Week After Attacks, Afghanistan Gives Mixed Signal

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While Bush sought to build a strong international coalition for a possible attack on Afghanistan, which harbors bin Laden as a "guest," some world leaders who condemned the attacks sounded alarm bells at the prospect of American military strikes.

Washington's NATO allies have generally voiced full support for declared war on terrorism, but China said any U.S. military action should avoid harming innocent people and should respect international law.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whose country is a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, has also said the United States should think twice before taking military action that would kill civilians.

And Germany, a key U.S. ally voiced caution. "We need to react with a cool head," Joachim Fischer said.

Reports in Pakistani newspapers raised the possibility that the Taliban could be ready for negotiations.

The Taliban might be prepared to give bin Laden up under certain conditions, according to the reports in the Nation and Jang newspapers. The reports could not be independently confirmed.

The conditions included the trial of bin Laden in a neutral Islamic country, lifting of U.N. sanctions against the Taliban, economic assistance and suspension of foreign aid and military supplies to the Afghan opposition, said the reports.

Post #9,611 by brettj 9/18/01 10:25:35 AM Reply	Week After Attacks, Afghanistan Gives Mixed Signal [link\|http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=2NJGR3IRPPQYACRBAELCFFAKEEARKIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=228105\| Week After Attacks, Afghanistan Gives Mixed Signal] .... While Bush sought to build a strong international coalition for a possible attack on Afghanistan, which harbors bin Laden as a "guest," some world leaders who condemned the attacks sounded alarm bells at the prospect of American military strikes. Washington's NATO allies have generally voiced full support for declared war on terrorism, but China said any U.S. military action should avoid harming innocent people and should respect international law. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whose country is a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, has also said the United States should think twice before taking military action that would kill civilians. And Germany, a key U.S. ally voiced caution. "We need to react with a cool head," Joachim Fischer said. Reports in Pakistani newspapers raised the possibility that the Taliban could be ready for negotiations. The Taliban might be prepared to give bin Laden up under certain conditions, according to the reports in the Nation and Jang newspapers. The reports could not be independently confirmed. The conditions included the trial of bin Laden in a neutral Islamic country, lifting of U.N. sanctions against the Taliban, economic assistance and suspension of foreign aid and military supplies to the Afghan opposition, said the reports.
Post #9,612 by Andrew Grygus 9/18/01 10:39:28 AM Reply	In other words, "Roll over and play dead . . . . . and we'll make a show of getting Bin Laden acquited on all counts". No, I don't think so. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #9,618 by brettj 9/18/01 12:58:31 PM Reply	The best defense is a good offense. Only fools roll over and play dead. We either change the way we live or change the way the terrorists live. I prefer the latter. We'll smoke out these terrorists and we'll do it with an International Coalition observing International laws. We'll make new International laws. And I expect this battle will have more of a political emphasis than a miltary theme.

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