BaptistBeliever said:
GW Bush turned DOWN an offer by the Taliban to deliver bin Laden to a third nation for trial. Bush said that we didn't need a trial. We already knew he was guilty. Why did Bush turn down an offer to put bin Laaden on trial? He didn't want for him to tell the truth about 9/11.
guardian.co.uk,
Bush rejects Taliban offer to hand Bin Laden over
9.30pm update: * Taliban demand evidence of Bin Laden's guilt
Sunday October 14 2001 22:19 BST
President George Bush rejected as "non-negotiable" an offer by the Taliban to discuss turning over Osama bin Laden if the United States ended the bombing in Afghanistan.
Returning to the White House after a weekend at Camp David, the president said the bombing would not stop, unless the ruling Taliban "turn [bin Laden] over, turn his cohorts over, turn any hostages they hold over." He added, "There's no need to discuss innocence or guilt. We know he's guilty".
In Jalalabad, deputy prime minister Haji Abdul Kabir - the third most powerful figure in the ruling Taliban regime - told reporters that the Taliban would require evidence that Bin Laden was behind the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, but added: "we would be ready to hand him over to a third country".