Of course, the overwhelming majority of Muslims are not terrorists or sympathetic to terrorists.
He told the panel he expects some of the detainees who the administration determines are not terrorists to be released, but did not say when or where.
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It recognised that the war is also against the people who harbour terrorists, not just the terrorists themselves.
Because I will not allow terrorists to plot against the American people from safe havens half a world away.
And I am confident the people of this region of all faiths and backgrounds will not allow terrorists to define or limit the future.
But I understand that the administration has said that international law required it, that's it's going to the Yemeni government, and not the terrorists.
God is with us as we try still to build a just world, a world where there will not be terrorists doing their terrible damage.
Asked Friday about the offer, Nuland rejected it, restating U.S. policy of not negotiating with terrorists.
Another concern is that existing restrictions on searches would be eased, not just for terrorists, but for all criminal investigations.
In a speech at West Point, he argued that the cold-war doctrines of containment and deterrence could not work against terrorists or dictators with nuclear bombs.
Most disagreed with the notion that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to terrorists - even though none apparently had even read the conventions as some of us have.
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We will not be interrogating terrorists using that approach.
Then again, we also know that by not negotiating with terrorists, and by keeping jailed terrorists in prison, we stand a better chance of protecting the lives of the rest of us.
And if Nigerian soldiers, in fighting terrorism, are seen as committing these atrocities against Muslims and not just against terrorists, that creates a very, very dangerous situation for the country and for the region, of course.
Critics fear that fully automated systems would clear the way for more warfare, some of it unnecessary, and would create an environment that is dangerous not only for terrorists and insurgents but also for civilians who happen to be in the way.
But those who want to build must not cede ground to terrorists who seek to destroy.
Despite uncovering many horrendous plots against U.S. citizens, terrorists have not been able to strike again.
Second, that the planned missile-defence initiative is wrong because terrorists do not fire missiles, they fly planes.
There are also plans for tighter monitoring of asylum seekers to ensure terrorists are not given refugee status.
"We will not yield to these terrorists, we will find them, we will bring them to justice, " he said.
U.S. troops need not be exposed to terrorists in order to achieve a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
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It is easy to say that terrorists should not obtain nuclear bombs, and the meeting produced no binding accords.
Pirates and terrorists are not the only practitioners of this cynical game.
"The public revulsion and condemnation of this cowardly attack shows that the people of Pakistan will not be beaten by terrorists, " he said.
But a world obsessed with terrorists has not yet taken notice.
The State Department says it does not make concessions to terrorists.
"It would be grave mistake, I think, to talk only in terms of attacks on terrorists and not to think about consequences for ordinary people, " Lubbers said.
"Wishing the defeat of terrorists does not make it so, " said Rep. Mac Thornberry, a Texas Republican who is vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and a member of the House Intelligence Committee.
These kinds of demands have been made before when other females have been kidnapped, and the position of the Americans to whom these demands are being made are usually that they will not negotiate with the terrorists.
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