press releases U.S. Launches Media Campaign For Rewards For Justice Program 01/07/2005
Islamabad - January 7, 2005: As part of the ongoing war against terrorism, the U.S. Department of State has launched a public campaign in Pakistan to promote awareness of the Rewards for Justice Program and urge people to help bring some of the most wanted international terrorists to justice. A leading Pakistani Urdu daily carried the first in a series of newspaper advertisements today. More such advertisements in other newspapers, as well as radio and television, are expected to follow. Similar ads have appeared in publications as far-ranging as The New York Times, Al Hayat, Paris Match, Die Welt, and Pravda.
The campaign was launched under the Rewards for Justice Program, one of the most valuable U.S. Government tools in the fight against international terrorism. Established by the 1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism, the program is administered by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
The goal of the Rewards for Justice Program is to bring international terrorists to justice and prevent acts of international terrorism against the United States.
Under the program, the Secretary of State may offer rewards up to $25 million for information that prevents, frustrates, or favorably resolves acts of international terrorism against U.S. interests worldwide, or leads to the arrest or conviction, in any country, of terrorists responsible for such acts.
The Program has been an effective tool in the fight against international terrorism.
In the past seven years, the United States has paid more than $57 million in 29 cases to people who have provided credible information that put terrorists behind bars or prevented acts of international terrorism worldwide. The program played a significant role in the arrest of international terrorist Ramzi Yousef, who was convicted in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Thousands of lives have been saved as a direct result of the Rewards for Justice Program.
The identity of anyone providing information is kept strictly confidential. People with information should contact the U.S. Embassy or Consulate or call 0800-23234.
Well, yeah---all of the above and then some! The RFJ Program is a good setup. Clinton couldn't support it but it's done good work in spite. And it is WORLD WIDE. The notion that it was some how suspended in Pakiland is what the Haw'ns say: KAKA! I've written to them numerous times and know they are set up to be reached internationally. I still say the butch chick spent too much time studying URDU and ought to be kept away from moving things, like progress.