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Fr Jan 12 -

AL QAEDA TRAFFIC -

Safe Haven or Free Pass?

Al Qaeda leaders are hiding out in Pakistan where they are rebuilding their organization, intelligence bigwig John Negroponte told the Senate Select Committee. Pakistan has reacted angrily to Mr Negroponte's claims.

*But in a sign that insurgents are crossing from Pakistan to fight in Afghanistan, the bodies of 25 militants killed in a fierce battle with NATO were repatriated Friday to their tribal villages in Pakistan, where Taliban activists urged mass attendance at their funerals, residents said.*

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