Should The Taliban Hand Bin Laden Over To The U.S.
Should The Taliban Hand Bin Laden Over To The U.S.
After the September 11th attack on the World Trade Centre, the United States was quick in pointing suspicion at Osama bin Laden. Along with this, the U.S. has pointed some blame at Afghanistan, specifically the Taliban, for harbouring the well known terrorist. This is where the States has forgotten about one specific rule in which they abide by in all criminal cases. According to the American Judicial system, one is "innocent until proven guilty". And so this should stand as America continues to point blame at Osama bin Laden.
The arguement in this case is that the American government has no evidence, that we know of, against bin Laden. There are no fingerprints, DNA, hair fragments, papers, documents or signatures that could point towards bin Laden. If there is such evidence, America should not continue to hide it and hand it over to the Taliban. In doing so, the Afghanistan Judicial system can use this evidence against bin Laden and punish him with their laws.
The Afghanistan Taliban is also required by no law to "give up" Osama bin Laden. Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, as well as the Taliban as a whole, has said bin Laden is not responsible for the U.S. attacks. The Taliban has also said that they have taken away all of bin Laden's communication with the world. This means that bin Laden could not have had any communication with the terrorists that planned the attacks. Along with those denying bin Laden's involvement in the attacks is bin Laden himself. Bin Laden says, "The U.S. government has consistently blamed me for being behind every occasion its enemies attack it. I would like to reassure the world that I did not plan the recent attacks, which seem to have been planned by people for personal reasons."
As the U.S. continues to pressure the Taliban to give up bin Laden, more reasons are found not to. The Taliban feels that the U.S. is pressuring Afghanistan in order to draw attention away from the failure of its own security and intelligence system. An example of this is the fact that some of the terrorists on the highjacked planes, were trained by U.S. flight schools. There are no flight training schools in Afghanistan. The pressure on the Taliban increases as the States threatens attacks on their country. The threatened attacks, however are pointless,...