Top cop calls for al-Qa’eda negotiations

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Sir Hugh Orde: Negotiate with al-Qa’eda
By Andy Bloxham
30/05/2008
One of the country’s most senior police officers has said Britain can only stop al-Qa’eda by negotiation.
Sir Hugh Orde, head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said his experiences of dealing with the IRA proved that detection and arrests would not defeat the terrorists.
Sir Hugh said he could not think of one terror campaign in history which had ended without negotiation and said Britain’s leaders had to “think the unthinkable”.
He said: "If you want my professional assessment of any terrorism campaign, what fixes it is talking and engaging and judging when the conditions are right for that to take place.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uncertain-world/2051755/Sir -Hugh-Orde-Negotiate-with-al-Qaandrsquoeda.html