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An American man has been detained in the mountains of Pakistan after local authorities found him carrying a sword, pistol and night-vision goggles on a Rambo-style solo mission to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden. Friends and family say construction worker Gary Brooks Faulkner is a devout, good-humored Christian who often talked about building a porch or framing a house — not taking down the world's most-wanted terrorist. They had few clues to explain his 7,300-mile journey. "I'm like, 'What? They got him where?'" said Daren Paredes, a friend who met Faulkner in the northern Colorado town of Greeley....

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — An American businessman armed with a pistol, dagger and a sword has been arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of wanting to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden, police said Tuesday. The 50-year-old from California was detained on Monday in what was apparently the first such case in Pakistan since the United States offered a bounty of 25 million dollars for the world's most-wanted man. The suspect was arrested in the northern mountains of Chitral, once a rumoured hiding place of bin Laden, near Afghanistan's Nuristan province, said police officer Mumtaz Ahmad Khan. Police identified him as...

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Afghanistan says it has arrested a Pakistani intelligence agent who acted as a key link with al-Qaeda leaders. Presidential spokesman Karim Rahimi said the agent had been detained in eastern Kunar province carrying documents which proved his guilt. The news came a day after intelligence officials said an Afghan general had been arrested for spying for Pakistan. Afghanistan has long blamed Pakistan for cross-border attacks by the Taleban. Islamabad denies the charges. 'Bin Laden escort' Mr Karimi named the man arrested as Sayed Akbar, who he said worked for Pakistan's controversial Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. A Pakistani national currently working...

Mystery Americans on the trail of bin Laden? By Carlotta Gall The New York Times MONDAY, MAY 15, 2006 CHITRAL, Pakistan This quiet mountain resort, better known for its polo games and mountain treks, has become the latest site of interest in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, much to the outrage and bemusement of its inhabitants. Chitral is the remotest northwestern territory in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, stretching along the Afghan border to the high mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush and the Pamirs, following the Wakhan Corridor, the long finger of Afghanistan that reaches to the...

Two employees were murdered and six cars of the Aga Khan health service were burned. This may be Al Qaeda. There are reports that Bin Laden is hiding near Chitral. Police there are depicted as corrupt and inept.

This little newpaper serves the town of Chitral, a valley in the Hindu Kush. The newspaper has been publishing a series of letters to the editor called "Osama in Chitral?" Six letters had been posted so far. The debate has been lively.

PESHAWAR: A New York Times story quoting CIA officials as saying they are looking for Osama Bin Laden in Chitral has prompted an American teacher to appeal to Chitralis to help find the Al Qaeda leader. “I humbly ask, please help us. Please help the Americans, if you can. Please help us rid the world of this Osama if you can. He may be hiding in your land and planning to attack America again. That is what the CIA thinks,” Cathy Henry said in an email posted on. “This is bad for us, and it could be bad for you,...

The reports said that 90 CIA officials and GREY FOX helicopters are taking part in the operation. (taken from google cache)

The C.I.A. established a series of small, covert bases in the rugged mountain frontier of northwest Pakistan in late 2003. Mr. bin Laden, the terrorist leader, was being sheltered there by local tribesmen and foreign militants, the agency had concluded, and controlled a group of handpicked operatives dedicated to attacking the United States.

You all might consider writing VERY POLITE letters to the editor of the Chitral News. http://www.chitralnews.com The NYT is quoting the CIA that the CIA has bases in NW Pakistan but that Pakistani minders are restricting CIA efforts. I think the CIA has bases in Pakistan. Are the Pakistanis impeding them--I am not so sure this is true, but don't know. Chitral News has reported that "heavily armed shepherds from Afghanistan" kidnapped a "Pakistani shepherd" and stole his goats. This was depicted as a cross-boarder family feud. Maybe, but it could also be the CIA is disguised as shepherds and...

Recently a national newspaper reported the assumed presence of Osama Bin Laden in Chitral and the associated (also assumed) operation by CIA here, which unnecessarily tickled the international media on the subject.

Pakistan has effectively been off-limits to organised groups since the Foreign and Commonwealth Office blacklisted it for all but essential travel on 9/12. Now tourists are trickling back: if you’ve ever fancied the North-West Frontier, the time is now.

Pak denies Osama sighted in Chitral region Dec 13, 2004 09:08:00 PM .ISLAMABA FES95 Islamabad, Dec 13 (PTI) Pakistan today denied reports that terror mastermind Osma bin Laden was sighted in its Chitral region of the Northern Areas and the US forces launched operations to capture him. "He has not been sighted in Chitral or anywhere," Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman, Masood Khan told a media briefing here today. He also termed as rumours disinformaton campaign reports that US troops launched operation on the Chitral region to hunt bin Laden.