lucky wilbury
01-28-2004, 06:08 PM
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8523140%255E401,00.html
Bin Laden in custody by Christmas
From correspondents in Kabul
January 29, 2004
THE US-led coalition in Afghanistan is confident of capturing al-Qaeda terror network chief Osama bin Laden, who has long eluded determined efforts to catch him, by the end of the year, a US military spokesman said today.
The net could be closing in on Osama Bin Laden.
Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Hilferty said the hunt for militant remnants of the ousted Islamic fundamentalist Taliban regime, including its leader Mullah Omar, bin Laden and former Afghan premier and warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, was continuing.
"Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and Hekmatyar represent a threat to the world and they need to be destroyed. We believe we will catch them within this year," Hilferty told reporters in Kabul.
US eyes al-Qaeda strike
American soldiers have handed out tracts, written in Pashto and Dari languages, asking people to provide them with information on "arms caches, bin Laden, Taliban and Hezb-i Islami (Hekmatyar's party)" for which they will receive payments of $US2500 ($3200), the resident of Daman district, about 30kms east of Kandahar, said.
Bin Laden and Omar have remained at large despite an international manhunt and multi-million dollar prices on their heads.
Bin Laden in custody by Christmas
From correspondents in Kabul
January 29, 2004
THE US-led coalition in Afghanistan is confident of capturing al-Qaeda terror network chief Osama bin Laden, who has long eluded determined efforts to catch him, by the end of the year, a US military spokesman said today.
The net could be closing in on Osama Bin Laden.
Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Hilferty said the hunt for militant remnants of the ousted Islamic fundamentalist Taliban regime, including its leader Mullah Omar, bin Laden and former Afghan premier and warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, was continuing.
"Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and Hekmatyar represent a threat to the world and they need to be destroyed. We believe we will catch them within this year," Hilferty told reporters in Kabul.
US eyes al-Qaeda strike
American soldiers have handed out tracts, written in Pashto and Dari languages, asking people to provide them with information on "arms caches, bin Laden, Taliban and Hezb-i Islami (Hekmatyar's party)" for which they will receive payments of $US2500 ($3200), the resident of Daman district, about 30kms east of Kandahar, said.
Bin Laden and Omar have remained at large despite an international manhunt and multi-million dollar prices on their heads.