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Among the bases attacked in the U.S.-led strikes in Afghanistan was an Osama bin Laden camp which served as a production facility for poisonous chemicals, including biological warfare agents.
The present strategic situation is one of the reasons that Washington is being extremely careful in disclosing the targets that American and British planes hit in Afghanistan over the past three days. Information on the targets has not been readily supplied, not even to fellow members of the international anti-terror coalition.
According to information provided by Western sources, it seems that U.S. intelligence holds "detailed information on the location of bin Laden's Al Qaida organization camps." The U.S. and British air strike targeted instructional and training bases near the cities of Jalalabad and Khut, located close to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Apparently, one of the bin Laden bases attacked, which was both small and secret, manufactured various poisons, including biological warfare agents. Professional bases as well as Al Qaida manufacturing centers, including intelligence instructional bases near Kandahar and Kabul have also been hit. According to Western claims, Al Qaida members were trained to carry out attacks and hijackings at these bases.
Another base attacked in the region was a chief manufacturer of explosive materials.
According to this information it seems that the American and other intelligence services knew about Al Qaida's involvement in the chemical and biological warfare realm prior to the strikes. |
