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Bush: We Will Not Fail
September 24, 2001
By The Associated Press

* Nonnegotiable demand for the Taliban to lead U.S. authorities to the masterminds of bin Laden's al-Qaida network
* Nonnegotiable demand to free imprisoned foreigners
* Nonnegotiable demand to "immediately and permanently" close all terrorist training camps

WASHINGTON -- AP
President Bush put Afghanistan's ruling Taliban on notice that it must hand over Osama bin Laden and his terrorist followers or "share in their fate" when the United States strikes. The Taliban refused.

Bush, in an address to Congress, announced creation of a Cabinet-level department to tighten security at home and coordinate efforts to prepare for potential attacks. "Some speak of an age of terror," the president said. "I know there are struggles ahead and dangers to face."

Hours after Bush addressed the nation, the Taliban rejected his demand and warned that attempts to apprehend bin Laden by force could plunge the whole region into crisis.

Bush presented a rough outline Thursday night of how he planned to unravel the terrorist conspiracy in which hijacked jets became flying bombs that destroyed New York's World Trade Center and severely damaged the Pentagon on Sept. 11, with a death toll now expected to exceed 6,000.
(More: The Sampson Independent / the Sept. 21 edition News Source)

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