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| Al-Libbi's capture should worry Bin Laden: Pentagon |
| 2005-05-06 |
| Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden should worry that the capture of his operations chief by Pakistani forces will hasten his own death or capture, a top US military official said Thursday. Abu Faraj al-Libbi, considered number three in the al-Qaeda hierarchy, was seized by Pakistani forces over weekend in the tribal area of northern Waziristan in a major coup against the terrorist network. "I think that bin Laden should be very concerned that we are that much closer to him and his compatriots, again, wherever they are," said Lieutenant General James Conway, the operations director of the military's Joint Staff. Conway indicated that al-Libbi's capture would force bin Laden to rely on less capable associates to direct the terrorist operations. The US military played no role in the Pakistani operation, Conway said. But US intelligence is believed to have played a critical part behind the scenes, other officials have indicated. President George W. Bush and other top US leaders have hailed the capture as a major coup. "I think it should send a strong message to bin Laden and his followers that, 'You are not going to rest in peace as long as this global war on terrorism is in search of you and your compatriots,'" Conway said. "We will hunt you to your dying days and either capture you or kill you if you resist," he said. Bin Laden slipped away from US-led forces that toppled Afghanistan's Taliban government in late 2001, and has since managed to elude capture ever since despite Bush's vow to take him "dead or alive." |
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