BIN LADEN CALLS FOR NEW ATTACKS

(Islamabad, Pakistan) According to this report from Scotsman.com, Pakistani intelligence sources have stated that Osama Bin Laden is calling for new attacks on the United States and Britain.

"Osama has given the go-ahead to target important places and personalities in the US, UK and Pakistan," one Pakistani intelligence source said.

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Pakistani intelligence agencies have been questioning key al-Qaeda figures captured in the past month in a crackdown that has yielded a wealth of details about personnel and plots to hit targets in the country and abroad.

They include Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian wanted for the attacks on US embassies in east Africa in 1998; Qari Saifullah Akhtar, a key al-Qaeda operational chief in Pakistan; and a computer engineer, Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan.

Khan's laptop computer has proved a treasure trove of information on al-Qaeda's plans to launch attacks, including in the US and on Heathrow airport.

This news is not welcome nor should it be considered a politically motivated act by the Bush administration as has been contended. It's from intelligence gathered by the government of a foreign country.