Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane was not charged on his release
Posted on 09/30/2004 7:48:41 AM PDT by nypokerface
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - A Danish man who was released from U.S. military detention in Guantanamo Bay told a television interviewer he plans to travel to Chechnya and join Islamic militants fighting Russian forces.
In a live interview with the DR-1 television channel Wednesday night, Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane said he planned to go into hiding and then "try to find a way to Chechnya."
As a condition of his release from Guantanamo in February, Abderrahmane pledged to refrain from warfare. Of the pledge, he said, "They can use it as toilet paper over there in the United States."
Abderrahmane was not charged upon his return to Denmark. He was widely criticized earlier this week when he told Danish media that Denmark's prime minister and the nation's troops in Iraq were legitimate targets for terrorists.
Although lawmakers criticized the remarks as out of bounds and said they amounted to incitement to violence, they did not violate any Danish laws.
"I am going to Chechnya and fight for the Muslims," the 31-year-old Dane said during an interview on the daily news show, Nyhedsmagasinet. "The Muslims are oppressed in Chechnya and the Russians are carrying out terror against them."
His lawyer, Tyge Trier, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Abderrahmane, whose mother is Danish and father Algerian, has claimed he was in a training campaign to join Islamic fighters in Chechnya when he was arrested in Pakistan and transferred to Guantanamo in February 2002.
Danish Justice Minister Lene Espersen said Abderrahmane's comments represented "a new situation that the law enforcement authorities must reconsider."
Pia Kjaersgaard, the leader of the Danish People's Party, said Abderrahmane's behavior was "completely grotesque" and urged the government to hand him over to the U.S. authorities.
Another lawmaker, Elisabeth Arnold of the centrist Radical Party, said he represented "a risk."
In previous interviews, Abderrahmane has said Danish authorities seized his passport after he returned to Denmark in February. He has also said he cannot leave the country without the permission of the Danish Intelligence Security Service.
In June, a Danish television crew followed Abderrahmane as he traveled to London to meet British Guantanamo detainee Tarek Dergoul to discuss a possible lawsuit against the United States.
Currently, there are more than 600 prisoners in the detention at the Guantanamo base. A few dozen have been released since early 2004, while only four have been charged so far.
Why doesn't put a bullet in this guy. He's going to kill people. He says Russians, but I'm sure an American is on the menu too.
The list is growing every day of terrorists who've been released and are back to their old tricks.
Battlefield executions are looking more attractive every day.
Well at least he is smart enough to not be fighting us anymore. So gitmo works. Of course I will bet Russia has something far worst than Gitmo.
Another reason to never release anyone in Gitmo. Let's speed up the trials and the punishment!
Why was this scum released?
Did the Danes lobby for it?
If so it would seem to be poetic justice of a sort and it should strengthen the hand of our military when others try to do the same.
Just like in life...go with your first best instinct and stick to it! Why do we set these murders loose...Willie Horton with a towel on his head
Maybe if they fully understood how "lacking in all basic humanity" some of this terrorist scum is, they wouldn't mind the execution of these people, immediately upon capture or immediately after all usable information is extracted from them.
Let's just move Gitmo to Russia! Let the Russians be in charge of it!
I thought sharks in the waters off Guantanamo were plentiful. We should release the detainees there.
hey, if he was not wearing a uniform and carrying a weapon, summary execution is legal by rules of war.
The ACLU is helping us fight a more sensitive war on terrorism.
I hope Bush twists uses that one tonight - but Kerry instead of the ACLU.
It's great these Islamokazis are such loud mouth schmucks. Gossipy schmucks too. This idiot just told Denmark what he thinks of them. Here's hoping Russian bullets find him toute suite
An excellent point.
Another is that prisoners of war can be held without formal charge for the duration of hostilities.
Funny how Ramsey Clark forgets about that provision.
Put conditions on the release of prisoners from Gitmo, that require the receiving country to limit travel, and to re-arrest and extradite them if they act or make statements in support of terrorism. That would work in this particular case.
I.e., release them on international probation.
"...Russia has something far worst than Gitmo."
Yep - a BULLET! the only deterent for these islamic (muslim) terrorists!
It [i]might[/i] work if the authorities in recipient countries are enthusiastic about fighting int'l terrorism.
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