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| 2009-12-30 | |
The list, released in May, names 27 former prisoners who resumed terrorist activities after being released from Guantanamo, including Said Ali al-Shihri, who was transferred to Saudi Arabia in 2007 and later implicated in the bombing of the US embassy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, last year. ABC television named Muhammad Attik al-Harbi, a former al-Qa'ida leader in Yemen, as another unrepentant former Guantanamo prisoner. Yemen's role as an al-Qa'ida haven has come under renewed public scrutiny in the wake of a Nigerian man's alleged attempt to detonate a bomb on a Northwest Airline plane as it approached to land in Detroit on Friday. US law enforcement official have said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, confessed to receiving specific training for the attack from an al-Qa'ida bombmaker in Yemen. An al-Qa'ida affiliate in the Arabian peninsula claimed yesterday that it was behind the failed bombing, and threatened new attacks on the West, US monitoring groups said. The two-page statement, which was accompanied by a picture of Abdulmutallab, boasted that the "Nigerian brother . . . was able to breach all the modern and sophisticated technologies and checkpoints at the airports around the world". The US government remains cautious in linking the suspect to al-Qa'ida, which has claimed responsibility for the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US. It has strengthened its presence in Yemen by exploiting the loose control of the central government over the heavily tribalised provinces. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #13 What Barbara said, just kill them. There is surely enough data, biological and digital to justify, get int, kill and justify the int. Even as I approach the age of the hills, we still discuss the names of those who betrayed us, and who opposed us. I would like to remember those who supported us, but I don't remember any who didn't have a financial incentive, eg, clapped-out choppers from Israel, our only friend(?). I do believe the sell-out occured years ago. |
| Posted by: Rhodesiafever 2009-12-30 16:53 |
| #12 Maybe. But those briefs didn't look all THAT damaged. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-12-30 15:56 |
| #11 Gitmo releasee must not have been a particularly good trainer as his student didn't get his virgins, and now won't be able to use them if he ever does get them. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-12-30 14:15 |
| #10 We should have shot all non-uniformed combatants on sight. Only after we wring all the intel we can get out of them and I don't care how. If they wanna sign the Geneva convention and start wearing uniforms that'd be another matter. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2009-12-30 12:59 |
| #9 PETN Maxi Pads apparently do not detonate so well when saturated with human crotch sweat. Lets keep the cabin nice and warm in all future flights. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-30 12:31 |
| #8 I wonder if the releasees attorneys worked for AG Holder's law firm? Maybe the media will investigate THAT. |
| Posted by: A_Rovian_Disciple 2009-12-30 12:20 |
| #7 We should have shot all non-uniformed combatants on sight. We still should, including the Mutt on that airplane. Shoot, shovel, and shut up. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-12-30 12:03 |
| #6 "W" was constandly under fire from the left over The Global War on Terror (GWOT), the war in Iraq, GITMO, so-called CIA black prisons overseas, Abu Ghraib, etc. He certainly should have tried them all in a military tribunal and executed the lot, I'll give you that. But imagine if you will the outrage from the UN and the left. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-30 11:21 |
| #5 Odysseus, IIUC, The govt didn't have enough on these folk to try them even under military rules. The Saudi had additional info and claimed to have a successful deradicalization (or radical immunization) program. The State Dept (that would be the one that Condi Rice headed), somehow took the word of the Saudis and Condi convinced the Natl Security Cabinet to go along (of course there was pressure from the left to reduce the number of detainees). and speaking of idiots at the State Dept. How come Janis is getting all the blame and Hillary is getting none of it. It seems to me that State Dept is substantially to blame for this. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-12-30 11:16 |
| #4 These guys were released under W, not the Dems. We should have tried these guys through the military justice system or else through new WOT courts and sentenced those found guilty to SuperMax prison. |
| Posted by: Odysseus 2009-12-30 11:07 |
| #3 But...but...Obama says he was just an "isolated extremist" despite his ties to Yemen. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2009-12-30 11:07 |
| #2 boasted that the "Nigerian brother . . . was able to breach all the modern and sophisticated technologies and checkpoints at the airports around the world". Meanwhile, our "Kenyan brother" is engaged in full image control. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-30 10:44 |
| #1 So how's the Gitmo catch and release program working for us Obama? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-12-30 10:36 |