[DonQ]

We can compromise. They can hand over half of Bin Laden.

[Cautor]

bump

[riley1992]

"We sincerely hope that the great American people could differentiate between the people of Afghanistan and a handful of fundamentalist terrorists," said a statement from the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).

I no longer see that as being an option.

[Brian Allen]

Looks like we are taking the socialist Collin Powell's wishy-washy route.

Too damned bad.

[NYS_Eric]

It is SO obvious what's going on. 3 MORE DAYS TO STALL. After 5 days of stalling. Nothing like giving Bin Laden 8 days of freedom to move around. This is ridiculous. Hand him over NOW, and maybe we'll only reduce 80% of your infrastructure to rubble instead of 100%.

[The Raven]

That's not a solution. If we get Bin Laden - that's a start. We need the second in command. And the 3rd. And the 4th.......

We can't grab him and call it quits.

[Deb]

Do just heads count?

[not-an-ostrich]

Do we want him? What are we going to do with him if they do turn him over? Put him in a cell next to Milosovic? Better to wipe out all the serpents together in their bunker. Especially if we don't have the proof required by the courts. Some other terrorist group could claim they were totally responsible and bin Laden had no part.

[2Trievers]

Unleash the dogs of war ... and worry about it in the morning. Three days indeed ... poppycock!

[dighton]

No US official quoted, so let's not tear our hair out just yet.

[Non-Sequitur]

I would go futher than this. I would tell the Taliban that I don't want bin Laden, I want his head. Just his head, although the whole body will do in a pinch. Why put the onus on us for trying him? Why let us make him a martyr? Let the Taliban execute him and turn the remains over to us for verification.

And if the leader of the Taliban balks at that request then I suggest that his office be blown up or his car be shot to pieces by persons unknown. Then when the dust settles we go to whoever is in power now and say, "We made a little suggestion to your predecessor concerning bin Laden. He didn't go along with it an met with that unfortunate accident. Now, how about you?"

[HoustonKevin]

I Agree!!

We should seek a peacefull solution!!

Blow the Mother F__'ers into a Billion Pieces!

[RightOnline]

"Frightened Afghans also continued to flee, ignoring the Taliban's calls to stay and wage a jihad against the United States and its allies if Washington attacks."

Gee. What a shock. Suppose the vaunted "Holy Warriors" of Aghanistan watched Desert Storm footage after all, eh?

Self-preservation isn't a sense restricted to Westerners, it seems. :)

[surfer]

Terminate with extreme prejudice...PERIOD...time for diplomacy is long past...just think if we had a diplomatic solution to Pearl Harbor - the Japanese would still have an army today.

It is time to remove all military strength from the middle east or we will live to regret it - once again!

[MayflowerMadam]

This is NOT a solution. Even if we get bin Laden, there'll be hundreds more ready and willing to carry on his cause. We must annihilate ALL of them to ensure our continued safety and freedoms. This includes CHILDREN who, when interviewed, say they are eager to die in order to kill Americans. They're indoctrinated with this from birth, and those with charismatic & evil personalities, e.g., Hitler & Clinton, will rise up. We will never be safe again until the threat is totally wiped out.

[InfraRed]

Bin Laden still in Afghanistan: Taliban official

DUBAI - Osama bin Laden, a key suspect in the US terrorist attacks, is still in Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban regime's charge d'affairs in the United Arab Emirates said on Saturday.

"Osama bin Laden is still in Afghanistan," Aziz Al-Rahman told AFP by telephone, adding that the terror suspect was free to stay or leave. "If he wants to leave we will not stop him. But if he wants to stay, we will not make him leave. He is the guest of our people," he said.

The United States has threatened to attack any country that has harboured or supported those responsible for the devastating attacks on New York and Washington on Tuesday that thousands dead. Rahman refused to indicate where bin Laden was staying inside Afghanistan.

Rumours are rife that bin Laden has been on the move since the US attacks, but no one outside his inner circle of close confidantes is said to know exactly where he is. Some say even the Taliban are unaware of his movements. After he became the United States' most wanted terrorist in the wake of the 1998 twin US embassy bombings in East Africa -- which led to US missile strikes on his camps in Khost -- the militia put a price on his protection.

He was denied the use of phones and faxes, according to the Taliban, and was strictly forbidden to use Afghanistan to launch any operations overseas. - AFP

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Sounds like a lot like "Come and get him!", to me.

[Number_Cruncher]

I think that if the Taliban doesn't turn over bin Laden, then that will be an admission that bin Laden is guilty and they know it. If they thought he was innocent, they would turn him over for a trial.

[Real Cynic No More]

"The spiritual leader of the Taliban movement, Mullah Mohammad Omar, called Islamic clerics to gather in Kabul on Sunday for an urgent meeting."

Sounds like a target-rich environment.

[usconservative]

And I quote (albeit only partially) our Vice President:

It is time.

It is time for Osama bin Laden to DIE!

Let the bombs fall, release the dogs of WAR!!!

[Walkin Man]

Strained relations between India's majority Hindus and the Muslim minority, which make up about 11 percent of the population, have often spilled into communal riots in which thousands have died over the past decade.

Go for it Hindus, and cut out the cancer in your midst.

How much time are we going to allow the baby-killer bin ladin to run and hide! The blood of 5000+ Americans is crying out for vengeance! HOW LONG WILL WE WAIT?