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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47144)	10/23/2004 9:06:46 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Osama hiding in South Waziristan: 9/11 panellist * Says getting him would imperil Musharraf Daily Times Monitor LAHORE: The Pentagon believes Osama Bin Laden is hiding in a mountainous region in South Waziristan near Balochistan, but it can’t get to him right now, according to a member of the 9/11 Commission. Commissioner John Lehman told Jim Mohr of the San Berdino County Sun that the Al Qaeda chief was alive and living in South Waziristan. “There is an American presence in the area, but we can’t just send in troops. If we did, we could have another Vietnam, and the United States cannot afford that right now,” Mr Lehman said. When pressed on why the United States couldn’t send troops into the region, Mr Lehman said the region was filled with militants who did not recognise the legitimacy of President General Pervez Musharraf. “That is a region filled with Taliban and Al Qaeda members,” he said, adding that Pakistan’s security services were filled with “many who agree with Bin Laden’s beliefs and would aid him if US Special Forces entered the region”. “Musharraf already has had three assassination attempts on his life. He is trying to comply, but he is surrounded by people who do not agree with him. This is not like Afghanistan, where there was no compliance, and we had to go in. We’ll get (Bin Laden) eventually, just not now.” Asked how Mr Bin Laden was surviving, Mr Lehman said he was getting money from outside countries, such as the United Arab Emirates and high-ranking ministers inside Saudi Arabia. “He is not a wealthy man,” Mr Lehman said. “We ran that information into the ground and discovered he only receives about $1 million a year from his family’s fortune. The rest of what he gets comes from radical sympathisers.” A Department of Defence spokeswoman confirmed that the United States military believes Mr Bin Laden is in Pakistan. However, she would not comment on Mr Lehman’s remarks. Mr Lehman is one of the 10 members of the commission that wrote the ‘The Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States’. Home