Military

DATE=2/12/2004

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

TITLE= IRAQ / REWARD (S-ONLY)

NUMBER=2-313049

BYLINE= KIRK TROY

DATELINE=BAGHDAD

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INTRO: U-S officials in Iraq say they are doubling the reward for information leading to the capture of a suspected Jordanian terrorist they consider the most dangerous man in Iraq. Kirk Troy reports from Baghdad.

TEXT: The U-S-led coalition in Iraq said it is increasing the reward offered for Abu Musab Zarqawi to 10-million dollars. The higher bounty follows the release of a document attributed to the Jordanian. It outlines plans to incite civil war in Iraq.

Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt is the U-S military spokesman in Baghdad.

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Today the Coalition Provisional Authority and combined joint task force seven announced that the award for information leading to the apprehension of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a suspected leader of terrorists in Iraq, will increase to 10-million dollars. Zarqawi will be brought to justice or justice will be brought to him. There is no safe place to hide.

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General Kimmitt said the Jordanian national has close ties to the al-Qaida terrorist network, and gave a long list of attacks in Iraq and elsewhere for which he is wanted. (SIGNED)

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