Posted on 09/27/2001 6:46:10 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Mullah Mohammad Omar, leader of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, has accepted what he called an offer to mediate from U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, the Afghan Islamic Press quoted the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan as saying on Thursday.
"We have not invited him (Jackson), but he has made an offer to mediate which has been accepted by our leader Mullah Mohammad Omar," Ambassador Abdul Salam Zaeef told the Afghan Islamic Press.
In a further bid to try to solve the crisis involving U.S. demands that the Taliban hand over the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, the ambassador said a team of Pakistani clerics and officials would visit Omar's stronghold, Kandahar, to meet the reclusive leader on Friday.
Jackson said on Wednesday he was considering an invitation from representatives of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban to discuss U.S. pressure to surrender Islamic militant bin Laden.
Didn't he claim they called him?
U.S. Code, Title 18
Sec. 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
posted by Charles Henrickson on another thread. Worth reading and contemplating.
Maybe Jesse should be read his rights.
B Jackson said .. he was considering an invitation from representatives of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban "
Cannot BOTH be true.
He does not and can not represent the United States: Jesse Jackson represents only Jesse Jackson. Jesse Jackson is only interested in promoting Jesse Jackson.
In this trip, he saw an opportunity -- not to advance the interests of the United States -- but as some cheap, PR victory venue to wash away the stain of his filthy, abominable personal and financial corruption.
I hate this guy more than the Clintonites. Is there any lower form of huuman being than this guy who would use this tragedy to further his own political goals.
The POTUS has said there will be no negotiations with the Taliban. There is an imminent military strike, which could only benefit the Taliban if delayed. Jackson has no inkling of the various diplomatic, financial, and military steps in progress. He cannot help but screw them up.
It appears that Jackson's attempts to win the spotlight may, in fact, be treason. He should be prosecuted accordingly.
This type of meddling in our nation's affairs can land one in jail.
Jackson was considering an invitation from the Taliban
What's wrong with this picture
Is it against the law to be a self serving, self promoting, meddlesome SOB?
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