DATE=1/14/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244199
TITLE=BIN LADEN POSTER (L ONLY)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
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INTRO:   THE UNITED STATES HAS BEGUN DISTRIBUTING POSTERS OF 
TERROR SUSPECT OSAMA BIN LADEN.  THE POSTERS ARE PART OF A 
CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR REWARD FOR 
INFORMATION LEADING TO HIS ARREST.  V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS 
FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT. 

TEXT:  U-S OFFICIALS SAY THE POSTERS OF OSAMA BIN LADEN WILL BE 
SENT TO DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD, WITH A PARTICULAR 
EMPHASIS ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA. 

STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN SAYS THE UNITED STATES IS 
HOPING THE POSTERS WILL GENERATE ENOUGH INTEREST IN THE BIN LADEN
CASE SO PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECT WILL COME 
FORWARD. 

                       /// RUBIN ACT /// 

         AND THIS EFFORT ON OSAMA BIN LADEN IS PART OF THE 
         PATTERN OF MAKING CLEAR THAT THIS DANGEROUS MURDERER IS 
         WANTED FOR INDICTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, HE HAS BEEN 
         INDICTED, AND WE WANT TO USE WHAT EVER CREATIVE WAY WE 
         CAN TO GET INFORMATION THAT WILL LEAD TO HIS ARREST. 

                        /// END ACT ///  

AS PART OF THAT EFFORT, THE PICTURE OF THE SAUDI MILLIONAIRE WILL
ALSO BE POSTED ON THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET COMPUTER SITE, 
WHERE AS MANY AS 100 MILLION PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE 
INFORMATION. 

OFFICIALS SAY THE REWARDS PROGRAM HAS ALREADY GENERATED SOME 
LEADS ABOUT THE TERROR SUSPECT, WHO IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH 
LAST YEAR'S DEADLY EMBASSY BOMBINGS IN EAST AFRICA. 

OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE ALSO CONSIDERING OTHER WAYS OF PUBLICIZING
THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR REWARD, SUCH AS PUTTING PICTURES OF MR. 
BIN LADEN ON MATCH BOOKS.  (SIGNED) 

NEB/KBK/WDC/PT



14-Jan-99 4:07 PM EST (2107 UTC)
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