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Taleban offers $50 mn for Bush's capture

The Taleban on Wednesday said Osama bin Laden could not have carried out the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon near Washington DC, and offered $50 million for anyone who captured United States President George W Bush.

Mohammed Saeed Haqqani, security chief at the border town of Spin Boldak in Kandahar, said the attacks were the work of Jews, who were trying to bring a bad name to Islam.

"He (Laden) does not possess the means to conduct such activities. Being our guest, we are duty bound to protect him," Haqqani told reporters.

"The Americans have offered $25 million for Osama. We will give $50 million for Bush, even though we are a poor country."

All good Muslims, Haqqani said, would reject the opportunity to cash in on the bounty for Laden's capture.

"Being good Muslims we have a strong faith. That's why it is not tempting to us."

Asked for proof of Jewish involvement in the September 11 strikes, Haqqani said 4,000 Jews had not gone to work at the World Trade Centre on the day.

"And how did the television cameras know where the second plane was going to hit?"

"They are trying to eliminate Afghanistan. They are trying to blacken our name."

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