Dear bin Laden

The US authorities intend to raise the bounty for helping to catch the chief of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization Osama bin Laden up to $50 million.

This was disclosed by the US Time Magazine.

"As the hunt for Osama bin Laden has come to a dead end, the US State Department is revving up a new media campaign aimed at reminding Afghans and Pakistanis of the $25 million bounty for his head", the weekly writes.

By the end of February the White House acting on legislation passed by Congress is expected to double the sum on bin Laden's head, bringing it to $50 million.

State Department ads began appearing this month in Jang, a widely circulated Pakistani newspaper, offering rewards for bin Laden, his lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahiri, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and 11 other suspected terrorists. According to the weekly, the ads would be followed by an advertising barrage on regional radio and TV stations in the borderlands and cities where al-Qaeda's chief might be hiding.