Germany angers U.S. by freeing terrorist

UPI ^ | Dec 21, 2005 | Stefan Nicola

[txroadkill]

Looks like Germany traded this guy for the Hostage that was held in Iraq

[MNJohnnie]

I see the Germans are have become infected with the French disease. Cheney is right. Old Europe is dead.

[gotribe]

We'll see how long his lifespan is. Probably pop up somewhere in the line of fire.

[meanie monster]

yeah,,,sad too.

[Kenton]

This guy should be hunted down and terminated by an unknown force. No apprehension, detention, trial, none of that crap.

Just a body. And pictures released anonymously to the press...

[Gay State Conservative]

left his prison in North-Rhine Westphalia after a parole board and psychologists decided he was eligible for early release.

I wonder what the German psychologists use as a standard for determining fitness for release.Is it anything like "gee,it's clear that he has the appropriate level of hatred for Bush,Cheney and Haiiburton,so I vote 'yes'"

[MNJohnnie]

Very well from now on wax the m.f.s in the assault. No prisoners.

[carumba]

Reformed terrorist are usually dead. We will see if he was sincere or lying to the parole board just to get out.

[Joe Boucher]

Germany what a joke, they should be embarased

[right right]

Maybe they will find him stuffed in a pig carcass somewhere. Where are all our right wing nuts when you need them???????

[Milwaukeeprophet]

Merkel should be told not to come to the US. Germany continues to be an unpredictable nation . The Germans have no principles . They are either national-socialist or socialist. Equality ueber alles .

[rightwinggoth]

19 years? The average time served for murder in Germany is twelve. This guy got the book thrown at him.

[antiRepublicrat]

Nineteen years is an exceedingly long prison time in Germany, pushing up against the maximum that anyone could expect to get. RAF member, terrorist, bomber and murder Irmgard Möller was released after about 18 years.

[Jeff Head]

Time to assign a Phoenix team to this guy.

[liberty_lvr]

...and sentenced to life in prison, which in Germany holds a term of 25 years.

WTF??! Well, which is it: life behind bars or 25 years??

[george wythe]

The federal German defense is:

1. This is a state decision by a parole board or whatever.

2. The average "life sentence" in Germany is 15 years, so this guy's release was overdue

Nevertheless, this case does not pass the smell test. Why did the German government keep the release quiet? The Germans say that the US government was informed ahead of time.

Why did the Bush administration keep this information quiet until it broke in the media? Was the Bush administration in cahoots with the Merkel administration to keep this terrorist's release quiet until the German hostage had been released in Iraq? Are the current protestations just for local consumption? Who is lying to whom?

[operation clinton cleanup]

Maybe (wishful thinking) they embedded a gps tracker in his skull so we can track what rat hole he scurries off to.

[B.O. Plenty]

Note to Bush Admin:

Hunt Mohammad Ali Hammadi down and kill him.

[starfish923]

German-U.S. intelligence cooperation has been further clouded by reports claiming the CIA used Germany as its main European hub for transporting terror suspects in and out of the continent.

One AGAINST Germany, one FOR.
Let the German bashing begin. Let's see how many posts it takes to mention the....well, never mind.
So far, interesting posts.

Germany will pay for this. It always does.....double and triple what other sinning countries pay.

[starfish923]

Note to Bush Admin:
Hunt Mohammad Ali Hammadi down and kill him.

I bet he's on the military's hit list as we write.
There is probably a nice hefty bounty on him already...as there should be. And, perhaps on the German shrinks (Freud lovers, probably) who gave him the go-ahead for early release.