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Article: BIN LADEN A STICKY ISSUE FOR TALIBAN
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- United Press International
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- March 7, 1999
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United Press International
03-07-1999
Bin Laden a sticky issue for Taliban
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 7 (UPI) _ After presenting exiled Saudi
dissident Osama bin Laden as a hero and a benefactor, Afghanistan's
ruling Taliban militia is now finding it difficult to get rid of him as
the United States and other countries continue to track him down.
Washington has put a reward of $5 million on bin Laden, indicted him in
Manhattan federal court, and fired cruise missiles on his suspected
terrorist camps because of his alleged involvement in attacks on U.S.
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Western diplomats and Afghan officials
say that when the Saudis and the Americans launched their hunt for ...