SAN ANTONIO, IBIZA:

Rumsfeld briefs reporters on the new target area

The hunt for Terrorist Suspect Number One and al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden continued today following renewed and sustained American heavy bombing.

Foreign journalists reported massive explosions and shock waves that could be felt from several miles away, as B-52's unleashed wave after wave of their massive payloads, accompanied by patrols of F-16 Fighter aircraft.

The target of the bombing was remaining Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters believed to be hiding deep in the network of fortified caves and tunnels under the Bora Bora area, according to American Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Speaking at an earlier Pentagon Press Release today, he defended the shift of attention from the mountainous Tora Bora region of Afghanistan to the heavily "fortified" bar on the small Balearic island.

"It appears our initial intelligence reports were simply incorrect," he explained to the bank of international correspondents.

U.S forces have been quick to mobilise for the first strike wave

"Following initial confusion over the facsimile's we received from operatives in the field, we had our Arabic linguists analyze the Satelite position codes again. There appears to have been initial confusion over the wording- B is very close to t in the Arabic alphabet."

Justifying the initial attacks on Tora Bora, Rumsfeld went on to claim the facsimiles were "smudged," and "very hard to make out too."

"Once we'd realised our mistake though, we quickly mobilised our units to travel the 2000 miles to the new target," he said.

Despite growing condemnation from other member states of the Coalition against Terror, the Pentagon refused to bow to international pressure over its controversial bombing campaign on Ibiza.

"This island has witnessed a period of lawlessness for well over the past ten years," said Secretary of State Colin Powell in a televised interview earlier today. "And what you have to remember is that over three quarters of the world's total drug consumption is in Ibiza. This is exactly the sort of wild-west environment we believe may be harboring the remaining al-Qaeda network."

F-18 and F-16 aircraft launched further night patrols from the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S Carl Vinson, now based off the coast of Ibiza. Military analysts predicted the campaign could go on well into next week given the 'difficult' nature of the sandy beach and bar area.