[thechat] State of Union Address

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Wed Jan 29 04:15:01 CST 2003


On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Paul Cowan wrote:

>     "All told, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been
>      arrested in many countries. Many others have met a different
>      fate. Let's put it this way -- they are no longer a problem
>      to the United States and our friends and allies. (Applause.)"

Because, as we know, being suspected and arrested is proof of guilt. And
with the 'many others', do we perhaps mean extrajudicial executions?

Cheers
Martin

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