??The Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef...said the Taliban would detain bin Laden and try him under Islamic law if the United States makes a formal request and presents them with evidence. ? (you know--what was once known as ??probable cause ? in the pre-Bush world)--CNN, 10/7/01
Okay--No trial in Afghanistan--How about a neutral third country?
??"Haji Abdul Kabir - the third most powerful figure in the ruling Taliban regime--told reporters that the Taliban would require evidence that Bin Laden was behind the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, but added: ??we would be ready to hand him over to a third country' ? .--The Guardian, 10/14/01
There they go again--insisting on evidence. Don't they understand? That is not the way things work in Bu$hWorld:
??We know he's guilty. Turn him over. ? --George W. Bush, explaining the finer points of the American judicial system, The Washington Post, 10/29/01
Unsurprisingly, the Bush Administration rejected all offers to have Osama bin Laden arrested and tried. George W. Bush came into office determined to be a ??war President ? , and he was not going to let a bunch of Islamic fundamentalists spoil his big chance by arresting his ??boogie man ? and beheading him in the public square.
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