OBL has declared Jihad on the West, so why should the West insist on due legal process? Why saddle ourselves with the need for unrealistically sringent standards of proof? If Intelligence points to OBL as the most likely perpetrator, lets get on with it and take him and his minions out. Similarly, the police (according to the BBC documentary) know who were the Omagh bombers, but do not have the evidence to make a charge stand up in court. Just remove them from the scene. I have no problem with a "shoot to kill" policy in this sort of situation . The only moral requirement is precision - the need to avoid, so far as possible, "collateral damage". Just shifting the landscape around in Afghanistan with masses of 1,000 kg iron bombs would be stupid, as well as immoral. The Sovs tried that back in the 80s with their BADGERS and got nowhere. Our first requirement is accurate real-time intelligence from people on the ground.
[ 21 September 2001: Message edited by: Flatus Veteranus ]