Bin Laden hunt enters cyberspace

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Forwarded from: bob <bob () globaldevelopment org>

This is a little dated in some respects, as the majority opinion of
those sources I follow is that Osama is alive and living in a major
Pakistani urban area, very possibly Karachi, where finding him is
virtually impossible without some incredible luck Oh well, all will
eventually become clear.

Bob Adams
http://www.globaldisaster.org
http://globalangst.blogspot.com


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Bin Laden hunt enters cyberspace
By John Geralds in Silicon Valley [26-07-2002]

Web monitored for signs of most-wanted man US intelligence agents in
pursuit of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden are now monitoring websites
for messages to his followers.

Counter-terrorism experts believe they have found markers or code
words that indicate bin Laden has been attempting to signal to
supporters that he is alive.

One intelligence officer said: "It's either bin Laden or an elaborate
cyber-deception campaign by his lieutenants." Authorities are also
investigating information from detainees that suggests al-Qaeda
members - and possibly even bin Laden himself - are using
steganography to hide messages inside photographic files on
pornographic websites. And it has been reported that US defence
secretary Donald Rumsfeld has confirmed that bin Laden, not heard of
since December, "has good reason not to make further public
appearances".

"If he does, he will get caught," Rumsfeld said. But reports have also
suggested that if bin Laden is still alive, he might be waiting to
emerge only when another attack occurs. Last week, Abdel-Bari Atwan,
the editor of London-based Arabic-language magazine al-Quds al-Arabi,
said that he had been informed by associates of bin Laden that the
al-Qaeda leader was alive and recovering from a shrapnel wound to his
shoulder.

"They never indicated where he is," Atwan said. While some
intelligence officials believe that bin Laden could be hiding in the
border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan, they have concluded that
no one knows whether or not he is still alive.



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