WASHINGTON: US authorities unveiled a new "Wanted" poster featuring 26 "faces of global terrorism" in hopes of gaining the public's help in tracking down elusive militants like by Osama bin Laden.
"They can be stopped. We'll pay you for your help," read the poster, which offers rewards of up to 25 million dollars for information that prevents a terrorist act or leads to the arrest of suspects wanted in connection to attacks on US nationals or interests.
The State Department and the Department of Homeland Security have begun distributing hundreds of the posters to US airports to coincide with the holiday travel season and plan to place them in air, land and sea hubs around the world, according to State Department spokeswoman Julie Reside.
"Increasing an airline traveller's awareness of wanted terrorists is part of the US government's mission in fighting the war on terror. These posters will increase this awareness for both travellers and airport workers," the department said.
There were no new names among the 26 terror suspects whose photos surround the red and black notice under the banner headline "The Faces of Global Terrorism".
The most prominent suspect, shown in the poster's upper-right corner, is al-Qaeda chief bin Laden, whose success in eluding capture since his group's September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington has embarrassed the world's biggest military power.
Others include bin Laden's right-hand man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian Abu Ayyub al-Masri, a senior Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Dulmatin of the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah and Jamal Mohammad Al-Badawi, a Yemeni linked to the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole.
