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border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="372"> <p> </p> <p><br><a href="/web/20030401203231/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DG10Df13.html"><font size="2"><strong>PART 1: Get him before Sept 11</strong></font></a><br>Some time over the past few months Osama bin Laden traveled into Pakistan, where he is now lying low, quietly orchestrating the regrouping of his al-Qaeda network which, like him, is very much alive.<br><br><a href="/web/20030401203231/http://atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/DG11Ag01.html"><font size="2"><strong>PART 2: What he's up to </strong></font></a><br><font size="2">For many years, long before September 11, Osama bin Laden has followed a vision, a vision that has at its core the elimination of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia as they exist today. It's all part of a Sunni Islamic revolution in which the United States is an incidental casualty.<br></font><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401203231/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DG12Ak01.html"><font size="2"><strong>PART 3: The sheikh against the Saudi</strong></font></a><br><font size="2">In many ways, the battle to win the hearts and minds of the Arab world revolves around two men - Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah and Osama bin Laden. At a personal level, the men are vastly different - one moderate, one revolutionary - as are their goals for a new Arab world. And the revolutionary has the upper hand at present.</font><br><br><a href="/web/20030401203231/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DG13Ak02.html"><font size="2"><strong>PART 4: Tracking al-Qaeda in Europe</strong></font></a><br><font size="2">The al-Qaeda European connection reveals itself to be a mind-boggling labyrinth, although it has emerged that the key countries in the network's operations are Belgium, the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and France. Beyond that, investigations continue ...<br><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401203231/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DG19Ak01.html"><strong>PART 5: Intelligence matters</strong><br></a>While intelligence services in Europe keep nabbing the odd presumed al-Qaeda member, in Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan the story is completely different. Another e-mail from a key intelligence-related source inside Pakistan once more sends the message: "The new theater of war is here."</font> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <br> </td> </tr> </table> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="65%" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="9" valign="top" background="/web/20030401203231im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/line.gif"><img height="1" src="/web/20030401203231im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="9"></td> <td width="131" align="left" valign="top"> <table width="117" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401203231/http://192.168.9.94/atimes/advertise.html" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="5"><img height="5" src="/web/20030401203231im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401203231/http://www.wsicorporate.com/business.asp?id=5292" target="_blank"><img hspace="0" src="/web/20030401203231im_/http://atimes.com/atimes/images/Big-Button-new.gif" border="0"></strong></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="10"><img height="10" src="/web/20030401203231im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401203231/http://192.168.9.94/atimes/advertise.html"></strong></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="10"><img height="10" src="/web/20030401203231im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="1"></td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table></td> <td background="/web/20030401203231im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/sha.gif"><img height="7" src="/web/20030401203231im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="7"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="50" align="middle" valign="center" bgcolor="#003366"> <div align="center"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="table-text"> <tr> <td height="17"> <div align="center"></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="17"> <div align="center"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">No material from Asia Times Online may be republished in any form without written permission. </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="13"> <div align="center"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Copyright Asia Times Online, 6306 The Center, Queen抯 Road, Central, Hong Kong. </font></div></td> </tr> </table> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="1"> </font><font color="#ffffff" size="2"> </font></p> </div></td> <td background="/web/20030401203231im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/sha.gif"> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>

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