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Silver Cheetah · 09-19-2001, 11:08 AM

The way bin Laden's organisation works is he organises and funds things, but often the actual people who carry out actions are not actual members of his organisation. They may not have ever met him! That's not always the case of course, but it is one of the way it works. That could have happened in this case, - we don't know, because the intelligence agencies are obviously keeping the evidence pretty close to their chests at present (as one would expect). It does complicate things as far as 'hard evidence' is concerned. (They must have very good reason for implicating bin Laden though, I would have thought. This whole situation is far too serious to accuse someone if there is nothing linking them to the crime. Its unlikely in the extreme that they would go on nothing but supposition. It would wreck America's standing with the international community for ever, not to mention what it would stir up in the Middle East.

But yeah, it's a real problem. With the Lockerbie disaster, and also Milosovic, the trials were done in a neutral country, but I don't think America would go for that for a minute. This is really complicated. America and the international community together need to work out a way forward on this one, that will ensure that true justice is seen to be done. It's going to need a LOT of work, and careful thinking. We have to proceed so so carefully and mindfully now. There is so much at stake.

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09-19-2001, 11:08 AM	#5
Silver Cheetah Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: July 26, 2001 Location: Brighton, East Sussex, UK Posts: 1,781	The way bin Laden's organisation works is he organises and funds things, but often the actual people who carry out actions are not actual members of his organisation. They may not have ever met him! That's not always the case of course, but it is one of the way it works. That could have happened in this case, - we don't know, because the intelligence agencies are obviously keeping the evidence pretty close to their chests at present (as one would expect). It does complicate things as far as 'hard evidence' is concerned. (They must have very good reason for implicating bin Laden though, I would have thought. This whole situation is far too serious to accuse someone if there is nothing linking them to the crime. Its unlikely in the extreme that they would go on nothing but supposition. It would wreck America's standing with the international community for ever, not to mention what it would stir up in the Middle East. But yeah, it's a real problem. With the Lockerbie disaster, and also Milosovic, the trials were done in a neutral country, but I don't think America would go for that for a minute. This is really complicated. America and the international community together need to work out a way forward on this one, that will ensure that true justice is seen to be done. It's going to need a LOT of work, and careful thinking. We have to proceed so so carefully and mindfully now. There is so much at stake. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Silver Cheetah (edited 09-19-2001).]