MEDIA REACTION "WPRLD PRESS REVIEW" ARTICLE ON BIN

UNCLAS HARARE 003505 SIPDIS AF/PD FOR COX, ROBERTSON, AF/S FOR SCHLACHTER, AF/P, INR/R/MR, NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ZI PREL PHUM SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION "WPRLD PRESS REVIEW" ARTICLE ON BIN LADEN; HARARE ¶1. UNDER HEADLINE "OSAMA BIN LADEN, A BRAINCHILD OF CIA," THE NOVEMBER 17 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" LIFTED THE FOLLOWING PROPAGANDA ARTICLE BY RANJIT BHUSHAN FROM THE WORLD PRESS REVIEW (VOL. 48, NO 11): ¶2. "IRONIC AS IT MAY SOUND, OSAMA BIN LADEN. . . RECEIVED HIS FIRST LESSONS IN THE ART OF CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS AND SUBTERFUGE FROM THE CIA. REWIND TO THE LATE 1970S. IT WAS AT THE JAWORA BASE NEAR HOST, AFGHANISTAN, THAT ¶U. S. INTELLIGENCE SET UP A TRAINING GROUND TO EQUIP YOUNG MEN TO FIGHT A GUERILLA BATTLE AGAINST THE ERSTWHILE USSR. BELONGING TO THE ROYAL SAUDI FAMILY, BIN LADEN WAS A VIP STUDENT OF THE CIA. . . THE ONCE- FAVORED PUPIL OF THE CIA IS THE ONE MAN THE AGENCY NOW BADLY WANTS. BUT HE HAS PROVED SUPREMELY ELUSIVE. AND AS THE HUNT TAKES ON A NEW DIMENSION FOLLOWING BLACK TUESDAY, THE CIA CAN DIP INTO ITS OWN RECORDS OF THIS MILLENNIUM'S DR. NO. 1. THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED MAN NOW LISTS HIS ENEMIES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE: NO. 1, THE UNITED STATES; NO. 2, ISRAEL; AND NO. 3, INDIA. IN A CAREER SPANNING OVER TWO DECADES, BIN LADEN HAS TRULY EMERGED THE GLOBAL RELIGIOUS MERCENARY, OPERATING FROM WEST ASIA, AFRICA, AND ASIA, ALL WITH EQUAL EASE AND PRECISION. THE MOTIVATION AGAINST THE U.S. IS ITS ALLIANCE WITH SAUDI ARABIA DURING THE GULF WAR AND ITS ANTI-PALESTINE POSITION. ISRAEL IS ON HIS HIT LIST FOR ZIONISM, AND INDIA, FOR KASHMIR. . . ." SULLIVAN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 HARARE 03505 211842Z UNCLASSIFIED >