- Osama has entered Pakistan, says paper - leibovitz, 13.12.2001, 13:32
Osama has entered Pakistan, says paper
Osama has entered Pakistan, says paper
BOSTON, Dec 12: A US newspaper claimed on Wednesday that Osama bin Laden escaped the embattled Tora Bora base to Pakistan 10 days ago with the help of Ghilzai tribesmen.
The Christian Science Monitor quoted a senior Al Qaeda operative and Saudi financier as saying:"Osama bin Laden travelled out of Tora Bora two times in this Ramazan holy month."
Abu Jaffar further said:"He (Osama) left to meet Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar about three weeks ago and stayed with him near Kandahar.""He left again just over a week ago and was headed to Pakistan, where he was helped across the border by Pashtun tribesmen."
The newspaper's report of Osama's movements, posted on its Web site (http://www.csmonitor.com), is the first that the Saudi-born has escaped the US bombing raids on Tora Bora. -Reuters
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