John Pilger or, shall I say Taliban John's article sounds at best like
another ultra liberal European view point or, at worst, an attempt by Al
Qaeda operatives in the media to cast doubts in the public's mind about why
the world should unite in the war against terror.

In my opinion, these criminals must be pursued and snuffed out of every hole
they hide in.  When caught, they should be treated as the criminals they are
-- not prisoners of war. Al Qaeda prisoners at Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba should consider themselves lucky to have been captured by the U.S. In
their own countries they would all have been beheaded or shot by now.

The U.S. and the rest of the world must vigilant in the pursuit of these
terrorists.  They prey on nations that lack central governments or have
virtually fallen apart. Just as in the case of pre-Taliban Afghanistan and
Somalia where they would side with the faction that supports their criminal
tendencies, propel them to power and use their citizens to carry out their
heinous crimes.  Hence we have their network of money shops around the world
manned by immigrants these countries and masquerading as legitimate
financial exchange centers in major western capitals.  It is through these
exchange centers they finance their operations.  This is no secret.
Citizens of western countries who have come out to help owners of money
operations that have been shut down are making a big mistake.  It is the
very freedoms they enjoy that these people are hell bent on destroying.

Measures being taken by the law enforcement agencies to protect U.S.
citizens against terrorism are in direct response to the threat.  This
country cannot afford another attack like the one on September 11, 2001.

American foreign policy has had its ups and downs.  Its issues and
geopolitical implications are far-reaching and highly complex, and cannot
placed in the same category as that of the fight against a common criminal
like Usama Bin Laden and his network of the Al Qaeda criminals.

Lamin Jeng

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