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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune WAR ON TERRORISM Thursday,November22, 2001 All ~~ $25M Bounty for bin Laden May Work Laden, Rewardsin terrorism cases where per capita income runs about $200 a have a-much better chance humanitarian assistance planned for the of payingoff, experts say BY NANCYB THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON— From $5,000 bounty on Jesse James in the 1880s to the/$25 million reward for Osama bin Ladén today, _ authorities have dangled cash to catch people accused ofbig crimes. The principle remains the same: Moneytalks. Over the years, the government has doled out millions to motivate people to turn in everyonefrom tax evaders to international terrorists. But the $25 million offered for bin Ladenis in a new league. ©2001 KRT Terrific moneyfor an American, it is an almost unfathomable sum in Afghanistan, year.It is equal to nearly10 percent of U.S. entire countrythisfiscal year. While the chances of a governmentreward actually paying off are generallylow, prospects are better in terrorism cases. “Pretty much the only place where a reward works is in the areaofterrorism,” said Jack Levin, director of the Brudnick Center on Violence at Northeastern Uni versity in Boston. That is becauseterror- ists’ associates aren't apt to help out with. outfinancial incentive. The government's biggest reward pay out sofar: $2 million for the unidentified informant who in 1995 helped the government find Ramzi Yousef in Pakistan. Yousef was convicted of leading the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Other big reward offers: $5 million for former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and other senior officials in dicted for war crimes; $2 million in the OklahomaCity bombing; $1 million still available for Eric Rudolph, wanted for the 1996 Olympics bembing and other crimes; $1 million for Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski; and $1 million for Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega. Of those, only the Unabomber reward was paid becausethe other fugitives now in custody were captured principally without informants. Until a few weeks ago, the most the gov- ernmentcouldoffer was$5 million, but the new anti-terrorismlawboosted thelimit to $25 million. This week, Secretary of State Colin Powell signed the authorization for that amount to be applied to bin Laden and othertopal-Qaida leaders. Even before that, the Defense Depa ment was dropping leaflets in Afghanistan and airing broadcasts dangling the $25 million State Department officials say their “Rewards for Justice” program has paid out $8 millionin 22 cases over seven years. U.S. General:Still More to Be Done in Afghanistan — BY LIAM PLEVEN military advances by antiTaliban forces in the past two NEWSDAY TASHKENT,Uzbekistan — The commander of the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan declared Wednesday that weeks, which have severely curtailed the amount of the lossesof territory, a spokesman forits chief leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, said on Wednesday that the Taliban would continue to defend Kandahar despite a recent string of set- backs for the Taliban regime, and the territory aroundit still undertheir control. “a great deal of work” re- mained to. defeat it completely. At a newsconference here Wednesday, Gen... Tommy Franks revealed little about the substance of his discussions with anti-Taliban officials at the air base near Kabul, which he said had lasted for several hours on Tuesdaynight. But just the fact of Franks’ visit underscored the series of the destruction of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network. Despite the Taliban’s recent aims while Franks also negotiating over a future gov- ernmentin Afghanistan. Franks said that the defeat of the Taliban was only part of the larger aim in Afghanistan: power in the country is in transition. After his own tourofthe region, special U.S. envoy James Dobbins said that he was “a good deal more optimistic” that The spokesman added that pursuing the military task that requires balancing the conflicting interests of several key ethnic groups at the same time thatpolitical and military the Taliban have noinformation aboutbin Laden’s whereabouts. The United States has offered a $25 million reward for bin talks between the various antiTaliban factions will help lead to a “broad-based” government in Afghanistan. U.N.-backed talks, scheduled Laden’s capture. for Monday in Germany, will Even as the United States pursues bin Laden, however,it include representatives of the Northern Alliance, Pashtun tribes from southern Afghani- also faces the challenge of trying to help negotiations on a future government in Afghanistan, a stan and supporters of exiled king MuhammadZahir Shah: QUEEN PILLOWTOP Northern Alliance Squelches @ Each piece Soldin sets. Support Rally for Exiled King BY SORAYA SARHADDINELSON LOS ANGELES TIMES HERAT, Afghanistan — Testing their right to assemble under post-Taliban rule, about 250 people rallied here Wednesday outside the Blue Mosquein support of Afghanistan’s deposed kin; g. heir freedom ofexpression, aheadofthis city’s first election in 23 years, was short-lived. A dozen mujahideen fighters loyal to Northern Alliance Gen. Ismail Khan dispersed the crowd with harsh words and beatings, using the butts of Throngs ofhis turbaned fighters drove through the city in trucks and buses, shouting slogansagainstthe 87-year-old deposed monarch, Mohammad city will come to the mosque today to elect a mayor from among 13 candidates who signed up, election workers said.It’s a system based onIslamic. principles, they added. Womenwill not be allowed to vote. firsts Wednesday, such as womenbéing allowed to use the Tajik general, meanwhile, de- for most residents are the only source of hot waterfor bathing. ghanistan, then erased any doubts about his message. < SLEEP THERNPY” AnnrisanPlame The political events overshadowed other post-Taliban their Kalashnikovassaultrifles and of RPG grenadelaunchers. The charismatic ethnic i an impassioned speech inside the mosqueto 150 “white beards,” as Afghan elders are called. He blasted former national leaders for relying on foreigners to run the country. Supporters of the warlord, who controls this region of Af- FIRM ORTHOPEDIC Ea. piece Sold in sets Zahir Shah. About 250 representatives from various districts of the city’s public showers, which ‘Hasan Sarbakhshian/The Associated Press A NorthemAlliance fighter beats supporters of Afghanistan's former King Mohammad Zahir Shah at the main mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. Even the sound of explo- sions in the distance — Northern Alliance troops said they were testing weapons left behind by the Taliban — did not distract people from the dem- onstrations for and against Zahir Shah. Herat intellectuals such as Mohammed Ali, who asked that his last name notbe published, said Khan’s hurried effort to squelch support for the exiled monarch was due to pressure from Northern Alliance leader Burhanuddin Rabbani. 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