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New York Times
May 14, 2007
Pg. 8
DUBAI, May 13 (Reuters) — An anti-American Afghan rebel leader said in a video broadcast Sunday that he had information that Osama bin Laden was alive but keeping a low profile by not issuing statements.
“Based on information I have, I believe Osama is alive,” said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose forces operate in southeastern Afghanistan near Pakistan, in the undated video broadcast on Al Arabiya television. His remarks were dubbed into Arabic.
Mr. Hekmatyar said he believed “that it is wise that no statements or tapes are issued even after a long while.”
Mr. Hekmatyar, a former Afghan prime minister, is on an American wanted list and leads an insurgency separate from the Taliban movement. He said in January that fighters loyal to his group had helped Mr. bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, escape an American effort to capture them in eastern Afghanistan in late 2001.
New York Times
May 14, 2007
Pg. 8
DUBAI, May 13 (Reuters) — An anti-American Afghan rebel leader said in a video broadcast Sunday that he had information that Osama bin Laden was alive but keeping a low profile by not issuing statements.
“Based on information I have, I believe Osama is alive,” said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose forces operate in southeastern Afghanistan near Pakistan, in the undated video broadcast on Al Arabiya television. His remarks were dubbed into Arabic.
Mr. Hekmatyar said he believed “that it is wise that no statements or tapes are issued even after a long while.”
Mr. Hekmatyar, a former Afghan prime minister, is on an American wanted list and leads an insurgency separate from the Taliban movement. He said in January that fighters loyal to his group had helped Mr. bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, escape an American effort to capture them in eastern Afghanistan in late 2001.