NP a reasonable proposal

[Mark Wright AIA]

Howdy
We do not have an extradition treaty with the Taliban.  Taking the
course recommended here would result, at best, in trials run by the
regime that shelters his organization now.  This would be an
exceedingly slim reed for us to grasp, no?

Last week's news was full of the opening day of the trial under the
Taliban of eight westerners accused of proselytizing to Muslims, and an
additional number af Afghanis accused of aiding them. These last, at
least, are likely to be dealt with very harshly. The westerners are
now, in effect, hostages. 

Mark


--- Doug Millison <nopynching at yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/13/justice/index.html
> 
> "[...] The image of American aircraft and missiles
> bombing Arab states and producing massive casualties
> -- many of them, inevitably, civilians with no ties to
> terrorists -- will surely confirm the belief among
> many ordinary Muslims that bin Laden is right: that
> the United States is  intent on tormenting and
> subduing the Islamic world. As Bruce Shapiro has
> observed, out of the rubble of American attacks will
> come thousands of new volunteers for bin Laden's
> anti-American jihad. [...] It will not be possible to
> put bin Laden's networks out of operation without the
> cooperation of police and intelligence personnel all
> over the globe -- including the Islamic world. The
> best way to do this is to brand bin Laden and his
> associates as mass murderers who are sought for trial
> and punishment under U.S. law -- as has been done with
> other suspected terrorists. Then, the United States
> should order a massive global manhunt to capture bin
> Laden and all of his associates, wherever they dwell.
> It will be much harder for an Islamic government to
> refuse our requests for assistance in tracking down
> and arresting bin Laden's associates if we indict them
> for multiple murders and portray this as a criminal
> matter. The deliberate murder of innocents is a crime
> and an abomination in all societies -- Islamic ones no
> less than any others. 
> Furthermore, to prevent the recruitment of additional
> volunteers into bin Laden's networks (or others of
> their type), we have to successfully portray him as an
> enemy of authentic Islam. Bin Laden has succeeded in
> recruiting followers up until now -- volunteers who
> are willing to sacrifice their lives -- because he has
> been able to portray himself as the true defender of
> Islam. Now, we must seek out and ally ourselves with
> the vast number of Muslims who are repelled and
> horrified by the death of so many innocent people in
> New York and Washington. We must encourage influential
> Muslim clerics to condemn bin Laden as an enemy of
> true Islamic belief. Only in this way can we silence
> him (and his kind) forever. [...]"
> 
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