World News 04-09-2002 who: Terrorist Osama bin Laden what: Was killed last year, says US Joint Special Operations Command where: Afghanistan when: This week snippet: There has not been a confirmed sighting of the al-Qaeda leader since December, reports The Telegraph. Leaders of Delta Force, Seals and Army Rangers want the hunt for him to be scaled down to allow them to join the fight against terrorism elsewhere. Meanwhile, Guardian reporters in 11 countries have been talking to intelligence agents and experts on terrorism to ascertain how much of a threat - if any - al-Qaeda still poses. Elsewhere in the paper, former MI5 chief Stella Rimington asserts that a "war on terrorism cannot be won". [... more]

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