Sun Tv Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A television and radio campaign offering a $25 million reward for information leading to the capture of Osama bin Laden hit the airwaves in Pakistan this week in a U.S. government-funded drive to get fresh leads about the al-Qaida leader.

The 30-second television spot flashes photographs of bin Laden and 13 other top terror suspects, including his deputy Ayman al- Zawahri and Taliban leader Mullah Omar, with an emotional appeal for help in bringing them to justice.

"Who are the people who are suffering from terrorism? Our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters! Who are those terrorists? And who can stop them? Only you!" a voice appeals in the Urdu language.

The spot makes no direct reference to the U.S. government, a reflection of continued resentment of the United States by many in this Islamic nation of 150 million, despite close official ties between Islamabad and Washington in the war on terror.

The campaign comes out of counterterrorist rewards legislation authored by Rep. Mark Kirk, a Republican from Illinois. The measure also gave President Bush the option to double the reward for the al- Qaida chief to $50 million.

"This program could improve our chances of capturing the world's most wanted man," Kirk said in a statement issued in Washington.

AP

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