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To: Richnorth who wrote (77250)	9/23/2001 7:24:39 PM
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We can't find Osama, says Taleban By Louise Branson STRAITS TIMES UNITED STATES BUREAU straitstimes.asia1.com.sg WASHINGTON - As the United States continued on Sunday to build up massive forces to strike Afghanistan, it said it will soon release evidence linking Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden to the attacks on New York and Washington. It also dismissed assertions by Afghanistan's Taleban rulers that Saudi militant Osama was 'missing' and offered a US$25 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the world's most wanted terrorist and other suspects. Responding to reports that the Taleban had lost track of Osama and could not hand over a message asking him to leave Afghanistan voluntarily, National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice said Washington was 'not going to be deterred by comments that he may be missing'. 'The Taleban is going to have to begin to understand it has a very tough choice to make,' she warned, renewing US ultimatum to the ruling Taleban to surrender Osama or face military strikes. Also dismissing the Taleban claims as impossible, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said: 'Of course, they know where he is.' Washington believes Osama masterminded the Sept 11 attacks by hijacked aircraft that left more than 6,000 people dead or missing at New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon outside Washington. Also hitting the Sunday talk show, US Secretary of State Colin Powell told NBC's 'Meet the Press' programme that 'in the near future, we will be able to put out a paper, a document, that will describe quite clearly the evidence that we have linking' Osama to the Sept 11 attacks. 'We are hard at work bringing all the information together - intelligence information, law enforcement information,' he said. The Taleban had last week demanded evidence before handing over Osama. President George W. Bush, meanwhile, raised the American flag to full mast at Camp David for the first time since it was lowered after the attacks 11 days ago. He spent the weekend at the retreat in personal and video-conference with advisers planning America's next moves. Moving to reward his allies for their support in the confrontation with Afghanistan, he lifted US sanctions on Pakistan and India, which had been imposed in 1998 after both tested nuclear weapons. The US-led coalition received a further boost yesterday when Iran announced that it would join the effort. Washington also won Russian backing to deploy forces in Central Asia within striking distance of Afghan militant bases. President Bush had his third phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose help will be crucial in the event of an assault on Afghanistan where Soviet forces were bogged down in a war for a decade from 1979. Troops and resources continued to head to the Middle East to prepare for possible strikes in retaliation for the Sept 11 terror attack. En route from the United States were a third aircraft carrier, B-52 bombers, jet fighters and warships capable of launching ground- attack Tomahawk cruise missiles. Last week, the Pentagon ordered the deployment of more than 100 combat and support aircraft to the Persian Gulf region.