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[m_winston]

denmo...: Unless they keep the Osama news rolling in it looks like the market is going to roll over to the close.

Good Luck

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Al Qaeda No. 2 Believed Surrounded in Pakistan.......

Pakistani troops believe they have surrounded al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri in an operation near the Afghan border, three senior Pakistani officials said Thursday.

The officials said intelligence indicated the Egyptian-born Mr. Zawahiri has been cornered in an operation that began Tuesday in South Waziristan involving hundreds of troops and paramilitary rangers.

Over the weekend, U.S. forces in Afghanistan announced the start of an operation -- dubbed Mountain Storm -- to capture terror fugitives, including Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar.


Mr. Zawahiri is Mr. bin Laden's top deputy and adviser. A physician, he is the founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and has been indicted for his alleged role in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. Videotapes of Mr. bin Laden taken before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks often showed Mr. Zawahiri at his side.

In an interview with CNN, Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said he had spoken with the commander of Pakistani troops in the region. He said the commander reported "fierce resistance" from a group of fighters entrenched in fort-like buildings and that there were indications that a senior figure was surrounded.

"He's reasonably sure there's a high-value target there," Mr. Musharraf said.

The latest push began in Azam Warsak, Shin Warsak and Kaloosha villages in South Waziristan, the tribal region that borders Afghanistan, said Brig. Mahmood Shah, the chief of security for the area. It comes two days after a fierce assault that left dozens dead.

That clash Tuesday between security forces and suspected Taliban and al Qaeda holdouts in a fortress-like compound in the village of Kaloosha, just miles from the border, left some 39 people -- including 15 troops and 24 militants -- dead. Brig. Shah said fighting broke out again Thursday, although it was unclear whether there were any casualties on either side.

The fresh operation in South Waziristan began as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell began talks with Pakistani leaders in the capital, Islamabad, on Thursday. Mr. Powell was meeting with Mr. Musharraf, a key ally in the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism. They were expected to discuss the operation in Kaloosha, as well as U.S. efforts to track al Qaeda and Taliban holdouts on the Afghan side of the border.

The aim of the operation is to "flush out foreign terrorists from Pakistani territory," Brig. Shah said from the northwestern city of Peshawar, a regional capital where he is based.