Of all the media myths about Islamist extremism prevalent in the West, none is hardier than the claim that Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida seek to overthrow the Saudi monarchy. This cliché is repeated time after time by network and cable television anchors, newspaper reporters, columnists and other pundits, and government experts on all sides. It is, of course, also assiduously purveyed by the Saudis themselves through their diplomatic representatives and spin experts, who never tire of telling Americans they are targets of the same enemy, and on the same side as America, in the war on terror.
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U.S. commander: Bin Laden could be in Afghanistan, Taliban fragmenting
KABUL (AP) - Osama bin Laden may be hiding in Afghanistan, while followers of the former ruling Taliban who once harbored the al-Qaida leader appear to be fragmenting, a U.S. commander said Monday.
Col. Gary Cheek, who heads American forces in eastern Afghanistan, told The Associated Press that bin Laden and other key militant leaders could be in the area, a swath of the country flanking the rugged Pakistani border. Cheek said the number of foreign fighters facing his forces was not significant and that most operated near the rugged Pakistani frontier, the zone most widely touted as a hiding place for bin Laden and his right-hand man, Ayman al-Zawahri
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