DR. SOARES

Aqui está a rapaziada com que o senhor quer negociar:

Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, had a daughter, Maryam, who was 14 months old. He worked for a number of years as a teacher's assistant at an elementary school helping problem children. He was the son of a Pakistani, but he was born at St. James's Hospital in Leeds. Khan, called "Mr. K," was often in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and investigators believe he was the mastermind behind the attacks, the quartet's father figure. They believe he recruited the others at the Hamara Youth Access Point, a two-story building with graffiti-covered blinds. At 8:50 a.m., Khan's bomb exploded in an Underground train as it pulled into the Edgware Road Station.

Shehzad Tanweer, 22, studied sports at the University of Leeds and he played cricket, a British pastime. In his bedroom, he displayed his sporting awards. A few months ago, he traveled to Pakistan to study Arabic and the Koran, but "he didn't like the people there," his uncle explained. On July 7, at 8:50 a.m., 90 meters into the Underground tunnel between the Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations, in the third Underground train car, between two and four kilograms of explosives detonated in Tanweer's backpack.

Hasib Hussain, 18, grew up in the Holbeck neighborhood in south Leeds, where he bought candy at the corner store owned by Ajimal Singh and played soccer on the streets. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Hussain passed out flyers stating that "Justice has been done." As a student, he was disruptive and loutish. So much so, that his father sent him home to Pakistan in order to instil some discipline in him. After he returned to Leeds, Hasib prayed five times every day. On July 7, at 9:47 a.m., his bomb exploded in a bus at Tavistock Square. Hasib decided against the Underground and, by doing so, disrupted the desired simultaneous detonations of the four bombers to create the ultimate image of destruction (the suicide bombers were supposedly trying to create a symbolic cross by attacking four trains heading in different directions). When his mother reported him missing, the investigation really started to take off.

Lindsey Jamal, 19, born in Jamaica, loved wrestling and bodybuilding, he didn't drink, he didn't smoke, he liked to blare Arab music on the radio and he would take his baby for drives in his red Fiat Brava. He was a carpet-layer and first converted to the Muslim religion four years ago. He lived in Aylesbury, southwest of Luton, his wife was named Samantha and carried the Muslim name Muslima Sharima. At 8:50 a.m., in the Underground station between King's Cross and Russell Square, the bomb exploded in the first car. Lindsey Jamal was standing between people who were commuting to work.

PS: É este ar subnutrido que os rapazes apresentam que me deixa consternado. Sou obrigado a concordar consigo, enquanto persistir este tipo de miséria o terror não vai parar. Temos de negociar com esta gente. O problema é quando - Entre o ginásio e o burger king? Entre a Universidade e os passeios de automóvel? Durante uma partida de cricket, essa ocupação de marginais e espoliados vestindo calça de linho branca e pullover de malha "gola em bico"? O melhor seria no aeroporto, enquanto esperam vôos de ligação para actividades de "turismo cultural".

-MB-