[muawiyah]

The author's behavior and prior statements have totally discredited anything she might report about. Even the least sophisticated Democrat knows this woman cannot be trusted! That's why there is such widespread disinterest in her stuff!

[xlib]

There are lots of links to this on the web (do a google search on any of the keywords and you'll see what I mean.) I posted the Salon article because, aside from a transcript of a very brief January CNN interview with Richard Butler, Salon was the closest thing to a "mainstream" US outlet that covered it. Whether that is due to the book's lack of veracity or its lack of an english translation remains to be seen. I'm hoping some on this forum are familiar with this and can comment on the substance of the allegations, and on the seeming logical inconsistencies (example: if the Taliban was engaged in such talks and was threatened by the US, why didn't they use that when they were trying to justify themselves to the world after 9/11?)