A couple embraces at the so-called Wall of Prayers, an area
decorated with photos of victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks
on New York. (See stories for full details)
Osama Bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire accused by the United States of unleashing last week's terror attacks on New York and Washington, has issued a formal denial of any role in the carnage that killed thousands."The U.S. government has consistently blamed me for being behind every occasion its enemies attack it. I would like to assure the world that I did not plan the recent attacks, which seems to have been planned by people for personal reasons," Bin Laden said in a statement issued to Al Jazeera, an Arabic satellite channel."I have been living in the Islamic emirate of Afghanistan and following its leaders' rules. The current leader does not allow me to exercise such operations," bin Laden said. U.S. President George Bush, though, ignored Bin Laden's pleas of innocence, reiterating his belief that the Saudi exile "is the prime suspect."
WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush for the first time branded millionaire Saudi Osama Bin Laden as the prime suspect in Tuesday's terror attacks, then urged people to brace themselves for a long and difficult war against terrorism.Bush's radio message to Americans also contained a strong tone of vengeance. "Those who make war against the United States have chosen their own destruction," the president said.
Japan cannot avoid swelling the size of a supplementary budget during the current fiscal year because of fears that terror attacks on the United States could harm the global economy, a top Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) policymaker said Sunday."It won't be like it used to be where we'd throw out 5 or 10 trillion yen," LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Taro Aso said, referring to the size of the supplementary budget.
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Monday, September 17, 2001
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