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CBS: Taliban Offers to Open Discussions to Give up bin Laden if US Halts Bombing
CBS Evening News
| November 14, 2001
Posted on 11/16/2001 1:11:22 PM PST by be-baw
David Martin reported tonight on The CBS Evening News that the Taliban has offered to begin discussions whereby they would turn over Usama bin Laden if the United States halts the bombing.
Also Dick Cheney will give an "exclusive" interview on 60 Minutes II tonight.
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My guess is this is a stall tactic by the Taliwhacked. US response should say as soon as we have him and all of his top lieutenants we will stop bombing.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:11:22 PM PST
by
be-baw
To: be-baw
I think they already have their answer....no negotiations. So sorry, too little too late.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:11:22 PM PST
by
JD86
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To: be-baw
Surrender and turn him over. Those are the terms!
To: be-baw
hmmm. might be a good opportunity to try out that military tribunal.
To: JD86
Not negotiable!!!
To: be-baw
Tali - who?
Yesterday's news.
$50 million reward will be collected in a week.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:11:22 PM PST
by
don-o
To: be-baw
This Taliban offer was made at the beginning of the bombing. At that time Bush was clear: turn Bin Laden over first and THEN we will stop bombing and negotiate.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:11:22 PM PST
by
Hagrid
To: be-baw
Seems they already tried this tactical strategy a few times last month. It didn't work then....it won't work now. Bring Osama's head (along with Omar's)...then we'll talk!
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:11:22 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: be-baw
Did they say "if" or "when" the US stops bombing? At this point, it would seem that Taliban is ready for a "when" negotiation-- if some Talibanny doesn't "cough up" bin Laden right now for the reward money.
To: be-baw
This should be posted in the HUMOR section....
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:11:23 PM PST
by
AgThorn
To: be-baw
This is too funny! They have alternately claimed they were ready to hand him over and they didn't know where he was several times over the last 2 months. I'd say they've earned our trust (/sarcasm off). Keep the bombs dropping!!!! Drop one for me! :)
To: X-Servative
You're agreeing with me, right? If so, what you said!!
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:11:23 PM PST
by
JD86
To: DoughtyOne
You hit the nail on the head, my friend. Since when does the losing side get to dictate the terms to the winners?
To: AgThorn
They must think they're still dealing w/ Bubba.
To: Hagrid
don't forget that Bush offered a second time during one of his speeches
To: be-baw
To: be-baw
Um ... isn't this about the 14th time the Taliban have made this "offer"? And the first 13 times, as soon as word of the offer spread through the media, some other Taliban "leader" said no way. These guys have no organization whatsoever, so how can we trust any "offer" one of them happens to make?
Not that we should consider the offer for even one second anyway.
Well, maybe we could consider it this way: We say okay, stop the bombing. They turn over Bin Laden. Then we say thank you and start bombing again.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:11:23 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: be-baw
I think bin Laden is going to turn out to be like Castro. It's convenient to the Powers That Be to keep him around as a whipping boy (as in whipping up increased defense budgets, for one thing). I doubt if he's all that worried at this point.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:11:23 PM PST
by
longleaf
To: be-baw
The Talibowels need to clean the shrapnel out of their ears and listen. No negotiations. Hand him over.
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