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| US DOJ plans to prosecute Hezbollah commander captured in Iraq |
| 2011-05-17 |
| By BILL ROGGIO May 16, 2011This is one bad dude -- read it all The US Department of Justice is planning to prosecute Ali Mussa Daqduq, a dangerous Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian Qods Force agent who is responsible for organizing the Shia terror groups in Iraq and the kidnapping and murder of US soldiers. The proposed prosecution was disclosed in a letter written by five US senators to US Attorney General Eric Holder, asking the Justice Department to clarify the status of Daqduq and inquiring why Daqduq will not be transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The letter, which was signed by US Senators Charles Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Jeff Sessions, John Cornyn, and Tom Coburn, was sent to the Department of Justice this evening. A copy of the letter was obtained by The Long War Journal [see Threat Matrix report, Text of letter to the Department of Justice on Ali Mussa Daqduq]. "We are deeply concerned that the Administration and the Department of Justice are moving forward with plans to prosecute Ali Mussa Daqduq in federal court for clear violations of the laws of war that occurred in Iraq," the senators said. The senators believe that Daqduq should be prosecuted by a military commission and not in a federal court as "his actions clearly defy the laws of war." The senators are also concerned that Daqduq would eventually be freed if transferred to the Iraqi government. "Moreover, we are concerned that if Daqduq is left in the custody of the Iraqi government, AAH [the Asaib al Haq or League of the Righteous] will successfully negotiate his release," the letter continued. "There is little doubt that Daqduq will return to the battlefield and resume his terrorist activities against the United States and our interests." Daqduq is perhaps the most dangerous of the Shia terror commanders captured by US forces in Iraq since 2003. Daqduq has a pedigree with Lebanese Hezbollah, Iran's proxy militia and terror group that is based in Lebanon. At the time of his capture in March 2007, he was a 24-year veteran of Hezbollah. He has commanded both a Hezbollah special operations unit and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's security detail. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #5 I am sure the Iraqis would love to get their hands on this guy and they would...several times. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2011-05-17 23:34 |
| #4 The DOJ has no jurisdiction in the Middle East. Period. |
| Posted by: Solomon Snavimp6151 2011-05-17 23:10 |
| #3 Obama needs to be put on the spot early and often: "Will you pardon Eric Holder for his crimes against America, yes or no?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-05-17 21:21 |
| #2 The colossal stupidity of Eric Holder continues to put me at the verge of a stroke. Rumor has it that inspite of the death of OBL at the hands of intelligence gained from CIA rigorous interrogation techniques, Eric the simple persists in his intentions to prosecute CIA field agents who conducted the interrogations. I swear none of these idiots have ever read the Geneva Conventions and continue to give it sweeping powers over common sense and the fog of war. If he persists we will be reading Miranda rights to captured combatants and conducting deadly force investigations every time an enemy combatant is killed in an engagement. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2011-05-17 20:30 |
| #1 Words. Fail. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2011-05-17 19:10 |