ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 Kyodo Foreign M...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 Kyodo

Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said Monday that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden would be handed throughout to the United States, where he is wanted for terrorism, if bin Laden is captured by way of Pakistan.

Kasuri said an amnesty showed by President Pervez Musharraf to al-Qaida fighters who give over is applicable only to al-Qaida members not forward a U.S. wanted list.

''Our policy is not specific to individuals. However, if somebody

has committed a crime against the United States, that is another matter,'' he said when asked if bin Laden would be handed over

National and international media have recommended Pakistani and U.S. companys are ready to launch a ''get Osama operation'' in Afghan and Pakistani tribal areas.

Musharraf has said in the past that al-Qaida members who give themselves up to Pakistani forces will be repatriated to their homelands, not delivered to the US

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