The Hindu : Osama trapped, claims U.K. tabloid

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Monday, Feb 23, 2004

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Osama trapped, claims U.K. tabloid

LONDON, FEB. 22. The world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, has been tracked down and the SAS, Britain's elite soldiers, are poised to seize him in his secret mountain lair in Pakistan, a leading London tabloid claimed today.

Working closely with the U.S. forces, the SAS have hemmed Osama into a remote mountain area measuring just 16 km wide in Afghanistan, Sunday Express claimed. He is reportedly being guarded by only 50 of his most loyal supporters who have pledged to lay down their lives for him. The report quoted a U.S. intelligence source saying last night: ``He is boxed in.''

According to the report, the SAS and U.S. special forces are awaiting orders to swoop him in the Toba Kakar mountains in Pakistan's north-west frontier. —

PTI

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