Bin Laden to tell his story on TV

Published: 11 June 1999 y., Friday
Saudi Arabian dissident Osama bin Laden, one of the United States_ most wanted men, will tell his story in a documentary to be broadcast on an Arab television station on Thursday. Officials at Qatar_s al-Jazeera satellite television station said bin Laden tells during the 70-minute documentary of his hatred for the United States and speaks of his politics and his activities. They said Bin Laden was interviewed in Afghanistan and the film will be broadcast at 1805 GMT on Thursday. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday added bin Laden to its "10 most wanted" list. He has been indicted in the United States for allegedly masterminding the August 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania which killed more than 200 people.FBI director Louis Freeh said Washington believed that bin Laden was in Afghanistan. The U.S. government was still receiving threats against its installations abroad, he said.
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