In his 2006 autobiography, In the Line of Fire, President Musharraf of Pakistan bragged that, in return for handing over 369 terror suspects (who were mostly transferred to Guantánamo), "We have earned bounty payments totaling millions of dollars".
The book claims that, as compensation for big bucks, both Bush presidents have actually given Saudi Arabia a "pass" -- that is, deliberately overlooked the kingdom's longtime support for Islamic radicalism and terror in return for personal profit.
Japanese and South Korean warnings against over-hasty deals with North Korea were also ignored.America took the North off its blacklist of state sponsors of terror last autumn, in return for an oral promise about verification procedures for disabling facilities at its nuclear reactor.
From the left we can expect criticisms of Washington's evident bargain with Russia to overlook that country's extensive human rights violations in Chechnya in return for Moscow's support in the war on terror.
The previous U.S. administration invested in dictators and corrupt politicians by providing them power crutches in return for total compliance to pursue its misconceived war on terror.
In return for a change in Palestinian leadership and a crackdown on terror, Secretary Powell added, Mr. Bush has committed his personal and official prestige to establishing a Palestinian state within three years.
I will guarantee to you that I will end all terror threats against the United States within the year, but in return for that there will be no help for education, no help for Social Security, no help for health care".
In return for aid, Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's president since 1978, has been a resolute ally in the war on terror.
The court heard that the Liberian leader knew from August 1997 about the campaign of terror being waged against the civilian population in Sierra Leone and about the sale of "blood diamonds" in return for weapons.
In return for more Turkish oil engineers?
