Al Qaeda Related News From Middle East Sources

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AL Qaeda Related News

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A supervisor confirms the blockade of an important target in the Al-Qaeda

1020 (GMT+04:00) - 18/03/04

Islamabad, Pakistan ( a CNN ) - - he confirmed the Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, Thursday, in a talk related to CNN network that the forces of its security carry out now a military campaign in the border regions, and she besieges a very important target in the Al-Qaeda Network .

And said Musharraf the elements that face the Pakistani forces in the ongoing battles now, fights fiercely an unprecedented, and he is what confirms that it tries the protection of an important target in the organization .

Pakistani intelligence sources confirmed to the news CNN that the character the blockade is mostly Ayman Zawahiri, the second man in the Al-Qaeda Network .

And the Pakistani president clarified that the securities forces besiege now a region that reaches its ocean of 30 kilometres approximately in the region, and that the army helicopters participate in the battles .

Sources clarified to a CNN that about 200 gunmen from the أتباع of the Al-Qaeda Network exchange the firing with the Pakistani securities forces, and he is expected that the last uses the air bombardment just after in Zokh the dawn in the region .

And from another side hundreds of the frightened villagers emigrated from the border regions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Wednesday, the one that witnesses violent clashes between the Pakistani governmental forces and the tribes men .

And a supervisor has pointed, in its talk with a CNN that the departure of the families came following the request of from the Pakistani forces .

And from another side the tribes men could the ignition of the fires in more than ten military buses of the Pakistani forces, some of it laden with the ammunition, two days Tuesday and Wednesday after the sweeping attack that Pakistan launched the two .

And the reports point to that it and since Pakistan launched the military operation near a town and I in the region of the southern Wziristan that the tribes controls, about 39 casualties fell between the two parties .

And according to the Pakistani military officials 15 Pakistani soldiers have met their death, while about 24 suspects were killed he believes that most of them are from the foreign fighters, and is not Pakistanis .

And he said that Mohammad Azzam betrayed, and he is an official in the local government in the kiblah region their features do not show that they are from the local citizens, and it appears that they are from Chechnya or from Central Asia countries and he was pointing to that to the casualties from the hardliners who are believed that they are foreign, according to what the Reuters agency was informed .

Also intelligence officers carry out the investigation with 18 persons they were detained in raids that penetrated into the region .

And the Pakistani officials and the Americans believe that the region considers a headquarters to the remnants of Taliban regime and Al-Qaeda Network .

Also some believes that the Al-Qaeda Network leader Osama Ben Ladin may be hidden in this region .

And the Pakistani minister of information Shikh Rashid Ahmad to CNN network Thursday said, it for the first time in Pakistan history, the Pakistani forces enter this region for the eradication of the terrorists ."

And the Pakistani minister added we committed to the war on the terrorism and on us he paid the price ."

And he said that Ahmad our soldiers sacrificed their souls yesterday .. But on us the confrontation of this crisis, and we ready for its confrontation and in the end we will get rid of the terrorists ."

And the minister said that Ben Laden 's hiding place is still unknown, adding that the Pakistani forces are ready for the arrest of it .