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...Russia is not alone in believing that amassing military strength or using violence helps restore self-respect and honor. Osama bin Laden has rallied young Muslims to his terrorist ranks by invoking Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands, America's military presence in Saudi Arabia, the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the Muslim detainees degraded by their American guards. Ahmed Al Haznawi, one of the 9/11 hijackers, made a video before the attack in which he declared, "The time of humiliation is over...
...precious moral ground; on a practical level, his maltreatment at the hands of the United States sent the intelligence community in pursuit of false leads and diminished the potential for justice for the horrible crimes alleged in his case. In the parallel military commission trial of Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s driver, the judge already has banned some “coercive” evidence, which means that Mohammed's confessions may not be allowed, either...
...Cuba Split Decision in Gitmo Case After a trial at Guantnamo Bay, a military panel found Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden, guilty of supporting terrorism. Hamdan was acquitted, however, of conspiring with bin Laden to plan the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
Advice as to where to focus the next Afghan surge or how many more billions we should spend to catch bin Laden is given to our leaders in weekly CIA briefings. Perhaps we should add just one historical fact: for 3,000 years, never has a Western army won a lasting victory on the Asian mainland. Never. So how can we believe war will achieve anything in this 21st century, with economic power surging in China, India and Russia? Nicolas Gessner, PARIS...
...symbolic troop drawdown in Iraq before the election could depress antiwar sentiment among Obama's most loyal voters. Obama knows that as troops are withdrawn, Bush's approval ratings will rise--giving Republicans up and down the ballot a possible boost. That bump will be far larger if bin Laden is captured or killed...