White House Says U.S. Does 'Not Negotiate with Terrorists,' (Bin Laden)

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WBT004609.htm

19 Jan 2006 17:51:30 GMT

Source: Reuters

WHITE HOUSE SAYS U.S. DOES 'NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS,' IN RESPONSE TO REPORTED BIN LADEN TAPE

update:

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WBT004609.htm

White House on bin Laden tape: no negotiations
19 Jan 2006 17:59:38 GMT

STERLING, Va, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that the United States "does not negotiate with terrorists," responding to questions about a reported audio tape by Osama bin Laden that warned al Qaeda was preparing new attacks but said the group was open to a conditional truce with Americans.

[dutchdemocrat]

1. Bullshit. - Iraq detainees to be freed early

This is a good thing. Chest thumping bullshit is crap.


Iraq detainees to be freed early
Jill Carroll in a still from a video shown on al-Jazeera
Hostage takers demanded on Tuesday that women be freed
Iraq's ministry of justice has told the BBC that six of the eight women being held by coalition forces in Iraq are to be released early.

The six will be freed because there is insufficient evidence to charge them, a justice ministry spokesman said.

The US forces have refused to confirm the releases, but say they would not be based on any operational activities.

The group holding US journalist Jill Carroll has said she will die unless all Iraqi women prisoners are freed.

The status of prisoners held by coalition forces is reviewed twice a week by a committee made up of the justice, human rights and interior ministries, and a representative of the US-led coalition.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4624716.stm

[Kagemusha]

5. They weren't being held because of evidence in the first place.

And this is no secret.

[KingFlorez]

2. Think you could try catching them?

Bin Laden should be dead or in custody, yet he's running around making tapes on Bush's watch.

[maxsolomon]

3. we SAY we don't. and then we do.

why wouldn't you negotiate with the sunni insurgents to divide their alliance with Al Queda?

its sun tzu 101, stupid fucks. why maintain the obviously false facade?

[OKthatsIT]

4. negotiate? No. Conspiracy Pay Offs? Yes.

[iamjoy]

6. Oh, Sure We Don't

neither did Israel. We all just imagined that after years of classifying the P.L.O. as a terrorist organization, Yitzhak Rabin at down with Yassir Arafat to try to work out a peace deal - with President Clinton's assistance.

Regardless of what you think of the P.L.O. - for years they were labeled as a terrorist organization by both the U.S. and Israel.

So, if we can discuss this w/out this turning into something that belongs in Israeli/Palestinian Affairs Forum - how would a U.S. truce w/Al Queda be any different than Israel's truce w/the P.L.O. (negotiated w/US assistance)?

[MGKrebs]

7. OK. Well maybe except for that little Reagan thing,

because he's not really "the United States".

But that's fine, they can say whatever they want. Nobody believes them anymore anyway.

[anotherdrew]

8. unless your name is REAGAN right littleboybush?

fucking republican party traitors...

[xchrom]

9. and cuuuuue...bin laden!

every damn time they need a distraction.

[HuffleClaw]

10. oh they do SO negotiate with 'terrorists'

the insurgents in iraq, the taliban...

[cantstandbush]

11. Had the US "negotiated" with Saddam, over 2,200 US soldiers would be alive

who are now dead because of Bush policies.

[merwin]

12. The minute they offer a truce and we ignore it, we become the terrorists.