Mr. Grouchface
2003-07-03, 01:48 PM
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The bounty for Saddam, authorized by the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program, matches the $25 million the United States has offered for Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader missing since U.S. forces entered Afghanistan and helped topple the Taliban regime; his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri; and Mullah Mohammed Omar, leader of the Taliban government that gave bin Laden his base of operations.
Fifteen other fugitives suspected of senior involvement in al-Qaida and the Taliban also are being sought for $25 million under the Rewards for Justice program, which boosted the top reward the United States could offer from $5 million after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington.
In April, the United States offered other, unspecified rewards to Iraqis who provided information about government officials and weapons of mass destruction. Officials have not said whether anyone has collected any of those rewards.
Saddam reportedly was last seen in the waning days of the war in the Azamiyah neighborhood of northeastern Baghdad. At least two U.S. airstrikes targeted him during the war, but it is not known if any were successful.
The bounty for Saddam, authorized by the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program, matches the $25 million the United States has offered for Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader missing since U.S. forces entered Afghanistan and helped topple the Taliban regime; his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri; and Mullah Mohammed Omar, leader of the Taliban government that gave bin Laden his base of operations.
Fifteen other fugitives suspected of senior involvement in al-Qaida and the Taliban also are being sought for $25 million under the Rewards for Justice program, which boosted the top reward the United States could offer from $5 million after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington.
In April, the United States offered other, unspecified rewards to Iraqis who provided information about government officials and weapons of mass destruction. Officials have not said whether anyone has collected any of those rewards.
Saddam reportedly was last seen in the waning days of the war in the Azamiyah neighborhood of northeastern Baghdad. At least two U.S. airstrikes targeted him during the war, but it is not known if any were successful.