Pakistan Says It's Not Involved with Cia: ; New York Times Reports That Agency has Set Up Covert Bases to Hunt for Bin Laden

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan today denied a newspaper report that the CIA has set up covert bases in the country's remote tribal regions to hunt for Osama bin Laden and stop him from plotting another attack on the United States.

The report in today's New York Times, citing anonymous American officials familiar with the operation, said the CIA had concluded that bin Laden was being sheltered by local tribesmen and foreign militants in northwestern Pakistan, and was suspected of controlling an elite terrorist cell that could be aiming to launch a "spectacular" attack against America.

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Pakistan Says It's Not Involved with Cia: ; New York Times Reports That Agency has Set Up Covert Bases to Hunt for Bin Laden

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who has faced heavy criticism at home for his strong ties with W...

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