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To: zonkie who wrote (2190)	1/20/2002 10:03:18 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 15516

I recall reading about the evacuation. A few weeks back, the national press reported that Pakistan had released 8 Taliban. Rummy denied it. He knew anything about it. The problem is that the kinship ties in Afghanistan and Pakistan are very strong, and they do not count kin the same way as we do. Also, in some Pakistan clans the code is: you always offer hospitality to a stranger. Why? It is a way to survive in harsh conditions. Also, the notion of patriotism in Afghanistan is unlike our beliefs. The country has been at war for so long that when a tribe is defeated, they switch their allegiance to the winner. Zonkie, I have not studied Afghan or Pakistan's culture, in depth, but I've heard a few of the above observations mentioned as to why no one would ever turn Osama or Omar over to the Americans. Plus, Anti-Americans is deeply ingrained in the people there. They don't like strangers. Period.