DATE=10/8/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-239942
TITLE=SENATE-AFGHANISTAN (L)
BYLINE=DAVID SWAN
DATELINE=CAPITOL HILL
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IS WARNING AFGHANISTAN MAY 
FACE MORE MISSILE STRIKES IF ACCUSED TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN 
CONTINUES TO OPERATE ON AFGHAN TERRITORY.  CORRESPONDENT DAVID 
SWAN HAS DETAILS.

TEXT:  ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE KARL INDERFURTH SUGGESTS THE 
ATTACK THAT TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE THE 
LAST.  TESTIFYING ON CAPITOL HILL (THURSDAY), HE SAID THE RULING 
TALEBAN MILITIA BECOME COMPLICIT IN MR. BIN LADEN'S CRIMES BY 
OFFERING HIM A HAVEN AND TREATING HIM LIKE A GUEST.

                          // END ACT //

         WE BELIEVE THAT THIS MAN IS NOT A GUEST, THAT HE IS A 
         MURDERER AND A TERRORIST, AND THAT HE SHOULD BE TURNED 
         OVER TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, TO APPROPRIATE 
         AUTHORITIES, AND BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.  WE HAVE MADE 
         THAT MESSAGE VERY CLEAR TO THE TALEBAN AND TO ALL ITS 
         NEIGHBORS.

                          // END ACT //

THE MISSILES FIRED IN AUGUST HIT AN ALLEGED TERRORIST TRAINING 
CAMP IN AFGHANISTAN AND A SUDANESE PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT U-S 
OFFICIALS BELIEVE MADE NERVE GAS.  THE STRIKE WAS MEANT TO 
RETALIATE FOR THE BOMBING OF TWO AMERICAN EMBASSIES IN AFRICA, 
WITH THE LOSS OF 268 LIVES.

MR. INDERFURTH COULD NOT CONFIRM A RECENT REPORT THAT MR. BIN 
LADEN IS MOVING HIS BASE TO KASHMIR, THOUGH HE DID SAY KASHMIRI 
MILITANTS HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE SAUDI FINANCIER'S CAMPS.

                      // INDERFURTH ACT //

         THIS TRULY IS A VIPER'S NEST OF TERRORIST TRAINING AND 
         THOSE TERRORISTS ARE NOT ONLY THOSE DEALING AGAINST OUR 
         INTERESTS AROUND THE WORLD, BUT ARE ALSO TAKING PART IN 
         WHAT IS TAKING PLACE IN KASHMIR.

                          // END ACT //

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY SAYS THE TALEBAN MAY NOW BE REASSESSING 
THEIR STAND TOWARD MR. BIN LADEN, BUT THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO BE 
RESTRICTING HIS ACTIONS.   (SIGNED) 

NEB/DS/RAE

08-Oct-98 2:30 PM EDT (1830 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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