Bin Laden attempts to head to Yemen

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Bin Laden attempts to head to Yemen
Al-Jazeera - 08/04/2004 09:45:00 GMT


Osama Bin Laden is attempting to enter the Arabic Gulf state of Yemen by means of a sea vessel which his team hope to board along the coast of Pakistan. Al Jazeera were told by local villagers that two attempts to board vessels have failed due to increased security around the coastal region of Pakistan.

According to sources, Bin Laden who in March entered into Pakistan escaped Pakistani and American troops after his location was successfully pin-pointed. Since then he has headed South and now is attempting to leave the region entirely to escape to the tribal region of Yemen.

Bin Laden who fought to overthrow a Marxist regime in Yemen in the 1980's maintains close links with local tribes in the vast largely desert country which borders his homeland of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia withdrew Bin Ladens citizenship in the 1990's after he voiced anti-ruling family opinions.