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$100,000 bounties on US troops

13oct01

OSAMA bin Laden's terror network has put a $100,000 bounty on the capture of any American soldier in Afghanistan.

The al-Qaeda network, which is the target of the United States war on terrorism, also will pay $6000 for every captured US military uniform and $3000 for every American gun.

The bounty was offered after the fifth day of air strikes on Afghanistan, which have been guided by US special forces behind enemy lines.

Round-the-clock bombardment including bunker-busting bombs have shattered Taliban forces. An allied ground assault is imminent.

US President George W. Bush yesterday gave the Taliban's rulers a final chance to surrender the terrorist leader or face destruction. But his offer to stop the military offensive was overshadowed by an FBI warning of possible terrorist attacks at home within the next few days.

-- Anonymous, October 13, 2001