>>>It was 1993, or earlier, when Laden was granted a Bosnian passport.
>>>So something like the Patrict Act should have been inacted in 1993?
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>>Not sure that a 1993 US Patriot Act would have much bearing on passports issued by other countries.
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>Go back a few posts. Dragan was talking about pastport Bin Laden received for Bosnia. That's what I was responding to.
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>Never mind. It's over. This is my final post in UT chatter.
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>I made a firm commitment to myself a couple of weeks ago that I'll try to read carefully and make an effort to understand the context of the post before responding to any post. But I can see that just because I made that commitment doesn't mean other will. Too many here are just out to make their point regardless of whether its revalent to the context of the post. Out.

I suspect (perhaps incorrectly) that the general point being made was the 'Enemies of our enemies....' argument. Which i agree with (in that the US has a practice of doing that). But i thought the 911 reference was not illustrative of that point.