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Sunday, December 30, 2007
A Former Prime Minister and current Presidential Candidate was assassinated. The Bush Response: "The Elections Must Go Forward."
Bin Laden alive in Pakistan: US spy chief (click here)
AL-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden is alive and sheltering in lawless parts of Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan, US intelligence chief Mike McConnell said yesterday.
Mr McConnell blamed President Pervez Musharraf's government for allowing al-Qaeda to regroup via a peace pact last year with tribal leaders in the border areas.
But General Musharraf remained a key ally of the US, he said.
The administration's latest remarks, following the White House's refusal to rule out military attacks on militants inside Pakistan, sparked a curt response from Islamabad.
"Our stance is that Osama bin Laden is not present in Pakistan,'' Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said from the Pakistani capital.
"If anyone has the information he should give it to us, so that we can apprehend him.'' ...