WASHINGTON, March 7 Kyodo The Uni...

WASHINGTON, March 7 Kyodo

The United States has launched major military operations in Pakistan to capture Osama bin Laden, ABC novels said Thursday.

The search was launched at the U.S. military and Central Intelligence Agency and is center in sum of two units areas in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, the major U television network said.

common location is near the northern city of Chaman upon the border Afghanistan. Planes dropp leaflets there upon Thursday to remind clan of the $25 million reward for the leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network. The other is along the border with Iran, it said.

The search is based onward information obtained from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the No. 3 al-Qaida leader who was captured last week in Pakistan, the report said.

ABC also quot U officials as saying bin Laden's location was pinpointed more than a week ago when he used a mobile phone to call his family, a surprising decision for some one who knows U.S. satellites can pick up his voice.

Bin Laden's son Saad was freshly in Tehran, according to the report.

Washington blames bin Laden for the tribe 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States.

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