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U.S. Preparing Evidence for Allies on bin Laden Guilt
Monday, September 24, 2001
By Patrick Smyth, Washington Correspondent / The Irish Times

The US Administration yesterday said that it is preparing to document evidence for its allies that Osama bin Laden was responsible for the attacks on New York and Washington.

"In the near future we will be able to put out a document linking him to this attack," the Secretary of State, Mr Colin Powell, said on NBC's Meet the Press.

However, the US still insists its demands for bin Laden's surrender are unconditional and that it is unwilling to justify its claims about him to Afghanistan's Taliban leadership.

The Administration also rejected out of hand claims by the Taliban that they do not know where bin Laden is now.

The President's National Security Adviser, Ms Condoleezza Rice, said bluntly: "We are not going to be deterred by comments that he may be missing. We don't simply believe it."
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