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Blair warns Taliban of impending strikes
October 2, 2001 Posted: 2:33 p.m. EDT (1833 GMT)
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(CNN) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair sternly declared Tuesday that U.S.-led military strikes against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban would take place unless it turns over Islamic extremist Osama bin Laden.
Blair, speaking at a British Labor Party conference, did not specify a timeframe for military action, but said such attacks would be "proportionate" and "targeted" and attempt as much as possible to avoid civilian casualties.
"There is only one outcome: Our victory, not theirs," Blair said. (Full Story)
The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan on Tuesday repeated a call for negotiations and said the Taliban still wanted to see proof of bin Laden's involvement before it would surrender him.
"Where is the evidence? Where is the proof? We are not going to do this," Abdul Salam Zaeef told reporters in Quetta, a town in western Pakistan. (Full story)
Diplomatic sources tell CNN that the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan met with Pakistan's president on Tuesday, and provided evidence the United States says links Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network to the September 11 terrorist attacks. (Full story)
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