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Itar-Tass - Bin Laden may be hiding in mountain bunker near Qandahar
Itar-Tass | September 18, 2001 | Rafael Bikbayev

Posted on 09/18/2001 9:51:47 AM PDT by HAL9000

CAIRO (Itar-Tass) - International terrorist Osama bin Laden may be hiding in an underground mountain bunker near the Afghan city of Qandahar, which was designed to his order by German engineers in 1998, the Saudi Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Tuesday with reference to trustworthy sources in Afghanistan.

The bin Laden bunker consists of a ramified system of interlinked passages and gallaries, the lowest one of which runs at a depth of 47 metres. The corridors, built at different levels, are provided with electric escalators. The catacombs are equipped with an automatic life-support system, including powerful electric generators, which allows eighty people to hold out in the shelter for approximately six months.

According to some sources, bin Laden had paid several tens of millions of U.S. dollars for the construction of this bunker, which has an effective system of forced ventilation.

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This report - if accurate - sounds very similar to Saddam Hussein's bunker.
1 posted on 09/18/2001 9:51:47 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000
Great! Fill it with concrete.
2 posted on 09/18/2001 9:55:17 AM PDT by the BIRD
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To: HAL9000
If bin Laden is in this bunker, he's a dead duck.
3 posted on 09/18/2001 9:57:19 AM PDT by Paraclete
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No problem. A few well placed 1,000 pound bombs will make this crater even deeper with rubble.
4 posted on 09/18/2001 9:59:35 AM PDT by RetiredArmy
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To: HAL9000
Inquiring minds want to know--can GBU28s take such a bunker out, or will it require a nuke?

PS. Thanks so much German engineers. I guess y'all had some time on your hands after building Sadaam's insecticide/chemwar facilities.

5 posted on 09/18/2001 10:02:00 AM PDT by financeprof
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To: HAL9000
OK, fine. If this is true, then the U. S. certainly has the capability of blocking all electronic signals leaving the "bunker." This effectively isolates him and his homies for six months or so 'til they pop up for some fresh air. Gotcha.

But I doubt ALL news reports right now.

6 posted on 09/18/2001 10:03:37 AM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: RetiredArmy
I would recommend using methane to fill the passages, then watch the mountain just vanish. It would require some logistics to accomplish, but should not be too difficult to do. I wonder if the seismographs that pick up earthquakes would record it?
7 posted on 09/18/2001 10:06:05 AM PDT by SLB
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To: HAL9000
Hmmm.. lemmie see..

Just a few random thoughts..... Oh, well, nevermind.
8 posted on 09/18/2001 10:07:21 AM PDT by In The Defense of Liberty
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I seem to recall reading that we possess weapons that are capable of reaching those bunkers.

While Osama bin Laden exhorts his fellow terrorists to commit suicide attacks - the coward will be hiding out in his multi-million dollar bunker.

9 posted on 09/18/2001 10:09:51 AM PDT by HAL9000
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The bin Laden bunker consists of a ramified system of interlinked passages and gallaries, the lowest one of which runs at a depth of 47 metres. The corridors, built at different levels, are provided with electric escalators. The catacombs are equipped with an automatic life-support system, including powerful electric generators, which allows eighty people to hold out in the shelter for approximately six months.

Dude...! Dr. Evil had one just like this in 'The Spy Who Shagged Me'.

So how come these worthless third-worlders are either starving in the street, or hangin' in the deluxe, custom model 'Fortress of Solitude'?

10 posted on 09/18/2001 10:11:19 AM PDT by martin gibson
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which has an effective system of forced ventilation. Seems to be the weak point. What about clogging it?
11 posted on 09/18/2001 10:11:42 AM PDT by Trombone
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To: In The Defense of Liberty
How nice that the Germans are going back to their old ways.</sarcasm>
12 posted on 09/18/2001 10:13:42 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: In The Defense of Liberty
Please close your tags. If you don't it messes up the subsequent replies.
13 posted on 09/18/2001 10:14:13 AM PDT by HAL9000
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My apologies.. thought I had! Thanks for fixing it.
14 posted on 09/18/2001 10:15:15 AM PDT by In The Defense of Liberty
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To: HAL9000
Excellent. Let's go visit our German friends and find out exactly where this bunker is and what size of bomb is necessary to vaporize it.
15 posted on 09/18/2001 10:15:23 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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If conventional GBU-28's don't work, guess it's time to see if the nuke-armed version (yes, we do have those) works.
16 posted on 09/18/2001 10:16:53 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: HAL9000
Time to resume underground nuclear testing...
17 posted on 09/18/2001 10:17:04 AM PDT by Gumption County
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Let's see the plans and determine how to take it out.
18 posted on 09/18/2001 10:18:14 AM PDT by doug from upland
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To: HAL9000
We don't need to DROP bombs. We can land combat engineers and carefully plant enough shaped charges to close up the vents and doors and make this a big tomb.
19 posted on 09/18/2001 10:20:25 AM PDT by mbynack
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To: HAL9000
An air-drop of several tons of hog entrails followed by enough blast power to seal him in his pig filled tomb would be sweet. Round up all his world-wide buddies, and force them to clean up hog slaughter house kill floors with a spoon and a straw, each day for the rest of their long lives.

Conventional justice will not work in the militant Islamic world. Any sentence ranging from death to prison, only makes them martyrs and furthers their cause.

20 posted on 09/18/2001 10:21:13 AM PDT by blackdog
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