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Obama's War on Terror?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Saleh's announcement comes on the heels of a New York Times story about Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri, who was released from Guantanamo and now serves as a leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen. Al Shahri is now appearing in a new al Qaeda video, along with another terrorist released from Guantanamo Bay. ...
2 Former "Rehabilitated" Gitmo Grads Appear in Al-Qaeda Movie
Gateway Pundit —
... rehabilitated in Saudi Arabia rejoined the jihad. Former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri (right) and former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi appeared in a threatening Al-Qaeda movie this week. Said Ali al-Shihri (or al-Shahri) passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen. (AFP) Two former Gitmo detainees appeared in a video on a jihadist website today. The ...
He’s Off to a Great Start
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... What is pretty obvious is that we can’t have a catch and release program. Two men we released since Robert Gates began his I’m-Not-Rumsfeld toadying offensive have now returned to leadership positions in al Qaeda. ...
About that Presidential Executive Order on Interrogations…
Flopping Aces —
... examination of the Executive Orders regarding the Guantanamo Detention Facilities. His conclusion is that it bears little difference than the way the Bush Administration has been handling the situation; and that there’s enough legal loopholes in the wording, as to allow President Obama an “out”, from following through with closing the facility, should the Administration fail to solve the dilemma of what to do with the remaining detainees.
(Check this out, btw: former detainees appear in al Qaeda video. That news compliments the other peachy story ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... (tags: barack_obama)
Shocker: Two ex-Guantanamo inmates appear in Al-Qaeda video
Two men released from the US "war on terror" prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have appeared in a video posted on a jihadist website, the SITE ...
Two more ex-Gitmo inmates return to jihad
Jihad Watch —
One last thing, Mr. President: you'll hear from us again
This shouldn't surprise anyone, since nothing has been done over the years at Guantanamo to disabuse inmates of their beliefs about the responsibility of Muslims to wage war against and subjugate unbelievers. The prevailing PC "Islam Is A Religion of Peace" line prevents that -- and makes for this recidivism. Indeed, the exaggerated respect that Guantanamo personnel have been directed to show towards the Qur'an -- handling it with gloves, etc. -- only ...
More Former Guantanamerans Land Jobs [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom —
The success stories just keep piling up ; it’s two guys, not just one. It’s nice to know that they haven’t been stigmatized by their time behind bars in the Amerikkkan Gulag. Two men released from the US “war on terror” prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have appeared in a video posted on a jihadist website, the SITE monitoring service reported. One of the two former inmates, a Saudi man identified as Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri, or prisoner number 372, has been elevated to the senior ranks of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, a US counter-terrorism official told AFP. Three other men appear in ...
Who Ya Gonna Blame?
Jules Crittenden —
... of secrecy and historically have been unwilling to contribute information to prosecutions in open court. Let alone to gabby political appointees. The article, meanwhile, goes on to describe massive complexity and inefficiency in the handling of cases that almost makes it sound like, I dunno, a government health-care system or something. Anyway, if they are looking for excuses not to close the place, here’s a good one. All that international pressure on Bush to let jihadis out? Here’s a couple . There’s an 11 percent recidivism rate for former Gitmo detainees that they know ...
What Obama Means to The Enemy
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Within in a day of Obama’s acquiescence to those of his constituents unconcerned over terrorist attacks on American soil (or anywhere else for that matter), news that two of those already released from the facility at Guantanamo Bay have again returned to their terrorist brethren and taken up roles as leaders of al Qaeda. Former detainees Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri and another have since turned up on new al Qaeda videos once again spouting their Islamofascist hatespeak. This singular fact of the reappearance of former detainees renewing their association with al Qaeda ...
AFP
Sister Toldjah —
Two ex-Gitmo inmates appear in Al-Qaeda video
“Rehab:” Gitmo recidivists thumb their noses in new video
Michelle Malkin —
... a man identified as Abu Hareth Muhammad al-Awfi, who appears with a script at the bottom of the screen giving his Guantánamo identification number, 333. That number corresponds to a man known in Pentagon documents as Mohamed Atiq Awayd al-Harbi, who was also released to Saudi Arabia in November 2007… …Mr. Shihri also speaks in the video, saying “by God, our imprisonment only increased our perseverance in the principles for which we went out, did jihad for, and were imprisoned for.” AFP : The other men in the video are identified as Commander Abu Baseer al-Wahayshi and Abu ...
Aboard Air Force One & More
The Anchoress —
... “This administration will ban lobbyists”: Except when we don’t. Oh, wait, you thought he was serious about that? :::chirp:::
“If innocent civilians are killed in war, you’re a war criminal and a terrorist”: Except when you’re not named Bush. :::chirp:::
This administration will close Gitmo: Just as soon as we’ve found appropriate terrorist cells to which the prisoners may be transferred. :::chirp::: ...
What Obama Means to The Enemy
Stop The ACLU —
... , Cuba. Obama has made no provisions at all to place these terrorists and murderers anywhere else and since January 22, when Obama signed the order, speculation has been rampant about where these evil men shall end up. Within in a day of Obama’s acquiescence to those of his constituents unconcerned over terrorist attacks on American soil (or anywhere else for that matter), news that two of those already released from the facility at Guantanamo Bay have again returned to their terrorist brethren and taken up roles as leaders of al Qaeda. Former detainees Abu Sufyan al-Azdi ...
OBAMA'S FIRST WEEK OF UNDOING
Dr. Sanity —
... In dealing with the war, he shows his keen grasp of the danger America faces by endorsing a path that will result in the release of the medieval dinosaurs kept in check there--a perfect example of life imitating art: I don't know about you, but I certainly feel much safer. And I'm convinced that the Obamessiah's soaring rhetoric is what will keep those evil-doers in Al Qaeda at bay...why they are simply quaking in their collective sandals by the utterings of the One! And, in domestic policy the One demostrated by example--i.e., ...
Saudi Officials Re-Arrest Former "Rehabilitated" Gitmo Grads
Gateway Pundit —
... Former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri (right) and former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi appeared in a threatening Al-Qaeda movie this week. Said Ali al-Shihri (or al-Shahri) passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen. (AFP) ...
Olbermann indulges his anti-Bush fantasies. Again.
Uncommon Misconceptions —
... Once again, Keith Olbermann makes Ann Coulter look good:
Olbermann:
…if Shihri was once just a guy trying to get a deal on some carpets, which is suggested by the fact that Bush’s people let him go, did his detention at Gitmo in fact turn him into a terrorist? Did we perhaps create in Said al-Shihri his reason for hating us?
al-Shihri (at least 2 days earlier):
“By Allah, imprisonment only increased our persistence in our principles for which we went out, did jihad for, and were imprisoned ...
Obama’s Terrorist Renewal Act
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... But even during the same week that the president has made this big show of fulfilling the campaign promise of closing Guantanamo, though he has not yet actually done so, we have seen several recently released terrorists that have appeared on videos admitting that they are back inside al Qaeda and ready to attack the west all over again. ...
Obama’s Terrorist Renewal Act
Stop The ACLU —
... He even made a play that he will do so by signing an executive order that says he will close the facility in one year’s time… or in one year he will address the closing of the place, which ever you believe he actually said in that order. But even during the same week that the president has made this big show of fulfilling the campaign promise of closing Guantanamo, though he has not yet actually done so, we have seen several recently released terrorists that have appeared on videos admitting that they are back inside al Qaeda and ready to attack the west all over again. ...
American Teenager Murdered By Former Gitmo Detainee
Gateway Pundit —
... Former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri (right) and former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi appeared in a threatening Al-Qaeda movie this week. Said Ali al-Shihri (or al-Shahri) passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen. (AFP) ...
Troop talk
The Reaction —
... Over there: An ex-Gitmo detainee who became an al Qaeda field commander after being repatriated has surrendered, Yemeni officials tell ...
Obama's Loony Intelligence Pick Praised Saudi Arabia's Failed Jihadist Program
Gateway Pundit —
... Former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri (right) and former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi appeared in a threatening Al-Qaeda movie this week. Said Ali al-Shihri (or al-Shahri) passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen. (AFP) ...
I Guess You Had To Be There
iowahawk —
... pal, maybe I live in a cave, but I read the papers. Strafing Manhattan in a 747? Really? In case you didn't notice, I was doing that routine like eight fucking years ago. I mean, what are you, Carlos fucking Mencia? (Obama smiles nervously)
What's the matter? Teleprompter got your tongue?
(Obama smiles nervously) Holy scimitar, this fuckface couldn't ad lib a fart. Listen, Barack, I appreciate all the reach-arounds, but if you don't stop stealing my material I swear to Allah I'm gonna sic a copyright ...
