LOL! re:"The Sudanese offer is a Republican urban myth... there might have been an offer, but only at a very low level. The offer, if it existed, never reached the State Department of White House. It was just one of those flakey third world phone calls to some 3rd level US functionary..." - American Sprit
LOL! Another attempt at humor? I guess you'll be leading the campaign to force the Washington Post to return the Pulitzer Prize it got for the series (which included this article), post a retraction, and fire the writer who wrote the story! LOL!
pulitzer.org
"...Maj. Gen. Elfatih Erwa, then minister of state for defense, arrived unannounced at the Hyatt Arlington on March 3,...
...During the next several weeks, Erwa raised the stakes. The Sudanese security services, he said, would happily keep close watch on bin Laden for the United States. But if that would not suffice, the government was prepared to place him in custody and hand him over, though to whom was ambiguous. In one formulation, Erwa said Sudan would consider any legitimate proffer of criminal charges against the accused terrorist. Saudi Arabia, he said, was the most logical destination...
...Lake and Secretary of State Warren Christopher were briefed, colleagues said, on efforts launched to persuade the Saudi government to take bin Laden" - The Washington Post
LOL! Warren Christopher, "3rd level US functionary" - as defined by American Spirit! LOL! |
