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Article: US dragnet closing in on bin Laden?
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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Osama bin Laden's days may well be numbered, as increasingly
confident statements by the US military in Kabul are matched by
heightened activity along the Afghan-Pakistan frontier.
But experts on bin Laden's al-Qaida network and the ousted Afghan
Taliban warn that catching the world's most wanted man will not be
easy, especially if they want him alive.
"A focus of political will and resources will clearly increase the
chances of high quality targets being hit," said Jason Burke, a
leading expert and author on al-Qaida.
"The problem is that the practical difficulties operating there
remain, as do the obstacles posed by massive local support for the
fugitives."
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