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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47847)	2/18/2005 6:09:09 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Ads for Bin Laden on Pakistan TV yielded ‘useful’ leads, says US ISLAMABAD: The US-run ads in the Pakistani media asking for leads to Osama Bin Laden and other Al Qaeda operatives have yielded useful information, a US official said on Friday. The brief television spots flashed colour pictures of Bin Laden and his 13 most wanted henchmen while a voiceover in Urdu offered rewards of up to $25 million. “During the last couple of days, we got around 28 calls and a number of them gave useful information,” US embassy spokesman Greggory Crouch said. However, he declined to specify whether the information was related to Bin Laden. The first advertisement on state-run Radio Pakistan was aired on Wednesday while the television campaign started two weeks ago, Crouch said. The first newspaper advertisement ran on January 7 in a national Urdu-language daily. The ads created by the US State Department’s Rewards For Justice campaign would initially continue for about six weeks in key Pakistani regional languages, but might be extended, Crouch said. The advertisements gave a toll-free number and email and website addresses. It also offered to relocate anyone who provided crucial information to a third country, along with the family. Since its start in 1984, the Rewards for Justice Programme has paid more than $57 million to 43 people who have provided credible information that had resulted in the capture or death of terrorists or had prevented acts of international terrorism, read the State Department’s website. afp