Military

DATE=10/20/2001

TYPE=ON THE LINE

NUMBER=1-01005 SHORT #1

TITLE=ON THE LINE: THE MOST WANTED TERRORISTS

EDITOR=OFFICE OF POLICY -- 619-0037

CONTENT= INSERTS AVAILABLE FROM AUDIO SERVICES

THEME: UP, HOLD UNDER AND FADE

Anncr: On the Line -- a discussion of United States policy and contemporary issues. This week, "The Most Wanted Terrorists." Here is your host, -------.

Host: Hello and Welcome to On the Line. In the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, President George W. Bush released a list of twenty-two most wanted terrorists. At the top are Osama bin Laden, two of his deputies, and several members of his

al-Qaida network. That group is responsible for the suicide attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as well as many other terrorist acts. Others on the list include terrorists associated with the militant groups Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.

The U.S. is offering rewards of up to five-million dollars for information leading to the apprehension of the terrorists, or seven-million dollars in the case of Bin Laden. As President Bush said, "These twenty-two individuals do not account for all of the terrorist activity in the world, but they're among the most dangerous, the leaders and key supporters, the planners and strategists. They must be found. They will be stopped, and they will be punished."

Michael Rolince is chief of the international terrorism section of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He says, the F-B-I coordinates with its counterparts in many countries to track down terrorists and build cases against them.

Rolince: We are working with law enforcement and intelligence organizations and entities throughout the world. Because, quite frankly, if an event happens, whether it's the east Africa [embassy] bombings or the millennium events or these current attacks, the leads are going to take us overseas. And we cannot go there without the invitation, and we cannot succeed when we are there without the support of the host country and the host country services.

Host: Jim Reynolds is chief of the terrorism and violent crime section of the U.S. Justice Department. He says that working with other countries, the U-S was also able to prevent some acts of terrorism.

Reynolds: One of the defendants listed on this most wanted terrorists list is charged with involvement in the conspiracy to bomb twelve U.S. jumbo jets flying Asian-Pacific routes. That is one that fortunately the United States, working together with its foreign counterparts, was able to prevent. There's another defendant on this list who is charged with a related series of events in New York, the [1993] World Trade Center [bombing] and then the follow-on to the World Trade Center was a conspiracy to bomb a number of landmarks in Manhattan. Again, that conspiracy was prevented.

Host: The F-B-I's Michael Rolince says to get the message out they publicize the photographs of the most wanted terrorists along with information about each individual. For further information, you can visit the Voice of America's web site at www.ibb.gov/fugitives. There is a direct link to the

F-B-I's list of the most wanted twenty-two terrorists list. For On the Line, I'm ------.