Rumsfeld comments on Zubaydah, says Iraq pays suicide bombers

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1. Pentagon briefing 2. Mid shot of briefing 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defence "We are responsible for his detention and we intend to remain responsible for his detention and that means exactly what it means: that we, the United States of America, are responsible for him." 4. U.S. officials at briefing 5. Close shot of U.S. Air Force General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defence ".....I can't conceive of why we would not want to hold him. We currently are holding him. But I don't need to promise the world that we will hold him into perpetuity, therefore I don't." 7. Briefing 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defence "We have him. He us under U.S. control at the present time. We are responsible for him. He is receiving medical care. And we intend to get every single thing out of him to try to prevent terrorist acts in the future. And if any responsible government official who had any goal other than trying to stop additional terrorist acts.....here is a man who knows about additional terrorist acts. Here is a man who trained people to do this. And all this concern about this individual, as opposed to concern about the terrorist acts that that individual has tried to commit, has in fact participated in, who has trained people to do it, and who has knowledge of additional people who are located around the world, it seems to me that I've got it exactly right." 9. Briefing 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defence "Saddam Hussein and the regime in Iraq are offering 10,000 (US) dollars per family if they're able to persuade a family to have their teenager strap explosives on them and go out and kill themselves and kill innocent men, women and children. It turns out that he has raised tha amount and it's 25,000 (US) dollars per family, not 10,000 (US) dollars per family." 11. Briefing STORYLINE: U-S Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is defending the way America is handling al-Qaida terror suspect Abu Zubaydah (ah-BOO' zoo-BY'-dah). At the Pentagon on Wednesday, Rumsfeld said Zubaydah -- who was captured in Pakistan last week -- is now under U-S "control." He would not say whether that means he is at some U-S facility or in another country. Rumsfeld became visibly angry as he denounced reports that the U-S was using torture to gain information. Rumsfeld calls those reports wrong and irresponsible. And Rumsfeld says he hopes the U-S can learn everything the 31-year-old Zubaydah knows about al-Qaida activities and plans. As the intermediary between Osama bin-Laden's inner circle and foreign terrorist cells, Abu Zubaydah is believed to know the names, faces and locations of operatives worldwide. Officials say that if he cooperates, he could provide information useful for preventing future attacks. The Defence Secretary would not confirm reports that documents found last week indicate Zubaydah was well along in planning a new wave of terror strikes. Rumsfeld also says the U-S has information that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is increasing offers of payments to the relatives of suicide bombers from 10,000 US dollars to 25,000 US dollars. Since Iraq upped its payments last month, 12 suicide bombers have successfully struck inside Israel, including one man who killed 25 Israelis in a hotel bombing last week. The families of three suicide bombers said they have recently received payments of 25,000 US dollars. But Iraq is not the only one giving money. Charities from Saudi Arabia and Qatar -- both U-S allies pay money to families of Palestinians killed in the fighting, including suicide bombers. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/8889a0f5bc98c89f3fefd98ac90b99fb Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork