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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (42950)	6/30/2002 2:52:21 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Some 1,000 Pakistani ground troops backed by helicopters and armoured vehicles have been scouring the remote mountain passes and conducting house-to-house searches in a massive manhunt for the al-Qaeda escapees. At least 15 tribesmen were rounded up Thursday on suspicion of giving refuge to the al-Qaeda group. The local Sarke tribe are believed to have hidden them. Paramilitaries have been smashing the homes of those tribesmen who may have sheltered al-Qaeda fighters. Soldiers have threatened to destroy more homes if al-Qaeda operatives were discovered to have hidden in them and to fine those sheltering the extremists Rs 200,000. Residents said they saw up to five Americans present during Tuesday's raid, with one witness saying they were evacuated by helicopter when the gunfight broke out.