DATE=1/16/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=PAK-U-S TERRORISM (L-O)
NUMBER=2-258110
BYLINE=AYAZ GUL
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
INTERNET=YES
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: The United States is offering a reward for
information about last November's rocket attacks on
the U-S embassy, U-S cultural center, and U-N offices
in Islamabad. From the Pakistani capital, Ayaz Gul
reports the reward is also offered for information
about possible future terrorist attacks.
TEXT: A U-S government advertisement appearing in
leading newspapers in Pakistan (Sunday), describes the
offer as a substantial monetary reward, but no amount
has been mentioned. The advertisement offers
protection and relocation to people providing
information and to their families.
Last November, unknown attackers fired six-rockets at
U-N offices and two U-S buildings, including the
embassy, in the Pakistani capital. One security guard
was injured and two buildings were slightly damaged.
Little progress has been made in tracking down the
attackers.
Under the headline - The search for justice - the
State Department advertisement says the reward is
aimed at preventing further attacks and bringing the
criminals behind, what it calls, the November atrocity
to justice.
The November rocket attacks came two-days before U-N
sanctions on the Taleban faction took effect. The
Taleban controls most of neighboring Afghanistan.
Washington-backed U-N sanctions have been imposed
because the Taleban failed to hand over Saudi militant
Osama bin Laden to face terrorism charges. The United
States accuses Mr. Bin Laden of masterminding the 1998
bombings of two of its embassies in Africa that killed
more than 200 people. (SIGNED)
NEB/AG/RAE
16-Jan-2000 08:33 AM EDT (16-Jan-2000 1333 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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