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NEW YORK: The $50 million bounty on Osama bin Laden’s head should go to the victims’ of his murderous plot, federal lawmakers said Sunday. Two New York Congressmen said they would draft legislation to give any unclaimed reward money to organisations that aid 9/11 first responders, families and survivors. “If the bounty isn’t paid, Osama bin Laden’s victims should get it,” said Republican Anthony Weiner. America’s intelligence network – rather than tipsters – appears to have gathered the information that led to bin Laden’s death, so no one may qualify to receive the bounty, said Republican Jerrold Nadler. Ground Zero construction veteran and advocate John Feal said 9/11 rescuers still carried the scars of that day, and could use the funds. “If it was up to me it would be called the ‘No Responder Left Behind Act’ because my attitude now is we will not leave anybody behind who is affected by 9/11,” Feal said. His FealGood Foundation helped pay for funerals of five Ground Zero responders and workers in just the past two months, he said. The State Department’s Rewards for Justice programme offered an initial $25 million reward for bin Laden. The Airline Pilots Association and the Air Transport Association contributed $2 million more, and Congress bumped the pot up to $50 million in 2004. Less lucrative rewards have worked in other high-profile cases, including the capture of Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, convicted of masterminding the 1993 truck bombing of the World Trade Centre that killed six people and wounded more than 1,000. ap
If the bounty isn’t paid, Osama bin Laden’s victims should get it
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