Posted on 10/30/2007 4:45:49 AM PDT by Former Military Chick
U.S. Embassy officials in Yemen visited a Yemeni man convicted in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in his prison cell yesterday, three days after he was seen greeting relatives in his house.
U.S. and Yemeni officials confirmed the visit but declined to discuss details about its length or substance.
"We were able to physically confirm the presence of Jamal Badawi at a prison in Aden," a State Department official said.
It was not clear whether it satisfied U.S. concerns about the status of the man, Jamal Badawi, who escaped from prison along with 22 other convicts last year and turned himself in two weeks ago.
"Jamal Al-Badawi is in our custody and remains detained undergoing further investigations concerning his escape from prison last year," Yemen's Interior Ministry said.
"Jamal is fully cooperating, and the Yemeni government is optimistic about receiving crucial information about other al Qaeda operatives in Yemen and abroad."
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The sources did not say how long Badawi was out of prison.
Earlier, the State Department said it was getting confusing reports about Badawi's status. Diplomats did not rule out the possibility that Badawi was put under house arrest last week, but the Yemeni authorities reversed their decision once they were lambasted by Bush administration officials.
"This was someone who was implicated in the Cole bombing and someone who can't be running free," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters.
"Our ambassador is actively working that issue right now," he said. "I can't say that we have a firm understanding of exactly what the situation is with respect to this individual. Suffice it to say, in our view, this is somebody that needs to be behind bars."
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Should have visited him with a Predator drone.
Then by the afternoon he can be out playing golf with OJ. ;-)
First he is in jail, then he’s out and then he’s back in. He must have the same lawyers as Paris Hilton.
That’s hot.
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Sure, why not? They probably told him to come in Monday at 11AM and they'd put him in a prison cell for a few hours while the U.S. officials were there. Then afterwards he could go home, or back to blowing up infidels, whichever he wanted to do.
Should have visited him with a Predator drone.And denied responsibility.
Next case...
I'd make that HALF WAY TO NY!!
We should get ‘em to let him go. Track him, wait wait a few weeks for him to settle down, then hit him with a 3000 lb bomb to kill him and everbody within a hundred yards - famiily, friends, fellow terrorists, all of the above.
Build a bomb during the day to kill infidels, go back to jail at night to sleep.
After all a guy's gotta make a living.
Probably for his own protection.
Yep—a much more efficient form of justice.
arabs treat the terrorists like Andy did Otis
No, just when the aircraft gets to crusing alt. let him escape and go sky diving with out a parachute. You know a halo jump!
How ‘bout if we just put him out of OUR misery...forever? Can’t we send him a staph virus, or something?
I was underway in the western Pacific when the Cole was bombed, and distinctly remember the reaction out in the fleet. As long as this POS is still consuming oxygen, my concerns about his status have not been satisfied.
FMC, I agree with you about going in and getting him, but this is not a criminal matter. This was an act of war, and demands an appropriate response. JDAM, .50 BMG, Predator-fired Hellfire, whatever works.
Looks like Yemen operates its penal system like the "Mayberry Jail" run by Andy & Barney???
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