At 9:44 PM -0700 9/16/01, Payam Heidary wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I am copying a letter below from an "Afghani" that was
>posted on a discussion board I saw. It is a good
>example that illustrates the need to make a
>distinction between the actions and desires of country
>leaders and those who live there (normal citizens of
>the country). In other words the people are not the
>government and vice versa. Therefore, they should not
>be treated the same i.e., ethnic stereotyping and
>racial profiling. It is a good letter to read to your
>students which I will be doing with mine.
>From today's Nw York Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/17/international/17PAK.html?todaysheadlines> (fr
ee registration):
September 17, 2001
THE NEIGHBOR
Pakistani Team Giving Afghans an Ultimatum
By JOHN F. BURNS
Vincent Laforet/The New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 17 - Pakistan sent a group of
high-ranking military officers to Afghanistan today to demand that the
Taliban government hand over the accused terrorist Osama bin Laden and his
top associates to the United States or face almost certain American
military action, senior Pakistani officials said.
The group is led by Maj. Gen. Faiz Gilani, one of the top officers in
Pakistan's military intelligence wing, the Inter-Services Intelligence
directorate, or ISI, which is thought to have unique intelligence on Mr.
bin Laden's operations in Afghanistan and his whereabouts.
Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, had agreed to relay the
ultimatum after days of intensive discussions between American and
Pakistani officials, in Washington and Islamabad, the Pakistani officials
said. But the officials also cautioned that the chances of the Taliban
bowing to the American demand were slim.
In the first test of its pledge to make nations choose sides in a war
against terrorism, the Bush administration has placed relentless pressure
on Pakistan to cooperate in capturing or eliminating Mr. bin Laden, who is
suspected of masterminding Tuesday's catastrophic attacks on New York and
Washington.
In effect, the Pakistani officials said, American officials had told
General Musharraf's government that Washington would use every lever "short
of war" to punish Pakistan unless it cooperated.
The officials said that at the meeting in Kandahar, where the delegation
arrived this morning, the Taliban leaders would be told that they had "only
a few days" to hand over Mr. bin Laden or face an eventual American
military attack that would almost certainly target the Taliban as well as
Mr. bin Laden, and possibly lead to American troops entering Afghanistan.
Alternatively, the Taliban would be told, according to those officials,
that if they agreed to hand over Mr. bin Laden and his associates and close
down all his training camps, the Taliban would be left to continue in power.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
* 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 *
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