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US President George W Bush has said that he was troubled by the National Intelligence Estimate report that the al Qaeda has found a safe haven in Pakistans tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.
Washington, July 22 : US President George W Bush has said that he was troubled by the National Intelligence Estimate report that the al Qaeda has found a safe haven in Pakistan's tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.
President Bush, in his weekly radio address, said the report's assessment that the al Qaeda was gaining strength in the tribal regions of Pakistan was "one of the most troubling."
"President Musharraf recognises the agreement has not been successful or well enforced, and is taking active steps to correct," he said.
"We will work with our partners to deny safe haven to the Taliban and the al Qaeda in Pakistan or anywhere else in the world," The News quoted Bush, as saying.
"As time goes by, it can be tempting to think that the threat of another attack on our homeland is behind us," Bush said.
He also added that the intelligence report made public this week "makes clear that the threat is not behind us."
The National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a consensus view of all 16 US spy agencies, has warned that al Qaeda has regenerated its capability to strike the US.
According to NIE, the militant outfit has got a safe haven in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan.
The NIE report said that there were only a handful of individuals in the US having ties with the al Qaeda since 9/11 attacks, but "we judge that the terrorist organisation will intensify its efforts to put operatives here."
"Al Qaeda will continue to enhance its capabilities to attack the homeland through greater co-operation with regional terrorist groups. Of note, we assess that the organisation will probably seek to leverage the contacts and capabilities of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)," the report said.
Pakistan's North Waziristan area near the Afghanistan border is believed to be a hotbed of the al-Qaeda and the Taliban, with US officials saying that Osama bin Laden and other leaders are hiding there.
Washington has been pressing Pakistan to do more against the al-Qaeda in the border area and has not ruled out US strikes.
US forces in Afghanistan have carried out strikes in Pakistan, often with missile carrying Predator drone aircraft, without confirming them so as not to embarrass Musharraf, the paper reported.
ANI
