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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (10876)11/21/2001 10:22:20 AM
From: John Hunt  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 27666
 
Taliban offer $50 million for Bush's capture

( The Taliban meets the bet and raises it 25 ... LOL! )

Stating that all good Muslims would reject the opportunity to cash in on the bounty for bin Laden's capture, Mohammed Saeed Haqqani, security chief of Taliban at the border town of Spin Boldak in Kandahar instead offered a $50 m prize for President Bush's capture.

"The Americans have offered $25 million for Osama. We will give $50 million for (US President George W.) Bush even though we are a poor country."

Earlier, US Secretary of State Colin Powell boosted the reward for bin Laden from $5 million to $25 million on Tuesday, with the bounty advertised in radio broadcasts to Afghanistan, and leaflets distributed on the ground.

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hindustantimes.com