Pilger on Afghanistan

Dan Epstein dseps at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 17 01:39:58 PST 2001


On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 20:20:29 -0500, you wrote:


> ... The guilty secret is that the attack on Afghanistan was
>unnecessary. The "smoking gun" of this entire episode is evidence of
>the British Government's lies about the basis for the war. According
>to Tony Blair, it was impossible to secure Osama bin Laden's
>extradition from Afghanistan by means other than bombing. Yet in late
>September and early October, leaders of Pakistan's two Islamic
>parties negotiated bin Laden's extradition to Pakistan to stand trial
>for the September 11 attacks. The deal was that he would be held
>under house arrest in Peshawar. According to reports in Pakistan (and
>the Daily Telegraph), this had both bin Laden's approval and that of
>Mullah Omah, the Taliban leader.

...

Anyone have further details on the smoking gun? Appears quite damning....



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