Posted on 05/04/2008 4:20:52 PM PDT by nuconvert
U.S. Frustrated By Elusive Justice Served to USS Cole Plotters
May 04, 2008
It's been called "the forgotten attack" but it's one of the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history.
Eight years after the USS Cole was attacked by a motorboat packed with explosives, all of the six men convicted of the strike have escaped from prison, or been freed by Yemeni officials.
Seventeen sailors were killed and 40 more wounded in the strike, blamed on Usama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.
Jamal al-Badawi, who helped organize the Cole plot, has reportedly escaped from Yemeni prisons twice. He is supposedly back in jail now, but the Washington Post reported that he has been spotted at his home and is apparently able to come and go around town as he pleases.
Another Cole defendant, Fahd al-Quso, reportedly was freed last year.
Two others, described as main plotters, are being held in held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, out of reach of U.S. courts. One other defendant may or may not be in prison in Yemen and the other three others apparently were freed.
Most of those believed responsible were rounded up, put on trial, put in a Yemeni prison. Two years later, most of them tunneled out of prison.
All this frustrates FBI agents who worked the case.
"After we worked day and night to bring justice to the victims and prove that these al Qaeda operatives were responsible, we're back to square one," FBI lead investigator, Ali Soufan told the Post. "Do the [Yemenis] have laws over there or not? It's really frustrating what's happening."
FBI Director Robert Muller flew to Yemen in April, the paper said, to demand that Yemen extradite both men to face charges in New York. So far, Yemen has said no.
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Ping... You sir, have hit the nail on the head.
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Two .22 subsonics behind the ear should deal with these bastards quite nicely.
They should be tried in absentia justice delivered covertly wherever they hide.
Good post!
Sends shivers up my spine thinking this nation actually was under the care of Reno, Gorelick and Clinton.
It’s a wonder we survived - oh but 9/11 happened didn’t it?
Fortunately the podium had cleared out so the focus would have been on the next administration - and then Gorelick ended up chairing the 9/11 hearings.
Some things are absolutely stunningly awful in their stupidity.
The MSM rarely discusses old issues... ahem...
It is possible you are right, but you give the Islamofascists a bit more credit for drawing obtuse historical parallels than I do.
I think it is as simple as: "See the Great Satan's flag on that boat, Mohammed? We must kill infidels, the Quran tells us so."
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Thank you for your openess, HardStarboard.
Since the Enemy Within CLINTONS were on the side of America’s enemies during the Vietnam War...
...why would we suppose anything has changed since..?
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Update as of Jan 4, 2018...
Report - US has killed USS Cole plotter Jamal al Badawi in Yemen
Thanks
Gore is very very tight with Iran. Remember, it was he who facilitated the transfer of weapons from Iran to the Balkans...
And apparently IRGC showed AQ how to build the bomb intended for the USS The Sullivans.
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