DATE=11/9/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-241379
TITLE=AFGHAN / BIN LADEN / L-O
BYLINE=AYAL GUL
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: IN AFGHANISTAN, THE TALEBAN SUPREME COURT HAS SET
NOVEMBER 20TH AS THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING ANY EVIDENCE OF
TERRORISM BY SAUDI MILITANT OSAMA BIN LADEN. AYAZ GUL HAS
DETAILS FROM ISLAMABAD.
TEXT: THE TALEBAN SUPREME COURT SAYS -- IF ACCUSERS FAIL TO MEET
THE DEADLINE -- THE COURT WILL CONSIDER SAUDI MILITANT OSAMA BIN
LADEN INNOCENT.
IN A STATEMENT QUOTED BY THE AFGHAN ISLAMIC PRESS AGENCY, THE
COURT SAYS NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED SHOWING MR. BIN LADEN IS
GUILTY OF TERRORIST ACTS.
THE TALEBAN COURT SAYS IT WILL NOT ENTERTAIN ANY CHARGES AGAINST
MR. BIN LADEN AFTER NOVEMBER 20TH.
LAST WEEK, U-S OFFICIALS FORMALLY INDICTED MR. BIN LADEN IN
CONNECTION WITH THE AUGUST BOMBINGS OF TWO AMERICAN EMBASSIES IN
EAST AFRICA. MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK.
MR. BIN LADEN IS SAID TO HAVE DECLARED A "HOLY WAR" AGAINST THE
UNITED STATES AND THE LEADERSHIP IN SAUDI ARABIA.
THE U-S STATE DEPARTMENT HAS PUT A REWARD OF FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO BIN LADEN'S CAPTURE.
THE TALEBAN SAYS THE UNITED STATES OFFERED THE REWARD AFTER
FAILING TO PROVIDE THE TALEBAN WITH ANY EVIDENCE AGAINST MR. BIN
LADEN.
THE SAUDI ISLAMIC MILITANT HAS BEEN LIVING IN AFGHANISTAN AS WHAT
THE TALEBAN MOVEMENT CALLS ITS GUEST.
THE TALEBAN IS REPORTED TO HAVE TURNED DOWN UNITED STATES
REQUESTS TO EXTRADITE HIM
THE MAJOR AFGHAN GROUP SAYS IT IS READY TO TRY THE SAUDI
MILITANT IN ITS ISLAMIC COURTS, IF PROOF OF HIS ROLE IN TERRORIST
ACTS IS PROVIDED TO THEM.
IN AUGUST, THE UNITED STATES LAUNCHED MISSILE STRIKES ON
SUSPECTED TERRORIST CAMPS IN AFGHANISTAN, KILLING AT LEAST 26
PEOPLE. U-S OFFICIALS ALLEGE THE CAMPS ARE RUN BY MR. BIN LADEN
AND FORM PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST NETWORK. (SIGNED)
NEB / AG / WD / WD
09-Nov-98 4:52 AM EST (0952 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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