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September 21, 2001
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Byline: Arnaud de Borchgrave

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind of global terrorism, has a score of remote places in Pakistan where he would be welcome and protected from authorities, former Pakistani army and intelligence officers said yesterday.

[Other intelligence sources said that if bin Laden leaves Afghanistan in response to a request from the ruling Taliban, he could seek the protection of supporters in Somalia, Chechnya or a Central Asian republic.]

Speaking not for attribution, a former Pakistani intelligence chief said: "All Osama bin Laden has to do is cross over into Pakistan anywhere along a largely ...

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