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To: gao seng who wrote (225874)	2/6/2002 6:53:40 PM
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Did They Get Bin Laden? Feb. 6, 2002 AP / CBS (CBS) CBS National Security Correspondent David Martin has learned that an unmanned drone operated by the CIA fired a missile at what was believed to be a group of senior al Qaeda leaders meeting in the mountains of southeastern Afghanistan. The strike occurred Monday night near the cave complex known as Zawar Khili and so far intelligence officials have not been able to confirm the identities of any of the al Qaeda leaders. Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants are believed to have been hiding at Zawar Khili since escaping the bombing of Tora Bora two months ago. In previous raids, U.S. special operations forces have found large caches of weapons and documents at Zawar Khili. As one senior official described the attack, SUVs protected by armed guards pulled up, three men in white robes got out, and, the official said, "we killed them" with a missile fired from the CIA drone. Since Monday's raid, the Pentagon has been trying to put a commando team on the ground to identify the bodies but bad weather has made it too dangerous to fly a helicopter in the mountainous terrain. cbsnews.com