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The network of 156 caves is located in Damadola in the semi autonomous Bajaur tribal region. Pakistani Maj. Gen. Tariq Kahn said the arrival of his forces marks the first time Pakistan's flag has flown over the village since Pakistan gained its independence in 1947, the newspaper says.
The Times reports that Pakistani officials and local residents said al-Zawahri, an Egyptian doctor, was often seen in the area and had married a local girl.
Al-Zawahri narrowly escaped an attack on a house in Damadola by a missile fired by a CIA drone in January 2006, the newspaper says.
The underground complex was strewn with blankets and pillows, indicating the militants fled in haste as Pakistani forces approached the area in January.
reading this stuff and beginning to laugh and cry at the same time. This whole BL fiasco is becomming more and more of a joke every day. Boy, I tell you, the PTB are really scraping the bottom of the barrel. What next?