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| Bin Laden and a possible truce |
purplewings |
01/20/06 |
WASHINGTON - Rejecting a suggestion by Osama bin Laden
of a negotiated truce in the war on terror, Vice President Dick Cheney said there was only one way to deal with terrorists. "I think you have to destroy them," Cheney said.
The vague offer of a truce — coupled with a threat of another attack on the U.S. — was made in an audiotape released by the Arab television network Al-Jazeera. It brought new attention to the al-Qaida leader after a yearlong lull in his public statements.
U.S. security officials said Thursday there were currently no plans to raise the nation's security threat level because of the new tape.
Counterterror officials said they have seen no specific
or credible intelligence to indicate an upcoming al-Qaida attack. Nor have they noticed an uptick in terrorist communications "chatter" — although that can dramatically increase or decrease immediately before an attack.
On the tape, bin Laden warned that his fighters are preparing new attacks in the United States but offered the American people a "long-term truce" without specifying the conditions.
But Cheney, in a television interview, rejected that suggestion, saying"We don't negotiate with terrorists."
"I think you have to destroy them," he told Fox News Channel. "It's the only way to deal with them."
The tape prompted increased security at Los Angeles International Airport and other precautions at the city's port and water and power facilities.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_go_ot/us_al_qaida_tape
Does anyone think we should try talking to Osama? Would it help settle the terrorists down? Could any good come from a discussion with this man?
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