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by kahirsch 2775 days ago
Bin Laden was indicted in 1998 for multiple capital crimes. His co-conspirators were convicted.

The Taliban refused to extradite bin Laden and the UN Security Council responded with sanctions (e.g. Security Council resolution 1267).
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dingaling 2775 days ago
There was no compulsion to comply since the charges were filed ( under seal ) in New York state and there was no extradition agreement with Afghanistan.

Despite that the Taliban had been in negotiation since 1998 and repeatedly offered to hand Bin Laden over to a third country.

SCR1267 did not authorise military action.

Everything you have written is true, yet misleading.

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kahirsch 2775 days ago
I didn't mean to imply that SCR1267 authorized military action and I don't think I did.

The Taliban were obliged by SCR1267 to turn over bin Laden. If they had intended to turn over bin Laden to a third country, they would have.

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