[lbo-talk] Afghanistan: a very temporary victory

[Andy F]

On 3/7/06, uvj at vsnl.com <uvj at vsnl.com> wrote:
> Andy F wrote:
>
> > A variant of which the Taliban supposedly offered -- giving up ObL on
> > the onerous condition that he be tried in a third country.
> >
> > Since this would have resembled police work (as opposed to a good
> > stiffdicked war), their sincerity was never tested.
>
> Taliban government was recognised by three states, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and UAE. Which third country could have tried Osama bin Laden?

It's kind of novel to see the niceties of international law to be
considered in this matter.

--
Andy