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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Search Search: Bin Laden is isolated, focused on his own security: CIA AFP - Friday, November 14 WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Osama bin Laden remains deeply isolated and has been forced to devote much of his energy to his own security, while his Al-Qaeda terror network remains resilient, CIA Director Michael Hayden said in a speech on Thursday. "He is putting a lot of energy into his own survival, a lot of energy into his own security. In fact, he appears to be largely isolated from the day-to-day operations of the organization he nominally heads," said Hayden, referring to the Al-Qaeda network. He suggested that bin Laden was hiding somewhere in the remote Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, where he said Al-Qaeda has regrouped and bolstered its organization. Hayden described "the sheer challenge of surveying every square mile of that inhospitable and dangerous region," and said "part of the explanation for his survival lies in the fact that he has worked to avoid detection." But he said hunting down bin Laden remains a high priority for the Central Intelligence Agency. "I can assure you, although there has been press speculation to the contrary, I can assure you that the hunt for bin Laden is very much at the top of CIA's priority list." He said killing or capturing bin Laden would deal a severe blow to the terror network blamed for the attacks of September 11, 2001. "Because of his iconic stature, his death or capture clearly would have a significant impact on the confidence of his followers, both core Al Qaeda and these unaffiliated extremists ... throughout the world." In a speech before the Atlantic Council think tank examining the threat posed by Al Qaeda, Hayden said the network had "suffered serious setbacks, but it remains a determined, adaptive enemy, unlike any our nation has ever faced." He said major terrorist threats against the United States could all be traced back to the group's "safe haven" in the tribal areas of Pakistan. "Let me be very clear: Today, virtually every major terrorist threat that my agency is aware of has threads back to the tribal areas. Whether it's command and control, training, direction, money, capabilities, there is a connection to the FATA (tribal areas)." Al-Qaeda was on the retreat in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Iraq, while it had strengthened in Pakistan and expanded its activity into North Africa, Somalia and Yemen, he said. "North Africa, East Africa, Yemen serve as kind of a counterweight to the good news out of Iraq, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere," he said, adding that the latest problems in Africa were not as serious as previous threats in Iraq or Saudi Arabia. Taking questions after his speech, Hayden said the former government in Islamabad led by General Pervez Musharraf had tried to defuse the growing threat in the tribal regions by negotiating a peace deal with militants and planning long-term development. Such an approach would have been "wise and far-seeing" except for the immediate threat posed by Al-Qaeda in Pakistan, he said. "But our enemies took advantage of that respite, took advantage of that breathing space to build up the kind of safe haven that I described in my remarks." He praised Pakistan's new government for launching major military assaults on insurgents in the region, referring to "tough fighting against hardened militants." He also said Pashtun separatists in Afghanistan had forged an "operational alliance" with Al-Qaeda fighters across the border in Pakistan, which became clear a year ago and was a "troubling" development. The United States and its allies needed to break the ties between Pashtun separatists and Al-Qaeda in Pakistan, to "deconstruct that alliance," said Hayden. Al-Qaeda not only used Pakistan as a headquarters but now posed a direct threat to the government in Islamabad, he said, citing bin Laden's call for open war against Pakistan after a military raid Al-Qaeda-linked Red Mosque. Hayden's speech Thursday was possibly his last as CIA chief amid speculation in US media that president-elect Barack Obama may choose to replace him and National Intelligence director Mike McConnell when he takes office on January 20. Hayden is a retired Air Force general who was named CIA director in May 2006 by President George W. 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