Bin Laden to be interviewed on al-Jazira satellite station
Regional-USA, Politics, 6/9/1999

AFP quoted the Qatari al-Jazira satellite station as saying on Tuesday that Islamist Osama Bin Laden, who was classified by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation on the list of the ten most wanted criminals in the world will make a statement to the station tomorrow.

The interview will be under the title "Bin Laden: a man against a state, and the US: a state against a man."

Bin Laden, who is of Saudi origin and accused by the US of terrorist operations, will talk for more than one hour about his childhood, commitments and activities throughout the world.

The al-Jazira satellite station announced the interview, which is mostly expected to have been made in Afghanistan, where according to the FBI, Bin Laden still resides.

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