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Terror Networks
Paks Spring Big Turban, but Bush Not Blamed
2011-06-15
The terrorist described as the linchpin in the hunt for Osama bin Laden has rejoined al-Qaida after the Bush administration released him from a secret CIA secret prison
Boy! There's a missed opportunity!
under pressure from Pakistan, according to former and current U.S. intelligence officials.
Who asked not to be named, because then their story might be checked.
Shortly after the CIA decided to close the hundreds of secret prisons, the U.S. intelligence agency returned al-Qaida operative Hassan Ghul in 2006 to his native Pakistan, which had been demanding his release since his capture about two years earlier.
No doubt, the media cheered on the demands from his native Pakistan, but we don't need to bring that up!
Pakistan held Ghul for at least a year before he was released, eventually making his way back to al-Qaida as fast as his curley-toed slippers could carry him to help with operations against the U.S., the nameless, secretive officials said.

Pakistan's decision to free Ghul, a midlevel al-Qaida operative, is yet another troubling revelation in a time when the U.S. is rethinking its relationship with the Pakistan and whether it can be a trusted ally in the war on terror.
Wow. Somebody must've really cheesed the media. They could've easily blamed Bush for springing him for Gitmo. Of course, they could've blamed all the whiners who wanted Gitmo closed, 'cuz all the plain folks Cheney locked up there were all innocent.

Maybe this is part of Soros's plan? Whip up a war frenzy with Pakistain to distract attention from Zero's "bumps in the road to recovery." Incumbents love wartime economic gains!
Posted by:Bobby

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