State Dept. places multi-million dollar bounty on senior Taliban and al Qaeda leaders

March 25, 2009 6:53 PM

The US Department of State has issued multi-million dollar rewards for two senior Taliban leaders and an al Qaeda leader and propagandist.

Up to $5 million dollars has been offered "for information leading to the location and/or capture" of Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud or Taliban and al Qaeda ally Sirajuddin Haqqani. A $1 million bounty has been offered for information leading to the capture or conviction of al Qaeda propagandist and ideologue Abu Yahya al Libi.


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Baitullah Mehsud from a recent Taliban video.


A composite image of Siraj Haqqani; Siraj has not allowed his photograph to be taken.



-The Bagram Four: Abu Abdallah al Shami (upper left); Abu Nasir al Qahtan (upper right); Abu Yahya al Libi (lower left); Omar al Farouq (lower right)