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The secret war On the North-West Frontier, soldiers are trying to tighten the noose around bin Laden's forces. But in Europe and America, there is no clear enemy to fight - yet every expert knows that a terrorist atrocity is coming Mark Townsend in Tangier, John Hooper in Madrid, Greg Bearup in Peshawar, Paul Harris in Washington, Peter Beaumont in Baghdad, Antony Barnett, Martin Bright, Jason Burke and Nick Pelham in London Sunday March 21, 2004 The Observer There were shadows in the rocks. As the 12 US Special Forces soldiers arrived at a remote mountain region in eastern Afghanistan...

Terror suspect: MI5 asks for deportation BRIAN BRADY AND EDDIE BARNES THE hunt for the London bombers dramatically switched to France last night after MI5 and Scotland Yard demanded the extradition of a "North African" terrorist suspected of involvement in the murderous attacks. Detectives have made the formal request to French colleagues for the extradition of an Islamic radical who is believed to have fled across the Channel after the bomb attacks. The name of the individual is not yet known, but sources say he is of North African descent, and is high on a list of potential terrorist masterminds...