Posted on 09/16/2001 10:03:59 PM PDT by The Black Knight
Thought Number One: Has anybody read "Debt of Honor" by Tom Clancy? In the end, a terrorist kills the pilot, hijacks the plane, and flies it into the capitol building. It kills everybody there, and becomes a rallying cry of the American people. That came out before I graduated, probably in 1996, or before. Spooky, huh? Does that kinda remind you of the book about the Titan, a couple of years before the Titanic sank?
Thought Number Two: Does anyone know the status of the imprisoned Americans? The ones arrested by the Taliban for preaching Christianity? Could they be used as leverage, or would the Taliban just use 'em as human shields?
Thought Number Three: Does anyone think that it is a coincidence that China became buddy-buddy with Afghanistan just before this happened? I don't know, so you're opinions would be helpful. And on that note...
Final Thought:Is it just me, or is it a coincidence that Saudi Arabia cancelled a major military exercise just before planes started slamming into the heart of America?
Of course they will be used as human shields, that is the way of these criminals. Fortunately, I think our current President is tough enough not to be swayed by such tactics.
As to the "human shield" thing, I am extremely sorry for these people. Remember that there were a number of American POWs (mainly captured aircrew) in Hiroshima when we dropped the Bomb- and President Truman knew it. War is not fair, and this is going to be a real war, not a Nintendo game.
The accused would be allowed to have foreign, non-Muslim lawyers, Saqib said.
The eight Westerners, including four Germans, two Americans and two Australians, were among 24 members of Shelter Now International arrested Aug. 6. The other 16 were Afghans.
Their trial began Tuesday behind closed doors. They face charges of preaching Christianity in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
There was no information on when they would appear in court, but the court was examining Bibles and other material allegedly seized from the homes and offices of the detainees.
Diplomats who sought a meeting with Saqib to clarify legal procedure were turned away. Saqib said they would be contacted if and when necessary.
In a related development, the Taliban proposed to the United States that the aid workers be exchanged for Muslim prisoners, including the World Trade Center bomber, Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, who is in a U.S. prison, Lebanon's al-Mustaqbal newspaper reported Wednesday.
The newspaper quoted a source close to the banned Egyptian Islamic Grouping as saying the Taliban offer was relayed to Washington via a U.S. citizen of Arab descent living in New York. The unnamed mediator said he received the proposal from a hard-line Egyptian leader living in Afghanistan with strong ties to Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.
The newspaper said though the Taliban said it was determined to try the eight Westerners, Islamic sources in Egypt said the movement would be ready for a deal that would secure the release of jailed Arab fundamentalists.
In a statement in Cairo, Abdel Rahman's wife, Aisha, appealed to Mullah Omar and President Bush to go ahead with the deal because of her husband's health.
Mullah Omar was expected to have the last word on the fate of the Westerners. No one has previously been tried for preaching Christianity, and this is the first time the Taliban has put non-Muslims on trial. The Afghan defendants were to be tried at a later date.
A ruling earlier this year said Afghan Muslims converting to another religion would be sentenced to death. But a senior Taliban official said Tuesday that any Afghan convicted of converting to Christianity would be given three days to renounce his faith. He would then be spared the death penalty but would still face other punishments for betraying his religion and traditions.
Copyright 2001 by United Press International.
This isn't quite right. The terrorist is the pilot so he doesn't have to hijack the plane. He kills the co-pilot to keep from being stopped. This book was the first thing I thought about that terrible evening.
I have wondered the same thing.
This nutcase loves to hear himself think, believes he is profound, and feels compelled to share his insane ramblings with us.
Sort of a wannabe Ted Kaszinski...
Say! You don't suppose he has access to a computer, do you?
There is a real possibility that he is schizophrenic, and that all of this makes sense to HIM! (No, I'm not trying to make a joke- search on his posts, read 25 or 30 of them, and see if you don't agree).
Perhaps he is confined in an institution, and this is part of his therapy?
he makes pefect sense if you read only his even-numbered responses made on tuesdays in conjunction with his odd-numbered responses made on fridays
or something like that
Which explains why LEGAL solutions will not end terrorism and why it's foolish to even try. They have their laws. We have ours. In the eyes of the world, which laws are just?
At least when it comes to military force, there's only one way to keep score - whichever is still standing gets to keep their laws. And nobody argues what the meaning of "is" is.
Actually my point was that much (most) of what you deposit on these pages is essentially meaningless drivel, dressed up in oh-so-educated language. I suspect that you are one of the myriad of pseudo-intellectuals who infest academia, doing nothing useful but looking down on everyone who works for a living.
It is obvious that posting these often incoherent and dismissive babblings is a form of mental masturbation - you get some pleasure out of it, I don't.
I have wasted my time for the LAST time even looking at anything you post. So go on and have fun with your particular form of solitary vice!
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