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[FishForLunch]

Bin Laden Gets a Pass from Pakistan
September 05, 2006 5:41 PM

Brian Ross and Gretchen Peters Report:

Osama bin Laden, America's most wanted man, will not face capture in Pakistan if he agrees to lead a "peaceful life," Pakistani officials tell ABC News.

The surprising announcement comes as Pakistani army officials announced they were pulling their troops out of the North Waziristan region as part of a "peace deal" with the Taliban.

If he is in Pakistan, bin Laden "would not be taken into custody," Major General Shaukat Sultan Khan told ABC News in a telephone interview, "as long as one is being like a peaceful citizen."

Bin Laden is believed to be hiding somewhere in the tribal areas of Pakistan, near the Afghanistan border, but U.S. officials say his precise location is unknown.

In addition to the pullout of Pakistani troops, the "peace agreement" between Pakistan and the Taliban also provides for the Pakistani army to return captured Taliban weapons and prisoners.

"What this means is that the Taliban and al Qaeda leadership have effectively carved out a sanctuary inside Pakistan," said ABC News consultant Richard Clarke, the former White House counter-terrorism director.

The agreement was signed on the same day President Bush said the United States was working with its allies "to deny terrorists the enclaves they seek to establish in ungoverned areas across the world."

The Pakistani Army had gone into Waziristan, under heavy pressure from the United States, but faced a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of the Taliban and al Qaeda fighters.

"They're throwing the towel," said Alexis Debat, who is a Senior Fellow at the Nixon Center and an ABC News consultant. "They're giving al Qaeda and the Taliban a blank check and saying essentially make yourselves at home in the tribal areas," Debat said.

[dude1394]

Hmmm....if the pakistani's would pull out we might be able to blow the holy hell out of them. Pakistan is certainly a wildcard.

[enervate]

I heard about this... but i couldn't believe it... wow!

[kg_veteran]

I'm with dude. Just pull your troops out, and give the civilians 72 hours notice that they'd better get the heck out of dodge.

Then drop the nuke.

[TripleDipping]

"as long as one is being like a peaceful citizen."

This is BS. The only way Bin Laden becomes peaceful is either be dead or captured.

[MavsX]

did somebody say nuke? yes, lets nuke their sorry asses! So sorry..good bye fockers

[MavsX]

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/as...n.afghanistan/


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's prime minister has disputed a news report that said Osama bin Laden would not face capture if he agreed to lead a "peaceful life."

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told CNN on Wednesday that "anybody who is wanted or is a terrorist or has committed acts of terror anywhere in the world and is wanted, there is no immunity for such people."

And, Aziz added, that "this notion that anybody who has a record as a terrorist will get safe haven -- we would not even think of doing that."

The detail about the al Qaeda leader came in an ABC news report about Tuesday's signing of a peace agreement between pro-Taliban tribal leaders and the government, a pact designed to end violence in the restive northern Waziristan region along the Pakistan-Afghan border.

ABC quoted Pakistani officials as saying that bin Laden would not be subject to capture in Pakistan, if he agreed to lead a "peaceful life."

He "would not be taken into custody ... as long as one is being like a peaceful citizen," the network quoted Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan as saying.

While Aziz expressed incredulity at the idea that bin Laden would be immune from capture, he called the agreement with tribal leaders "very wise." Bin Laden is thought to be hunkering down somewhere along the rugged border region.

"We are at peace with this agreement," said Aziz.

Under the deal, Pakistani troops would halt its military campaign and militants would halt attacks on Pakistani forces in northern Waziristan and stop cross-border raids into Afghanistan targeting U.S. and Afghan troops.

The agreement also envisions that foreigners living in northern Waziristan would be asked to leave Pakistan, but those who cannot leave could live peacefully, respecting the law of the land and the agreement.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry disputed "a statement attributed to the spokesperson of the president by ABC News that Osama bin Laden will not face capture in Pakistan if he agrees to lead a 'peaceful life.' "

"The spokesperson said that this is a gross misreporting. The president's spokesperson, Major General Shaukat Sultan, was speaking of the peace agreement signed on the 5th September 2006 with the tribal leaders in north Waziristan.

"In response to a question, Major General Shaukat Sultan stated that foreigners settled in the area would be allowed to stay there on the condition that they live peacefully and abide by law. At no stage during the conversation he said that this was applicable to Osama Bin Laden. "

In Washington, Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. Mahmud Ali Durrani underscored Aziz's position, saying Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan had been "grossly misquoted in a section of U.S. media today."

"Pakistan is on the hunt for Osama bin Laden and his associates. If he is in Pakistan, today or any time later, he will be taken into custody and brought to justice. No amnesty has been granted to Osama bin Laden."

In Kabul on Wednesday, Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf was meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss the war on terror, and security cooperation as the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks approaches.

Both countries have been critical of each other for not doing enough to capture militants.

[Drbio]

Pakastani do over?

[mavsman]

Originally Posted by kg_veteran

I'm with dude. Just pull your troops out, and give the civilians 72 hours notice that they'd better get the heck out of dodge.
Then drop the nuke.

Sounds like a total masterplan: Give the ones in charge, the rich and the terrorists they are protecting three days to get their asses out of there and then nuke the weak, the elderly and the poor that don't have access to information and/or are immobile. Cudos.

[dalmations202]

Originally Posted by mavsman

Sounds like a total masterplan: Give the ones in charge, the rich and the terrorists they are protecting three days to get their asses out of there and then nuke the weak, the elderly and the poor that don't have access to information and/or are immobile. Cudos.

You are correct. Nuke them all and let God sort them out.........

[Ninkobei]

"Being 'LIKE' a pieceful citizen" - so he doesnt even have to be peaceful, he just has to appear peaceful.

[dude1394]

Originally Posted by mavsman

Sounds like a total masterplan: Give the ones in charge, the rich and the terrorists they are protecting three days to get their asses out of there and then nuke the weak, the elderly and the poor that don't have access to information and/or are immobile. Cudos.

I never said nuke'm. I said bomb the hell out of them, big difference.

[kg_veteran]

Originally Posted by dalmations202

You are correct. Nuke them all and let God sort them out.........

Beat me to the punch.

[dalmations202]

Originally Posted by kg_vet

Beat me to the punch.

My only problem with this; it is extremely hard to convince/convert the dead.
From my experience, dead is dead.

[MavsX]

Originally Posted by mavsman

Sounds like a total masterplan: Give the ones in charge, the rich and the terrorists they are protecting three days to get their asses out of there and then nuke the weak, the elderly and the poor that don't have access to information and/or are immobile. Cudos.

It could be like katrina all over again! genius!

[Flacolaco]

Man, Jack Bauer could find Bin Laden........

[dude1394]

Originally Posted by Flacolaco

Man, Jack Bauer could find Bin Laden........

Not if he had to deal with americas news media and democrats he wouldn't.