U.S. Indicts and Offers $5 Million Reward for Bin Laden and Atef for 2 Embassy Bombings

On November 4, 1998, a Federal grand jury in Manhattan returned a 238-count indictment, charging Osama bin Laden and Muhammad Atef in the bombings of two U.S. Embassies in Africa in August and with conspiring to commit other acts of terrorism. The U.S. Government immediately announced the offer of two rewards of $5 million each for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Mr. bin Laden and Mr. Atef, who the indictment describes as bin Laden’s chief military commander... [more]