Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Hazrat Ali (Afghan politician)" in English language version.
U.S. air power is taking a toll. Ali said an intermediary reported that Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden's top lieutenant and the brains behind al-Qaeda, had been injured Monday during U.S. bombardment of Tora Bora about 35 miles southwest of Jalalabad. Unconfirmed reports had 10 or more al-Qaeda leaders killed in the bombardment.
This morning Hazrat Ali's men appeared determined to make good on their commander's boast to clear al Qaeda out and capture Bin Laden, within two weeks. His elite bodyguards, distinguished by having full uniforms and each draped in enough fire power for a platoon, lead SAS soldiers into the hills in a small convoy laden with tank shells and other ammunition.
Hundreds of fighters piled into trucks and headed to the White Mountains south of Jalalabad for the battle. Provincial security chief Hazrat Ali said he was assembling a force of about 3,000 more men to join the hunt for bin Laden.
Was Mr bin Leden's command center really inside Tora Bora, and if so, was it really taken? Absolutely, according to Hazrat Ali, chief of security for the Eastern Shura.
U.S. air power is taking a toll. Ali said an intermediary reported that Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden's top lieutenant and the brains behind al-Qaeda, had been injured Monday during U.S. bombardment of Tora Bora about 35 miles southwest of Jalalabad. Unconfirmed reports had 10 or more al-Qaeda leaders killed in the bombardment.
This morning Hazrat Ali's men appeared determined to make good on their commander's boast to clear al Qaeda out and capture Bin Laden, within two weeks. His elite bodyguards, distinguished by having full uniforms and each draped in enough fire power for a platoon, lead SAS soldiers into the hills in a small convoy laden with tank shells and other ammunition.
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