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Article: Bin Laden an expert at hiding; Mobility:U.S. officials believe he is still in Afghanistan, but that he might be prepared to run
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2001
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Osama bin Laden uses misdirection, look-alike
decoys and fake caravans to foil pursuit. He is thought to have
moved around Afghanistan hidden in an ambulance.
U.S. intelligence officials believe bin Laden has remained in
Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan since Sept. 11, the day
jetliner hijackers allegedly sent by bin Laden attacked the United
States. The officials are worried now, however, that bin Laden might
be planning to leave for Chechnya, Somalia or Sudan - all war-torn,
relatively lawless areas like Afghanistan where he can again hide.
His mobility is both a defense and a vulnerability, said Sen.
Richard Shelby, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence ...