom it blames for masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks on America that killed nearly 3,300 people.

The hills and valleys near the eastern village of Tora Bora are home to networks of caves harboring an unknown number of al Qaeda fighters.

U.S. aircraft have been blasting the mountain hide-outs of al Qaeda fighters relentlessly in the hunt for bin Laden.

``We think he's in Afghanistan, we are chasing him, he is hiding, he does not want us to know where he is, we are asking everyone we can to help,'' said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld earlier on Thursday.

The Afghan Islamic Press said U.S. special forces landed overnight in Tora Bora and that U.S. helicopters had increased their flights between Tora Bora and an airport in Jalalabad.

Rumsfeld said only unconditional surrender was on the table. ``This is not a drill where we're making deals,'' he said.
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