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According to World Net Daily, Osama bin Laden has been placed under house arrest in Afganistan, by the Taliban. Of course, WND isn't always the most reliable source (they recently reported that Iraq had invaded Jordan), so take this with a grain of salt.
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Correction. It's being reported by Yahoo! This may increase credibility somewhat.
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As Howard Stern said on this... we know where his house is, lets go blow it up.
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The only reason they put him under house arrest is that the Taliban fear the US and Nato will bomb their country back to the stone age. I suppose the next step will be to get him extradited although i suppose there will be a lot of people will like him to be assasinated.
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We don't even recognize the Taliban government, much less have an extradition treaty with them. Of course, I suppose we can just say, "Give us bin Laden. Now." At this rate, they'd probably do it.
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Do we know for certain that bin Laden was behind this? I mean, 100% certain that bin Laden is responsible for this?
And is so, if the Taliban says, "no" ... well, I hope we don't get ourselves involved in the same kind of war the Soviets did when they fought in Afghanistan.
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The Taliban regime doesn't work that way. You can't coerce them, bribe them, threaten them, or whatever... even if it means total annihilation of their land.
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quote: The Taliban regime doesn't work that way. You can't coerce them, bribe them, threaten them, or whatever... even if it means total annihilation of their land.
That can be arranged.
The Russians said today, that they will back any action by the USA, if it comes to Afganistan. I love the irony
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You do realise, that 90% of Afghanistans' population consists of innocent, oppressed and kept-under-the-thumb civilians... and that blasting the country back to the Stone Age would make us no better than the terrorists. Right?
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What we have right here is a not-quite-yet-declared war.
We have announced that those who are harboring these terrorists are to be considered our enemies, as well. That's pretty clear.
Enemies in wartime die. That happens. If you want to think of it that way, then the people in NY and DC were the first casualties of that war. Anybody who aids the opposing side in a war is an 'ally' and thusly a legitimate target.
The likelyhood that BinLaden was involved currently is about 95%. With the identification of the terrorists and the current tracing of the links (with some outside help) it appears as though this attack was through BinLaden's people, sponsored by Iraq.
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So, an illiterate, indoctrinated, and completely ignorant farmer is your enemy too?
Nukes are not the answer. Your quarrel is (possibly, as we still don't know exactly who or what is behind the attacks) with the Afghanian and/or Iraqi governments, not the civilian population.
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"In the city of God there will be a great thunder, Two Brothers torn apart by chaos, While the fortress endures, The great leader will succumb. The third big war will begin when the big city is burning."
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