Is the US paying extortion money to terrorist groups?
No major terrorist attack has occurred in the US since 9/11.
There is no sign of catching Osama Bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri.
The possibility exists of secret communiqués between the US government and terrorist groups. A truce involving a financial payment could have been arranged.
The BBC reports this week that AZF, a terrorist group in France, has demanded extortion money from the French government. “Pay up… or else France will surpass ingloriously the sad records of Spain,” AZF’s letter reads. (*)
A traditional concept of the Muslim system of dhimmitude is that extortion money regularly paid protects the “infidel” from continuing jihad.
As far as I know, the US government has not issued any statement about its policy in this area since 9/11.
To remove all possible doubt, two steps should be taken. First, the US government should issue a public statement stating its flat, non-negotiable policy of never paying extortion to terrorists. Second, the US government should implement that statement as policy, if it has not already done so.
It may be that the US government did make a public statement on this issue in the past, and I missed it or forgot it.