On 11-05-02 01:46 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
If Berry is right and this is a big misunderstanding, Mr. bin Laden
should have had enough sense to surrender himself to authorities at
the nearest U.S. Embassy. He would have been treated humanely and he
would have been given every opportunity to clear up the
misunderstanding and go free,
Totally asinine suggestion.
Well, I wasn't exactly serious. I mean, bin Laden did not seem like
the sort of person who would surrender. I am pretty sure he knew the
U.S. was after him, and he made strenuous efforts to escape.
No surprise there -- he *already* had a 5 million dollar price on his
head before 9/11 happened, and I'm quite sure he knew it.
It's easy to forget, in the aftermath of 9/11, that a lot of bad stuff
had already happened.
Here's a quote from an ABCNews.com article from 9/12:
Was It Bin Laden?
Bin Laden has been indicted as the mastermind behind the 1998 attacks
on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and quite possibly the deadly
attack on the USS Cole last year. There is a $5 million price on his head.
He has denied responsibility for Tuesday's attacks, and a
Pakistan-based newspaper quoted bin Laden as blaming "some American
group."
Of course, he later reversed his initial denial of responsibility...
