20 February 2002 MOSCOW, 19 February (Gazeta.Ru)–Senior Russian government officials and their US counterparts are convinced that dozens of al-Qaida militants and Taliban fighters, driven out of Afghanistan, are now hiding in the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia. Moreover, Russian officials allege that the world’s most wanted man, Saudi-born Osama bin Laden, may be hiding in the Pankisi Gorge. Observers say […]
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