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Two American lawmakers want the 9/11 victims and first responders to get the $50 million bounty for slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, as the secret US operation in Pakistan’s Abbottabad garrison town does not make anyone eligible to receive the reward.
“If the bounty isn’t paid, Osama bin Laden’s victims should get it,” said New York Representative Anthony Weiner of the Democratic Party.
“I can think of no better recipient than those organisations which have committed themselves to helping first responders, their families and survivors whose lives have been forever affected by bin Laden’s actions,” he added.
Weiner and Representative Jerrold Nadler, also from the Democratic Party, introduced legislation on Sunday for the money to be given to the 9/11 victims. In 2004, the then-Senator Hillary Clinton pushed for the passage of a bill that would allow the Secretary of State -the position she now holds - to authorize as much as $50 million as a prize money.
“If the bounty isn’t paid, Osama bin Laden’s victims should get it,” said New York Representative Anthony Weiner of the Democratic Party.
“I can think of no better recipient than those organisations which have committed themselves to helping first responders, their families and survivors whose lives have been forever affected by bin Laden’s actions,” he added.
Weiner and Representative Jerrold Nadler, also from the Democratic Party, introduced legislation on Sunday for the money to be given to the 9/11 victims. In 2004, the then-Senator Hillary Clinton pushed for the passage of a bill that would allow the Secretary of State -the position she now holds - to authorize as much as $50 million as a prize money.
