|
|
Article: Osama bin Laden: Our man in Afghanistan
- Article from:
- The Village Voice
- Article date:
- September 25, 2001
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Village Voice Sep 25, 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
The Turncoat
Early this week, the Taliban repeated a proposal that was made by its representatives to the Voice last spring. Najib-Allah, the Taliban counsel in Peshawar, Pakistan, told the Voice that if evidence could be provided that multinational terrorist Osama bin Laden backed the attacks on America, leaders in Afghanistan would "turn him over to an outside tribunal."
On Tuesday, Taliban clerics ruled out giving up Bin Laden without evidence of his crimes-the exact same position the supreme leader, Mullah Omar, had taken from the beginning. Whatever happens, the Taliban can't last long. Diplomats in Pakistan are saying the U.S. has given Pakistani intelligence about a week to ...