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Terror Networks
Delta and SAS said hunting Binny in Jammu & Kashmir
2002-02-23
  • US Delta Force soldiers and British Special Air Service (SAS) troops have formed a 40-man operation in a bid to hunt down Osama bin Laden in Jammu and Kashmir, The Daily Telegraph said. However, the Indian defence ministry described the report as 'rubbish'. "There is no question of allowing American or British or any foreign troops into Jammu & Kashmir. The report is totally incorrect and baseless," a defence ministry spokesman said. He said he could not comment on whether American and British forces could be operating in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

    The report said that US Delta Force soldiers and British Special Air Service troops have formed the operation in a bid to hunt down Bin Laden who is being protected by Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. Indian intelligence told the US Central Intelligence Agency in January that they believed Bin Laden was hiding in Kashmir's Himalayan mountains.

    The report said the special forces teams were employing a range of high-tech devices to hunt Bin Laden. A spy satellite above the Indian Ocean operated by US and British intelligence is being used to monitor possible communications between Bin Laden and members of his al-Qaeda terror network.
    Could be happening, even as the Indos plausibly deny it. Any arrangement along those lines would involve high-level coordination. Gen. Myers met with Fernandes a week ago...
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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