That December day, Khalid Jasim Nohe and two compatriots tried to evade US soldiers from 2-8 FA, but the soldiers managed to stop the fleeing car. Then one of the suspects tried to wrestle a weapon from a soldier before all three were detained. They were armed with a sniper rifle, an AK, pistols, a silencer, explosives and other weapons, and had in their possession photographs of US bases, including a map of this base.
That was in December.
About two weeks ago, word came that Nohe's case had been dismissed by a judge on 7 August. The Coalition was livid. According to American officers, solid cases are continually dismissed without apparent cause. Whatever the reason, the result was that less than two weeks after his release from Abu Ghraib, Nohe was back in Mosul shooting at American soldiers.
LTC Kurilla repeatedly told me of--and I repeatedly wrote about--terrorists who get released only to cause more trouble. Kurilla talked about it almost daily. Apparently, the vigor of his protests had made him an opponent of some in the Army's Detention Facilities chain of command, but had otherwise not changed the policy. And now Kurilla lay shot and in surgery in the same operating room with one of the catch-and-release-terrorists he and other soldiers had been warning everyone about.
I don't think it's a good idea to try to directly put public pressure on any leaders in the U.S. military. However, it's sometimes a great idea to put some indirect pressure by writing to your U.S. representative or senators.
I wrote to my representative yesterday on a related matter. If you want to express an opinion about the "catch and release" of deadly terrorists, I'd say 'Go for it!'
Frankly, this article is a depressing read.
This is one hell of alot bigger scandal than the last abu grabass. Let's hear the rest of the story. btw, I donated what I could to Michael Yon and I'm out've work. This is a guy that needs our full support.