Syd Waziristan er nok stedet, hvor bin Laden opholder sig.
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BBC News
Wednesday, 9 February, 2005, 12:49 GMT
Pakistan pays tribe al-Qaeda debt
The army believes some tribes have been supporting al-Qaeda
Pakistan says it has paid 32m rupees ($540,000) to help four former
wanted tribal militants in South Waziristan settle debts with al-Qaeda.
Military operations chief in the region, Lt Gen Safdar Hussain, said
the payments were part of a peace deal signed on Monday with tribesmen.
It is the first time Pakistan has admitted making such payments.
Also on Wednesday, wanted militant Abdullah Mehsud rejected Monday's
peace deal signed by others in his tribe.
Offer rejected
Gen Hussain said four former wanted militants had insisted they needed
the money to pay back huge sums to al-Qaeda.
Haji Sharif and Maulvi Abbas received 15m rupees each, while Maulvi
Javed and Haji Mohammad Omar were each paid one million rupees.
Gen Hussain said a sum of 20m rupees was also offered to tribal leader,
Baitullah Mehsud, who signed the peace deal, but that he rejected it.
The commander said the militants had initially sought 170m rupees.
The peace deal offers an amnesty in return for the tribe's pledge not
to support al-Qaeda and Taleban militants or attack government
installations.
Embarrassing incident
However, on Wednesday tribal militant Abdullah Mehsud, wanted for
kidnapping two Chinese engineers last year, told the BBC he did not
support the deal signed by Baitullah Mehsud.
Abdullah Mehsud said only a holy war would evict "US agents" from
Pakistan.
Speaking to the BBC's Haroon Rashid in Peshawar by phone from an
undisclosed location, he said: "Baitullah's thinking might be that he
can achieve his aims by signing the peace agreement, while mine is that
only a holy war against the US and Pakistani government could achieve
this."
Abdullah Mehsud spent about two years in US custody in Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, before being released.
He fought for the Taleban in Afghanistan, losing a leg in a landmine
explosion a few days before the Taleban took Kabul in September 1996.
He is wanted for masterminding the abduction of two Chinese engineers
in South Waziristan last year, one of whom was killed in a rescue
attempt.
The incident was highly embarrassing for the Pakistani government,
which has close ties with Beijing.
Abdullah Mehsud, condemning those who appealed to China to grant him
amnesty, accused Beijing of killing Muslims.
The Mehsud tribe is the dominant clan in the Afghan border region.
Shortly after Monday's accord, two journalists who attended the signing
were killed when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in Wana.
Abdullah Mehsud said on Wednesday: "My people are not responsible for
the killing of the two journalists."
Pakistan believes hundreds of militants, including Arabs, Afghans and
Central Asians, are holed up in the South Waziristan region.