Declaration of War for Tiarnan

[Tiarnan O'Corrain]

> From: The Great Quail [mailto:quail at libyrinth.com]

> Well, first of all, the evidence supplied evidently 
satisfied the UN 
> and Pakistan. 

I'm not entirely sure who is satisfied about what. If I 
recall correctly,
the US threatened Pakistan with further sanctions if they refused to
comply. To date, the US has not sought UN security council approval
for its actions.

The dossier of available evidence is pure conjecture. I don't argue
that bin Laden is blameless, but there doesn't seem to be any
evidence against him. 

You can get the dossier at: http://www.guardian.co.uk in the Special
Reports section entitled 'Attack on Afghanistan'.

> I really can't imagine that the Taliban would accept 
> any evidence at all except for perhaps film of bin Laden pointing 
> Atta and the others at planes; then pointing to a picture of the 
> World Trade Center, and then jumping up and down and making 
explosion 
> noises, and finally cutting them a check for a few million dollars. 

Well, no one tried to supply them with evidence, so it's presumptious
to predict their response.

> Mr. bin Laden actually made two formal declarations of Jihad, the 
> first one being the most relevant.

Bin Laden is not the Taliban. The Taliban are not Bin Laden. It seems,
among the many Kute Korrespondences and dodgy elisions, that 
differences
between the enemies are being, ever so slowly, smoothed over. 
The Taliban
offered Bin Laden sanctuary. That does not inculpate them in the World
Trade Centre attack.

As to bin Laden's declaration of war on the US... I've read it with
interest. His main beef with the US seems to be their occupation of
Saudi Arabia on behalf of the hopelessly unpopular and corrupt Fahd
dynasty.

> >Indeed. The Afghans would probably be happier without the
> >Taliban, under the peaceful rule of the Mujahadeen, when songbirds
> >sang in verdant fields and little fauns dipped their ivory hooves
> >in plashing rills.
> 
> I think your sarcastic reply is a bit irrelevant. In no way 
was jbor 
> saying that the Mujahadeen, the Northen Alliance, or anyone else 
> represents some perfect golden age.

No, the sarcasm was aimed at the 'favour' the US were doing the Afghan
people. Of course, the Taliban *do* think that they represent a
golden age, along with many Wahabis.
 
> --Quail

Tiarnan