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To: D. Long who wrote (32115)	2/28/2004 7:48:26 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 793575

More from Times of India. From Thursday. I wish I'd checked the Times this week. Lots of news. timesofindia.indiatimes.com --------------------------------------------------------- Suspected al-Qaeda on the run from tribal areas AP[ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2004 08:49:58 PM ] ISLAMABAD : A Pakistani military operation meant to capture Taliban and al-Qaeda fugitives has forced some suspects to seek refuge across the border in Afghanistan , intelligence officials told The Associated Press. With the cross-border movement, Pakistan achieved one of the primary goals of its operation this week in its lawless border regions -- prompting the fugitives to be driven into territory where US and Afghan troops operate, security officials said on condition of anonymity. The three senior intelligence and government officials gave no indication of what prompted them to be so certain of their assessment and did not offer any specific intelligence to back up their claims. "The goal was to force them to leave our areas -- or to capture them," one senior security official said. "We were successful." Asked after talks with Afghan leaders and US commanders about signs of militants crossing the border, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said: "I don't know that I could answer that." "Clearly, there's pressure being put on terrorists all over the world, but most recently and certainly with a great deal of energy and some success in Pakistan, for which we're very grateful," he said at a news conference after talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. In Pakistan , sources stressed that bin Laden himself has not been sighted in the country's tribal regions.