Nick, you are right that so far there seems to be no direct link between
bin Laden and the New York atrocities. However he is known to bankroll
terrorist training, to pay sums of money to the families of the
Palestinian youngsters who choose to be suicide bombers (and,
incidentally, most of these are from poor families - it's interesting
that few of the bombers have been from the better off ones) to be
emphatically and openly anti-Western and to advocate the spilling of
American blood.
I have difficulty believing that he has nothing to do with this, and no
matter how many people are in the chain between him and the act, I
believe that he is probably as guilty as the pilots who flew the
aircraft.
I hear your wise counsel - to keep an open mind - but I am not at all
inclined to let him off the hook so easily.
What solid evidence would you accept? He's hardly likely to do the
deeds himself. He ferments the hatred and others do the work for him.
I think one Pakistani religious leader hit the nail on the head - he
suggested that bin Laden, in order to save the people of Afghanistan
from American retribution, should present himself for trial at a neutral
venue, and, if he is found guilty, he should choose the martyr's death
he advocates for his followers.
Sue
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