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To: Sig who wrote (167254)	9/28/2001 4:52:19 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 176387

Special forces hunt bin Laden By Jack Kelley, USA TODAY 09/28/2001 - Updated 12:07 PM ET PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Elite troops from U.S. special operations forces have been inside Afghanistan the past 2 weeks looking for Osama bin Laden, but they're having difficulty locating him and are asking other nations for additional intelligence help, senior U.S. and Pakistani officials have confirmed privately. The presence of three-to-five member teams of U.S. commandos inside Afghanistan has not been officially acknowledged by either Pakistan or the United States. But their arrival here 2 weeks ago and subsequent movement into Afghanistan have been reported by English- and Urdu-language newspapers here, and would not come as a surprise to bin Laden or Afghanistan's ruling Taliban. The teams have been told to capture or kill bin Laden or, if that is not possible, pin him down in an area until U.S. air strikes can be launched, the officials said. Officially, the Pentagon declined comment. "I will not be able to provide any information on operational matters," spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said Thursday when asked about the special ops forces. Pakistan has offered to share intelligence and allow U.S. jets to fly in its airspace but hasn't said it would permit U.S. troops within its borders. Foreign Ministry spokesman Riaz Muhammad Khan said there are no U.S. forces "on the ground" in Pakistan, but he would not comment on whether troops landed here and then moved into Afghanistan. The lack of "real time" intelligence on bin Laden's whereabouts has precluded the possibility of an imminent U.S. attack on the man suspected to have masterminded the terrorists attacks Sept. 11 on New York and Washington. The United States has been moving dozens of aircraft, including B-52 bombers, into the region in preparation for a retaliatory strike on bin Laden and the ruling Taliban militia that has been harboring him. U.S. officials said they have asked the governments of Pakistan, Russia and the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan to share additional intelligence information. "Unfortunately, we have told the United States that we do not have any 'real time' information on Osama bin Laden or (his group) al-Qa'eda," Khan said. "We are trying to locate him but right now, are unable to." U.S. special operations forces from the Army and Air Force, and units of the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions, landed here and in the city of Quetta on Sept. 13, said Pentagon officials in Washington and Pakistani military officials with direct knowledge of the operations. A command center has been set up in the region to coordinate activities, Pakistani officials said. Teams of three to five soldiers, backed by Blackhawk MH-60K helicopters kept at airbases outside Afghanistan, then began deploying into that nation's mountainous regions in an attempt to locate the elusive bin Laden, senior U.S. and Pakistani officials said. They have been concentrating their searches in caves and underground bunkers in southwest Afghanistan near the city of Kandahar, the officials added. Bin Laden has long been known to operate in that region. Several elite U.S. and British military units are involved in the effort to find bin Laden, including the Army's Green Berets, Navy SEALs and the British army's Special Air Services, U.S. officials said.

To: Sig who wrote (167254)	9/28/2001 5:59:30 PM
From: kemble s. matter	Respond to of 176387

Sig, Hi!! RE: No human is beyond salvation, a short time of counseling by an Israeli psychologist (about 40 years) could do wonders, as would spiking his water hole with arsenic. My my my Sig...You're being so kind...Perhaps having to listen to Tiny Tim records 24 hours a day or Iroquois Indian tortures would be more appropriate...The Iroquois would make a suture down the back of the neck exposing the spinal cord...Yeah, I'm all for lack of humanitarian sympathy on this guy...Our local papers are beginning to post the missing as dead...Many kids with no parent...I'm sure the line would be quite long for those wishing to play a tune on his spinal cord... Best, Kemble