In other words, one of Obama's Gitmo releases was an Al Qaeda terrorist. The backstory: the Obama administration was helping the Saudis support Al Qaeda in Yemen against Iran-backed rebels. As Kerry was finalizing negotiations with Iran, State Department Guantánamo closure special envoy Lee Wolosky and Susan Rice accelerated the release of some Yemenis from Gitmo (see
Obama Administration Intends to Transfer 17 or 18 Guantánamo Detainees). I don't know the identity of these detainees--maybe someone else has this info--but conceivably, given the timing, this may have been a move to appease Saudi concerns over the Iran deal. See
Blame Obama, Not Trump, For The Terrorism In Yemen:
"Yemen is a small littoral nation on the Arabian Peninsula south of Saudi Arabia, and the poorest in the Middle East. A civil war broke out there two years ago when the Saudis launched a military campaign against a group of Yemeni rebels called the Houthis. . .Saudi Arabia is the Middle Easts foremost Sunni power while the Houthis are Shias backed by the regions preeminent Shiite state Iran. It was another intra-Islamic fight, Sunnis versus Shias, the last thing America needed to involve itself in (again). President Obama intervened anyway. Determined to mollify the Saudis, who were aghast over his deal with Iran, he agreed that American forces would assist by refueling Saudi jets and providing Riyadh with intelligence. In doing so, he ended up stranding himself in another interminable conflict that ran counter to American interests. Yemen is home to one of our most enduring enemies in the War on Terror: al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, regarded by most analysts as a sophisticated threat to the United States. . .").
1 posted on
03/16/2017 10:47:32 AM PDT by
Fedora
To: Fedora
To: Fedora
1st in with ... WINNING !
To: Fedora
WOOHOO!!!
Way to go President Trump, Mattis and our Greatest Military ever!!!
4 posted on
03/16/2017 10:50:10 AM PDT by
HarleyLady27
('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
To: Fedora
Outstanding! Keep stackin’ ‘em up!
5 posted on
03/16/2017 10:50:33 AM PDT by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
To: Fedora
6 posted on
03/16/2017 10:51:05 AM PDT by
Paul46360
To: Fedora
...This means that President Donald Trump has killed a foreign combatant...
When did the President find time to do this??
7 posted on
03/16/2017 10:52:09 AM PDT by
Sasparilla
( I'm Not tired of Winning)
To: Fedora
9 posted on
03/16/2017 10:55:25 AM PDT by
COBOL2Java
("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
To: Fedora
Our government switched sides in the War on Terror.
Al Queda took down the Twin Towers and damaged the Pentagon, but somehow our government, including R jersey wearing Democrats McCain, Graham and Rubio, were arming jihadists in Yemen, Libya and Syria.
12 posted on
03/16/2017 10:59:42 AM PDT by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Fedora
the prettiest sound on earth...
To: Fedora
Gosh, I hope the bad news doesn’t upset poor wittle Barry, and ruin his latest vacation in Tahiti.
15 posted on
03/16/2017 11:06:09 AM PDT by
Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
To: Fedora
20 posted on
03/16/2017 11:35:39 AM PDT by
onedoug
To: Fedora
Boy, rearranging this headline different ways sure can make a fella happy :)
21 posted on
03/16/2017 11:43:54 AM PDT by
Feckless
(The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
To: Fedora
22 posted on
03/16/2017 11:55:33 AM PDT by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Fedora
23 posted on
03/16/2017 3:16:31 PM PDT by
Joe Bfstplk
(A Irredeemable Deplorable Texan)
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