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US will not back Jesse Jackson peace mission to Afghanistan [but to go anyway]
AFP via Drudge ^ | Thursday, September 27 10:49 PM SGT

Posted on 09/27/2001 8:52:16 AM PDT by flamefront

US will not back Jesse Jackson peace mission to Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (AFP) -

The United States has no interest in backing a proposed mission to Afghanistan by civil rights leader Jesse Jackson who said Thursday he had been invited to the country by the Taliban to mediate peace with the regime accused of harboring suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden.

"We're not interested in a dialogue," Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said. "We're interested in action and no negotiation. The demands are not subject to dialogue."

Armitage, speaking on NBC television, said the Taliban appeared to be stalling on turning over bin Laden who the United States has said is the prime suspect in the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

"It seems to me they're trying to delay making a decision on their own," he said, adding that Jackson had spoken with Secretary of State Colin Powell about the Taliban suggestion.

Powell, Armitage said, told Jackson that the demands laid on the Taliban by President George W. Bush were "not negotiable" and that if the militia wanted to avoid possible retaliatory strikes it must hand over bin Laden and eliminate his al-Qaeda network.

Armitage said that while Washington would not stop Jackson from making the trip to Afghanistan, he would not have any support from the US government.

"I personally wouldn't, but I don't think it's my decision," Armitage said when asked whether US officials would encourage Jackson to go. "I think he'll make his own decision."

Jackson said earlier that Mohammed Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban at their embassy in Pakistan, had asked him to lead a peace delegation to Afghanistan.

"I was surprised that I heard from them," Jackson said.

"I really don't want to go," he said of the mission, emphasizing that if and when he went, the trip would not be "a personal issue" and should be carried out by "a very credible delegation with sufficient intelligence."

The Taliban, however, said the mediation offer had come from Jackson and had been accepted.

In Islamabad, Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, denied the mediation request had come from Afghanistan's rulers.

"We have not invited him, but he offered to mediate, and our leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, has accepted this offer," Zaeef told the Afghan Islamic Press, a Pakistan-based private news agency.

"He has ordered the authorities to extend cooperation if Jesse Jackson visits Afghanistan. We will have no objection."



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To: Trident/Delta
Whether he goes or not, he has succeeded in getting face time on TV, which is what he craves. Move over, Sharpton. Jesse's back in the limelight.
41 posted on 09/27/2001 9:14:15 AM PDT by Carolinamom
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To: flamefront
"We're not interested in a dialogue," Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said. "We're interested in action and no negotiation. The demands are not subject to dialogue."

That's the way to talk!!!!

"I really don't want to go," he said of the mission, emphasizing that if and when he went, the trip would not be "a personal issue" and should be carried out by "a very credible delegation with sufficient intelligence."

Which begs the question, why are you going?

The Taliban, however, said the mediation offer had come from Jackson and had been accepted.

Ah, so Jackson is lying (big surprise). He's just sticking his nose in where he's not wanted or doesn't belong just to get his name in on all the publicity following the tragedy.

"We have not invited him, but he offered to mediate, and our leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, has accepted this offer," Zaeef told the Afghan Islamic Press, a Pakistan-based private news agency.

Great. A one sided mediator. He has no power, no conection with the White House, the White House doesn't even acknowledge him in this role as mediator, no one on either side asked him to do this. So what's he going to mediate with?

"He has ordered the authorities to extend cooperation if Jesse Jackson visits Afghanistan. We will have no objection."

You'll be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYY!

42 posted on 09/27/2001 9:14:43 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: drstevej
Expect to see a afro-arab baby or two born with a mustache and turban in about 10 months.

ROFLOL!!!

43 posted on 09/27/2001 9:15:30 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: Trident/Delta
Irrelevance (key word!) is the exact same fate for all the unAmerican nay-sayers of the moment. Times have changed and left them (Maher, Rooney, streisand, perhaps even Hillary) behind and diminished to nothing in the dust of the rubble.
44 posted on 09/27/2001 9:17:18 AM PDT by flamefront
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To: flamefront
Let him go. Having the Decatur Racebaiter in Afghanistan only makes it a more tempting target.
45 posted on 09/27/2001 9:17:34 AM PDT by liberalism=failure
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To: MississippiMan
I'm really starting to get frustrated with the foot-dragging. Seven thousand people were murdered on American soil, we gave them an ultimatum to turn over Bin Laden, they haven't done so. We need to hit somebody now. Jesse serves no purpose in going over there other than delaying our action against the Taliban and garnering sympathy for them among some wacko Americans.
46 posted on 09/27/2001 9:19:04 AM PDT by Azzurri
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To: flamefront
Give Jesse a copy of the Logan Act and a planeload of "poak chops" and send him on his way.
47 posted on 09/27/2001 9:20:24 AM PDT by monocle
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To: eastforker
"we can than call him a traitor under the logan act. "

War has not been declared. If the US allows him to go, it is tacit agreement with his trip.

48 posted on 09/27/2001 9:20:52 AM PDT by Don Myers
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To: gopgen
..Jesse says "Oh, they invited me," but the Taliban say, "Jesse offered to come..."

It's a shame that you have to choose between believing JJ and believing the Taliban.

49 posted on 09/27/2001 9:24:17 AM PDT by mafree
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To: Azzurri
I'm really starting to get frustrated with the foot-dragging. Seven thousand people were murdered on American soil, we gave them an ultimatum to turn over Bin Laden, they haven't done so. We need to hit somebody now.

I'm having the same feelings. I'm doubting the real resolve of the administration a little more with each passing day. Maybe they're just being cunning and will prove me miserably wrong. I sure hope so.

MM

51 posted on 09/27/2001 9:25:50 AM PDT by MississippiMan
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To: Wave The Wheat
What "WAR EFFORT"?......JESSE GOIN.....This is Goin to be "FUN" his 'Playing' in This Mass Murder COVER-UP......This Will be a WAKE-UP CALL For America For THERE IS NO "DECLARATION OF WAR"......The "War" SPEAK is Just Propagander For The Dum Poor Hick Rubes to EAT UP.......
52 posted on 09/27/2001 9:28:32 AM PDT by mr spike
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To: flamefront
What I think we should do is this- I know President Bush said he wouldn't waste a Cruise Missile on a Camel's Ass, but he should spend one on a Horse's Ass and get Jesse while he's in Afghanistan.
53 posted on 09/27/2001 9:32:47 AM PDT by Achilleus66
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To: leprechaun9
REVOKE HIS PASSPORT for beginners!

Yeah...after he gets there. Does that mean they'll have to keep him?

54 posted on 09/27/2001 9:33:01 AM PDT by pgkdan
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To: flamefront
Who the hell does he think he is? Why is President Bush putting-up with this from him? Can't they stop this traitorist bastard?
55 posted on 09/27/2001 9:33:14 AM PDT by Search4Truth
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To: Humidston
"...Imagine the backlash from American Blacks if so much as a hair on his head was injured! *Yawn*..."

Hmmm...

What would be the political cost of Jackson becoming a casualty after foolishly putting himself in harm's way?

Would nine out of ten Blacks vote democrat in the next election?

Would there be endless calls for more welfare, 'reparations' and a laundry list of special privileges by Blacks?

Would the number of crimes that are absolutely, positively known to be committed by Blacks be grossly out of proportion to their numbers when compared to every other racial group?

Would the Black illegitimacy rate skyrocket past 50% to flirt with the 75% rate?

Would Blacks in the ghettos riot at the slightest pretext?

Yeah... You're right. We wouldn't want any of these awful things to happen.

Better not risk it.

56 posted on 09/27/2001 9:33:20 AM PDT by DWSUWF
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To: flamefront
powell is behind this. powell is trying to destroy the president.
57 posted on 09/27/2001 9:37:33 AM PDT by Rustynailww
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To: Rustynailww
Would you care to ellaborate on that please?

Thanks, S4T.

58 posted on 09/27/2001 9:39:15 AM PDT by Search4Truth
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To: flamefront
...My advice to Jesse. Take three Clintons, and the alphabet media whores, AND FOOKIN STAY!!!

... please?

59 posted on 09/27/2001 9:39:28 AM PDT by gargoyle
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To: eastforker
I don't think he'll ever make it back if he goes. It sounds from everything I read that the situation over there is explosive already, and that's before we've even started shooting.
60 posted on 09/27/2001 9:40:52 AM PDT by walden
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