US angers Pak govt over al-Qaeda claims
Ap, Washington
The United States was at the centre of a new diplomatic row yesterday after refusing to rule out military action against al-Qaeda leaders sheltering inside Pakistan, one of its closest "war on terror" allies. The US director of national intelligence, Mike McConnell, said al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden was in all likelihood alive and sheltering in a frontier zone where pro-Taliban Pakistani tribal leaders hold sway. "My personal view is that he's alive, but we don't know because we can't confirm it for over a year," he told NBC television Sunday. "I believe he is in the tribal region of Pakistan."
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