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...idea that al-Qaeda itself would launch a campaign against Shiites would certainly challenge much of what is currently known about bin Laden's network. For example, U.S. and European intelligence agencies have long maintained that some of the movement's operatives are working out of Iran, a Shiite state with little tolerance for those who would slaughter their brethren - as Iran's proxy war with the Taliban demonstrated. U.S. officials have also speculated that Bin Laden's network may be receiving logistic assistance from the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. And just last month, it was reported that Iran...
...Other War The U.S. is struggling to pacify Afghanistan, root out the Taliban and catch Osama bin Laden. A special TIME investigation...
...military and intelligence officials are cautiously optimistic that their prey is within reach. The U.S.'s military spokesman in Afghanistan, Lieut. Colonel Brian Hilferty, said in January he was "sure" bin Laden and Omar would be captured this year. The deployment of special-forces teams to border villages has produced a spike in intelligence from locals about possible al-Qaeda hideouts. A U.S. officer in Afghanistan says American forces are employing techniques similar to those used to capture Saddam, combing bin Laden's network of contacts and interrogating anyone with information about the people who might be giving him shelter...
...that, the U.S. has only a rough idea of where bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are hiding. A Pakistani tribal elder told TIME he believes bin Laden may be holed up somewhere in a sprawling, mountainous swath of territory that extends from Khost, in eastern Afghanistan, south to Angoorada, in the Waziristan region of Pakistan. According to diplomats in Kabul, the area's unique vegetation was seen in bin Laden's latest videotaped statement. The tension in the border region is already high. On Saturday, Pakistani soldiers shot up a bus that tried to force...
...more cognizant of the threats to the future of Afghanistan than the 11,000 U.S. soldiers who call its deserts and redoubts home. Deployed at the front line of Washington's war on terrorism, the U.S. commanders believe they have the enemy on the run even if bin Laden remains at large. "I don't think we're facing 'good' al-Qaeda," says Lieut. Colonel Mike Howard, who commands the 10th Mountain Division's two bases at Orgun-e and Shkin, referring to the battle-tested brigades that faced off against the U.S. forces when they first arrived. "I wouldn...