[shhrubbery!]

Did you hear the question some press-twerp asked General Brooks about the Abbas capture at the Centcom briefing yesterday?

It went something like this: Given that Abu Abbas has committed no terrorist acts for many years and has renounced terrorism, why are we arresting him now?

UNbelievable.

[SJackson]

It went something like this: Given that Abu Abbas has committed no terrorist acts for many years and has renounced terrorism, why are we arresting him now?

Only if you give him a pass on recent events like the following

+The murder of Jerusalem teenager Yuri Gushchin in Ramallah in July 2001
+The bombing of a checkpoint junction in Haifa which injured five
+The planting of a bomb near Um Safa
+The attempted bombing of a military bus near Jenin
+A conspiracy to carry out attacks at Ben Gurion Airport and in Tel-Aviv

[twigs]

I DID hear that question. Without a doubt, among some of the most bitter, poisoned, vitriolic questions I've ever heard at press conferences, this one led the pack without a close second for being stupid, as well as malicious. Quite unbelievable!

[Fitzcarraldo]

It went something like this: Given that Abu Abbas has committed no terrorist acts for many years and has renounced terrorism, why are we arresting him now?

Proof that IQs have dropped significantly in the reporting profession.

[kevao]

Given that Abu Abbas has committed no terrorist acts for many years and has renounced terrorism, why are we arresting him now?

Maybe there's a statute of limitations on killing an American citizen.