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Personally I doubt that the Taliban would seriously hand Bin Laden over or actually have him under real house arrest. Bin Laden is too powerful among fundamentalists for them to actually consider doing this. It would be too much of a betrayal of what they stand for. In the muslim world Bin Laden may actually wield more influence and power than the Taliban.

I do think the Taliban are actually scared of what might happen - their attempt to assasinate Massood on Monday smells too much like a pre-emptive action aimed at eliminating the best contender for running a post Taliban Afganistan should the west decide to back him in a military take over attempt.

There has to be some form of cooperation between Bin Laden & Taliban.

Doug Marker