An elaborate network of over 150 caves, believed to have once housed Al Qaeda’s number two Ayman al Zawahiri, was revealed to journalists by the Pakitani military
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“The location of Bajaur, especially Damadola, is very significant. The militants controlled their operations from this place,” Maj. Gen. Attar Abbas, Pakistani army spokesman, said.
The caves are impossible to spot from the air, but inside the tunnels carved into the moutains was a warehouse of military supplies including stockpiles of guns and ammunition, bazookas, artillery shells, rocket propelled grenades, mines and stolen U.S. army uniforms. Some of the material was from Iraq, others from Iran.
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