Osama bin Laden
FILE--Osama bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in the mountains of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan in this Dec. 24, 1998, file photo. U.S authorities investigating the Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001 devastating attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are focusing on multiple separate terrorist groups, some tied to bin Laden, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rahimullah Yousafzai)
An Afghan Taliban diplomat said on September 15, 2001 that Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, a prime suspect in the terror attacks on the United States, was free to leave Afghanistan but would not be forced out. 'If the man wanted to leave of his own will, we will not stop him. But if he wanted to stay in Afghanistan, we cannot make him leave,' the Taliban charge d'affaires in the United Arab Emirates, Aziz al-Rahman, told Abu Dhabi television. Saudi-exile Osama bin-Laden is seen addressing a news conference in Afghanistan, where he and his organization are based, in this May 26, 1998 file photo. (Str/Pakistan via Reuters)
FILE--Exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden is seen in this April 1998 picture in Afghanistan. While bin Laden, the West's chief suspect for Tuesday's slaughter, likely remains confined to a network of camps and caves in eastern Afghanistan, tracking him consistently has proven extraordinarily difficult for U.S. intelligence agencies. (AP Photo)
The leader of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement on Friday defended Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden against accusations he masterminded the devastating terror attacks on the United States. Bin Laden is pictured speaking to journalists at an undisclosed place in Afghanistan in this December 23, 1998 file photo. (Reuters)
FILE--Exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden is seen in Afghanistan in this April 1998 file photo. U.S. authorities are investigating whether four separate cells of terrorists were involved in Tuesday's devastating attacks. At least one set of hijackers is believed to have crossed from Canada and had ties to Bin Laden, law enforcement officials said Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001. (AP Photo)
December 1998: Osama bin Laden, charged with masterminding the U.S. embassy bombings in Africa and suspected in other terrorist acts, speaks to ABCNEWS. [PLAY]
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