Taliban slammed over bin Laden appointment

MOSCOW, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Russia's Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned
the appointment of Saudi terrorism suspect Osama bin Laden as the
commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban
regime, the official RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Bin Laden's appointment confirmed that a center of international terrorism
is being set up in Taliban-controlled territory, the ministry said in a
statement.

"Pseudo-religious values are being used as a cover to prepare a bridgehead
for expansion of militant extremism and separatism far beyond the region's
borders," added the statement.

This month, Russian media quoted Pakistan's Nation daily as saying that
the Taliban had named bin Laden commander of their troops. Afghanistan's
civil war concerns the Kremlin as hundreds of Russian border guards monitor
the Afghan-Tajik border and a potential spill of violence could plunge the
whole region into chaos.

Moreover, the Taliban's aim to build an orthodox Islamic state has given
rise to many Islamic extremist movements in the former Soviet republics in
Central Asia. In recent years, Islamic insurgents from Afghanistan launched
raids on Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

The Taliban's ongoing clashes with the Northern Alliance movement backing
ousted President Burhanuddin Rabbani -- the leader of the government general
recognized by international organizations -- have alerted Russia and its
partners as arms smuggling, drug trafficking, kidnapping and other crimes
have flourished along the Afghan-Tajik border.

On Thursday, Moscow also condemned the appointment of Juma Namangani as
bin Laden's deputy. Namangani, an ethnic Uzbek, was liked to a number of
raids on Kyrgyzstan's Batken district over the last three years. Namangani
advocates creation of an Islamic state run by a regime similar to the
Taliban's and spreading over Central Asia.

"Incorporation of the international terrorists' leaders into the ruling
structures of the Taliban shows the need to take decisive measures to
collectively counter global challenges that are put forward from the
Taliban-controlled territory," said the statement.

WANTED FOR COWARDLY MASS MURDER
FOR THE MURDER OF U.S. CITIZENS, MURDER OF U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; CONSPIRACY TO MURDER U.S. CITIZENS; CONSPIRACY TO MURDER U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; ATTACK ON A FEDERAL FACILITY RESULTING IN DEATH

USAMA BIN LADEN

The Heroic Islamic Butcher

Aliases: Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin, Shaykh Usama Bin Ladin, the Prince, the Emir, Abu Abdallah, Mujahid Shaykh, Hajj, the Director

DESCRIPTION

Date of Birth: 1957 Hair: Brown
Place of Birth: Saudi Arabia Eyes: Brown
Height: 6' 4" to 6' 6"
Complexion: Olive
Weight: Approximately 160 pounds Sex: Male
Build: Thin
Nationality: Saudi Arabian
Occupations: Unknown
Remarks: Leader of a terrorist organization known as Al-Qaeda "The Base". He walks with a cane.
Scars and Marks: None

USE EXTREME CAUTION
USAMA BIN LADEN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE HIJACKING OF FOUR AMERICAN COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 AIR ATTACK ON THE NEW YORK WORLD TRADE CENTER;
THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 AIR ATTACK ON THE U.S. PENTAGON;
THE AUGUST 7, 1998, BOMBINGS OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSIES IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA AND NAIROBI, KENYA.
THESE ATTACKS HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 10,000 PEOPLE.

CONSIDERED ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST U.S. EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.

REWARD
The United States Government is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Usama Bin Laden.(We will make you a national hero for delivery of his corpse)

REMARKS
The preferred method of delivery of this criminal is in small pieces that can be fed to labratory testing carnivores. The second choice is deliver him to the relatives of the victims of any of the above ACTS OF WAR. Being as this man is not a soldier he DOES NOT DESRVE or need be afforded the RIGHTS given to true SOLDIERS.

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MURDER OF U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; CONSPIRACY TO MURDER U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; ATTACK ON A FEDERAL FACILITY RESULTING IN DEATH
USAMA BIN LADEN
Date of Photograph Unknown
Aliases: Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin, Shaykh Usama Bin Ladin, the Prince, the Emir, Abu Abdallah, Mujahid Shaykh, Hajj, the Director
DESCRIPTION
Date of Birth: 1957 Hair: Brown
Place of Birth: Saudi Arabia Eyes: Brown
Height: 6' 4" to 6' 6" Complexion: Olive
Weight: Approximately 160 pounds Sex: Male
Build: Thin Nationality: Saudi Arabian
Occupations: Unknown
Remarks: Leader of a terrorist organization known as Al-Qaeda "The Base".
He walks with a cane.
Scars and Marks: None
CAUTION
USAMA BIN LADEN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE AUGUST 7, 1998, BOMBINGS OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSIES IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA AND NAIROBI, KENYA. THESE ATTACKS KILLED OVER 200 PEOPLE.
CONSIDERED ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST U.S. EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.
REWARD
The United States Government is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Usama Bin Laden.
June 1999
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Larry Elder mentioned this story prominently (and on several occasions) on his radio shows Wednesday and Thursday. And if this indeed is thus, then this nonsense about "a terrorist attack" must cease. If bin Laden is now indeed an official of the Taliban government, then Tuesday's atrocity was not a "terrorist attack" - it was an explicit act of war. In either event, force was initiated upon us, ladies and gentlemen; we are within our right, and the government is within its proper duty, to strike back and defend us appropriately. And the longer we wait to respond appropriately, the more vulnerable we remain. Line up the most pertinent and potent of military targets, in Taliban Afghanistan and in the other nations who have nourished or otherwise upheld his doings and undoings, then hit them low and hit them hard until they have three warmaking capabilities: jack, diddley, and squat.

And then, once that job that must be done is done, we should get the hell out.

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