A message attributed to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin laden offered gold for the murder of top US civilian and military officials in Iraq as well as UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Photo by AFP
Osama Bin Laden reportedly offered gold rewards for those who kill top US or UN officials. A taped message, purportedly by Osama, offered ten kilos of gold to the eventual murder of Paul Bremer, US administrator in Iraq. The same reward was promised for the killing of UN Chief Kofi Annan or his Iraq envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. Experts commented that Osama-like language was used in the message indeed. It was posted on a website used by Islamist militants.