Palestinian officials rushed to distance themselves from accused terror mastermind Osama bin Laden who, in remarks broadcast over Qatar’s al-Jazeera television, linked the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said the Palestinian issue should not be used as an excuse for extremism.
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