[Quila]

The initial news story I read of this (just spent 15 minutes trying to find it again -- I could have sworn I got the link from freep) gave only the basics: He was with the Taliban and started running when the bombing started. I hadn't read much since then.

However, now I've read around a bit and withdraw my last post. He may have been Taliban, but was working with al-Qaeda (they are not the same thing), he was in the prison riot where he could have given himself up to the Americans there, and was one of the last surrender holdouts.

Because of his citizenship, a military tribunal can't be done, so I guess a criminal trial for treason is in order. I believe the statements of the President and the resolutions and laws of Congress since 9/11 constitute enough to say he was working for an enemy of the U.S.

Here's to a nice public trial of this traitor, and hoping that no one is successful at slapping the "victim" label on him.

[mvpel]

Okay, he's a highly intelligent person, and he agrees with the Taliban's interpretation of Islam, and says that they're the only people who actually implement Islamic law properly. Who are we, who haven't spent years studying Islam, to argue?

[mvpel]

Isn't waging war against the United States a way to immediately lose your citizenship and the privileges and immunities thereof? Military tribunal and then a firing squad would be too good for this US-hating piece of scum.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Couldn't have said it better myself! If they don't charge him with treason, maybe we could invent a NEW charge. "Consorting with Powers of Darkness" or something ;0)