Posted on 09/30/2004 7:28:22 PM PDT by Destro
Muslim freed by US issues terror threats
By Julian Isherwood, Scandinavia Correspondent
(Filed: 01/10/2004)
Danish authorities said yesterday they might have to return a recently-released Guantanamo Bay prisoner to US custody after he said cabinet ministers were fair targets and vowed to travel to fight Russian forces in Chechnya.
"I'm going to Chechnya to fight for the Muslims," Slimane Hadj Abderahmane said in a television interview.
Earlier, Mr Abderahmane said the Danish prime minister and defence minister were targets.
"Denmark is the only country that hasn't realised that a country's leaders are legitimate targets of war in a war situation.
"If you're not prepared to accept those consequences, then don't go to war," said Mr Abderahmane, who added that he planned to go underground and would not appear in public again.
Lene Espersen, the justice minister, ordered a police investigation, particularly into whether Mr Abderahmane's plans to travel to Chechnya breached release agreements with the United States which would require his detention or return to American custody.
"I urge the government to pack him off back to the Americans," said Pia Kjaersgaard, the leader of the Danish People's Party, the minority government's coalition partner.
Earlier she described Mr Abderahmane's statements as "high treason" and called for his imprisonment.
A Muslim of Algerian descent, Mr Abderahmane, 31, was released from Guantanamo Bay two months ago after 747 days in confinement.
He was originally arrested in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan by American special forces and deemed a terrorist.
He denies this but makes no secret of his strong Islamic sympathies.
Each time a Gitmo or Abu Ghraib prisoner is released and reverts to his old ways, we should just send the sniper out to finish the job. No jail, no handwringing over human rights abuses. I'm tired of these people. They were rounded up for a reason.
Geyer's whole artical can be picked apart piece by piece, but most interesting conclusions:
1.Blame the victims ( armed villagers caused the shootout that killed everyone.)
2.The demands were reasonable ( Putin should resign, troops should leave, Chechnya should be independent country)
3.Most rebels are "moderate" terrorists!!!
4.There are no Arabs or foreigners in Chechnya!!!
What ever happened to Georgie? She use to be smarter then that!
Its called neo-conisim. They are a nest of vipers.
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