US Secretary of State Mr Colin Powell said today that exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden is a main suspect in this week's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
Mr Powell told a news conference that recent US diplomatic overtures to Pakistan were aimed at securing Islamabad's co-operation in dealing with bin Laden who lives in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Mr Powell said he would be speaking later today with Pakistani President Mr Pervez Musharraf about a series of measures Islamabad could take to cooperate in dealing with "candidates" the United States thinks were involved in the attacks.
"Yes," Mr Powell replied when asked whether bin Laden was the "candidate" discussed with the Pakistanis.
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