U.S. War on Terrorism
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National Geographic News
October 10, 2001

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As the terrorist network al Qaeda vowed that the "the storm of plane attacks will not abate" on the United States, President Bush unveiled the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's most wanted list of terrorists and offered rewards of up to $5 million to catch them. Meanwhile, the U.S.-led coalition continued to strike targets in Afghanistan for the fourth day.

FBI Names Most Wanted Terrorists

President Bush unveiled the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's 22 most wanted terrorists and offered rewards for up to U.S. $5 million to catch them.

Bush said the 22 individuals do not account for all the terrorist activity in the world, "but they're among the most dangerous: the leaders and key supporters, the planners and strategists. They must be found; they will be stopped; and they will be punished."

Read the President's full remarks.

View the FBI photos and personal details of the most wanted terrorists

Read the White House fact sheet about the terrorists and their alleged crimes.

Al Qaeda: "Plane Attacks [on U.S.] Will Not Abate"

Americans should know that "the storm of plane attacks will not abate," the terrorist network al Qaeda said in a statement broadcast on al Jazeera television station Tuesday.

The terrorists who flew airliners into buildings in the United States did a "good deed," the Qatar-based TV station broadcast in Arabic to the entire Middle East.

"They transferred the battle into the U.S. heartland. Let the United States know that with God's permission, the battle will continue to be waged on its territory until it leaves our lands, stops its support for the Jews, and lifts the unjust embargo on the Iraqi people who have lost more than one million children."

Read the full al Qaeda statement, as monitored by the BBC.

Blair: Al Qaeda Confirms Its Culpability

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