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The Tora Bora tunnel kingdom that wasn't: lessons in fake news
Bin Laden's underground mountain network with hydroelectric power and 1,000 fighters has been forgotten since it dominated the news in 2001 — because it never existed. SOLOMON HUGHES drops a bunker buster on a classic incidence of war propaganda
Ayman al-Zawahri, centre left, and Osama bin Laden, centre, hold a news conference in Afghanistan in 1998
by Roger D Harris and John Perry
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Bin Laden and his al-Qaida terrorists were based in Afghanistan, which was ruled by the Islamist Taliban government.
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