Posted on 01/22/2009 8:15:01 PM PST by FocusNexus
The emergence of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee as the deputy leader of Al Qaeda's Yemeni branch has underscored the potential complications in carrying out the executive order President Obama signed Thursday that the detention center be shut down within a year.
The militant, Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected of involvement in a deadly bombing of the United States Embassy in Yemen's capital, Sana, in September. He was released to Saudi Arabia in 2007 and passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen.
His status was announced in an Internet statement by the militant group and was confirmed by an American counterterrorism official.
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It’s never a good sign when the terrorists are applauding.
As usual, www.stillright.com nails it!
“He was released to Saudi Arabia in 2007 and passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen. “
Yeah, that worked... NOT!
Obama moves to overhaul ‘war on terror’ practices (CHANGE: unilateral surrender of the US)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169987/posts
The NYT cares about security now?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha
What is this doing in the NYT? I would think they would bury this for the Messiah. I have seen other lib media, CNN, today questioning already some of BO’s economic issues. Either they will start going after him to bolster business, or the media is not really that liberal - they are unprincipled opportunists.
“The NYT cares about security now?”
No.....just laying down ‘news palms’ to carpet the the dung laden path of the Messiah donkey.
Here’s how I see it — Obama promises to close Gitmo, ‘pending finding new locations, yadayada.’ The New York Times, The Great O’s mouthpiece, announces ONE DAY later (coincidence?) that this former Gitmo Camper is now head of Yemen’s Al-Q.
Obama gets to have his cake and eat it too. He appeases Code Pink and the other libs but has to rescind his order because of new information that the NYT just happens to have brought public.
Oh Boy! We’re punishing those RINO’s now...
Oxymoron anyone?
“and passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists”
They do need to rehabilitate the former jihadists. After all they have been detained for a while and are a little rusty.
The NYT cares about security now?
Let's see how many times this rag releases classified information from the Defense Dept or CIA during the Øbama administration. From their "un-named sources", of course.
Move the rest of them next to Jack Murtha. He seems to think they’ll be as little danger there as in Gitmo. Let’s let him prove it.
Oh if that were true. I would happily forgive Obama seeking political cover if he really would keep those guys at Gitmo. Unfortunately, he sees himself as the hero to European pacifists and will foolishly let these terrorists go to look good to the trendy set.
he is about to get a whole boatload of new buddies
Jan. 22, 2009
Score:
Al Qaeda - 1; Obama - 0
Now tell me again why you want to close Gitmo, oh Messiah!
Proving once again that Bush is smarter than ANY Liberal.
This guy was released from Gitmo on Pres. Bush’s watch.
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