[Wikipedia-l] Helga again

[Michael R. Irwin]

Andre Engels wrote:
> 
> > The Afghanistan government (unrecognized by the U.S. but
> > effectively in charge anyway) did not choose to recognize
> > it as a criminal act and hand over the leaders of Al Quada.
> 
> The reason was not that they did not see it as a criminal act, but that
> they were not convinced that Al-Qaida was responsible for it - the US
> basically told when asked for proof: "We have proof, and that should be
> enough for you." This asking for proof might well have been a tactic to
> give some formal international political reason for a decision that was
> taken on fully other grounds, but the Taliban have never said (publically)
> that they did not regard the attacks a crime. In fact, like Khadafi, but
> unlike Saddam Hussein, they reacted to the attacks with a message of
> sympathy for the victims.

Excellent clarification!  Thank you!

Regards,
Mike Irwin