Quake Site Shaken By Alleged Terror Ties
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The U.S. military is on the scene of this month’s devastating earthquake in northern Pakistan and Kashmir (search), helping out with relief. It's a region where American soldiers are usually not welcome.
The quake site is one of the places Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden (search) reportedly might have used as a hideout.
All of this is feeding local speculation that bin Laden was killed in the quake and U.S. troops have been searching for his body.
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"I have certainly heard those claims," U.S. military spokesman Cmdr. Nick Balice told FOX News, "but I have no knowledge whatsoever on whether that's accurate or not."
The terror kingpin’s presence in the devastated region is a definite long shot, but there are reported links to him there.
Organizations like Jamaat-ud-Dawa (search), said to have ties to a banned militant Islamist group, are pitching in with their own earthquake aid efforts, helping a desperate people — and maybe trying to score some political points in the process.
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The group's relief camp includes a medical clinic in the town of Muzaffarabad (search) that's being run by a Pakistani doctor who admitted treating bin Laden and was questioned by U.S. officials about the 9/11 terror attacks.
Click on the video box above to see a full report by FOX News' Greg Palkot.