Friday, October 29, 2004
U.S.: Bin Laden Tape Appears Authentic
29 minutes ago
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) pledged Friday "to hunt down and destroy" Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) as a new videotape of the terrorist leader surfaced four days before the election.
President Bush (news - web sites) also was expected to talk about the tape.
The Bush administration said it believed the tape was authentic and had been made recently.
"As Americans, we are absolutely united in our determination to hunt down and destroy Osama bin Laden and the terrorists," Kerry said as he boarded a campaign plane in West Palm Beach, Fla. "They're barbarians and I will stop at absolutely nothing to hunt down, capture or kill the terrorists wherever they are, whatever it takes, period."
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the administration did not plan to raise the nation's threat level for now but that officials continued to analyze the situation.
"All Americans are united in our strength and resolve to defeat the ideology that bin Laden articulates in this tape," McClellan said. "We are doing everything we can to prevail in the war on terrorism and defeat the ideology of hatred that bin Laden articulates in this tape."
29 minutes ago
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) pledged Friday "to hunt down and destroy" Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) as a new videotape of the terrorist leader surfaced four days before the election.
President Bush (news - web sites) also was expected to talk about the tape.
The Bush administration said it believed the tape was authentic and had been made recently.
"As Americans, we are absolutely united in our determination to hunt down and destroy Osama bin Laden and the terrorists," Kerry said as he boarded a campaign plane in West Palm Beach, Fla. "They're barbarians and I will stop at absolutely nothing to hunt down, capture or kill the terrorists wherever they are, whatever it takes, period."
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the administration did not plan to raise the nation's threat level for now but that officials continued to analyze the situation.
"All Americans are united in our strength and resolve to defeat the ideology that bin Laden articulates in this tape," McClellan said. "We are doing everything we can to prevail in the war on terrorism and defeat the ideology of hatred that bin Laden articulates in this tape."
