US offers US$200,000 in new 'Most Wanted' campaign; teen hanged for having dollars

[sabra]

Source: IHT/AP

BAGRAM, Afghanistan: A new U.S. "Most Wanted" campaign is offering up to US$200,000 (€140,500) for information on a dozen elusive Taliban and al-Qaida leaders who are believed to be fueling a surge in bombings and suicide attacks.

Police in the south said militants hanged a teenager for having U.S. currency in his pocket, then stuffed five US$1 bills into his mouth, apparently as a warning to others about having American money.

To help track down 12 insurgent commanders, posters and billboards will go up around eastern Afghanistan with their names and pictures. Rewards ranging from US$20,000 to US$200,000 (€14,050 to €140,5.00) will be offered for information leading to their capture.

"We're trying to get more visibility on these guys like the FBI did with the mob (Mafia)," U.S. Lt. Col. Rob Pollock said at the main American base in Bagram. "They operate the same way the mob did. They stay in hiding."

The list does not include internationally known names who already have large price tags on their heads, like al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden — who has evaded U.S. capture since 2001 despite a US$25 million (€17.6 million) bounty — or Taliban leader Mullah Omar, who is worth a US$10 million (€7.03 million) reward.

Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/01/asia/AS-GEN-Afghanistan.php

[Greyhound]

1. "We're trying to get more visibility on these guys like the FBI did with the mob (Mafia),"

Yeah, 'cause that worked so well.
:kick:

[noel adamson]

2. It did work well. They found them and gave them jobs.