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Ex-Gitmo detainee killed in Afghanistan (Sabar Lal Melma)
Telegram ^
| 9/04/11
| Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez
Posted on 09/05/2011 6:10:08 AM PDT by Libloather
Ex-Gitmo detainee killed in Afghanistan
Key al-Qaida ally organized attacks
By Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, September 4, 2011
KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO and Afghan forces have killed a former Guantanamo detainee who returned to Afghanistan to become a key al-Qaida ally, international officials said Saturday.
The militant’s death was a reminder of the risks of trying to end a controversial detention system without letting loose people who will launch attacks on Americans.
Sabar Lal Melma, who was released from Guantanamo in 2007, had been organizing attacks in eastern Kunar province and funding insurgent operations, NATO spokesman Capt. Justin Brockhoff said.
A NATO statement described Melma as a “key affiliate of the al-Qaida network” who was in contact with senior al-Qaida members in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Another former detainee who joined the al-Qaida franchise in Yemen was killed in a recent U.S. airstrike there.
Troops surrounded Melma’s house in Jalalabad city on Friday night and shot him dead when he emerged from the building holding an AK-47 assault rifle. Several other people were detained, NATO said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; detainee; gitmo; killed
Tracked him with a GPS device? I dunno. Where would they put it?
To: Libloather
None should ever have been released, except from the door of a helicopter at 5000 feet...
Mike
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posted on
09/05/2011 6:32:57 AM PDT
by
MichaelP
(The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools ~HS)
To: Libloather
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posted on
09/05/2011 6:33:24 AM PDT
by
puppypusher
(The World is going to the dogs.)
To: Libloather
Well,I know where I’d put it.
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posted on
09/05/2011 6:34:39 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Libloather
It's our new strategery, let out of gitmo so the Marines will have a better shot at him.
I hate to wish my life away, but November 2012 can't get here quick enough.
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posted on
09/05/2011 6:34:46 AM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages.)
To: MichaelP
None should ever have been released, except from the door of a helicopter at 5000 feet...
Worked in Nam. So I have been told.
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posted on
09/05/2011 7:12:18 AM PDT
by
Misplaced Texan
(July 4, 2009 - the first day of the 2nd Revolution!)
To: MichaelP
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posted on
09/05/2011 7:19:11 AM PDT
by
tomkat
(Sarah '12)
To: Misplaced Texan
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posted on
09/05/2011 7:41:53 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
To: Libloather
Should have killed him right first time.
To: Libloather
... and shot him dead when he emerged from the building ... What? No Miranda rights? Wait until his lawyers get ahold of this!
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posted on
09/05/2011 7:46:06 AM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(I retain the right to be inconsistent, contradictory and even flat-out wrong!)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Sounds like a great idea for all of ‘em.
Thanks Libloather.
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posted on
09/05/2011 7:46:13 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Libloather
Hmmm, I guess our pycho-social bleeding heart release program needs a little work, nyet? Oops wrong decade.(pretend I was speaking some Afghani lingo, thank you)
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posted on
09/07/2011 9:46:37 AM PDT
by
Karliner
("If we were real domestic terrorists, shoot, Obama would want to pal around with us, wouldn't he?")
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