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USS Cole suspect charges dropped
The Washington Times ^ | 2/06/09 | Eli Lake , Stephen Dinan

Posted on 02/06/2009 6:46:23 AM PST by Roamin53

Page 2 of 2 Back USS Cole suspect charges dropped Believed to be mastermind of attack on Navy ship Eli Lake and Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Friday, February 6, 2009 Comment Print Font Size Share Got a Question? You Report Click-2-Listen Buzz up!The al-Nashiri trial was the last one still ongoing Thursday night because Col. James L. Pohl, the chief judge of the Guantanamo Bay War Crimes court, refused to abide by the executive orders.

Peter Gadiel, whose son died in the Sept. 11 attacks and who runs 9/11 Families for a Secure America, will attend the Friday meeting. He said he expected about 30 family members of victims to be there.

He said if Mr. Obama does close the detention facility and have trials in U.S. courts, some terrorists will go free and, he predicted, take part in more terrorist plots.

"When they commit terrorist acts, the blood of the victims will be on his hands," Mr. Gadiel said of Mr. Obama

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bho2009; bho44; bhodod; cicobama; democrats; dhimmicrats; obama; usscole
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To: DariusBane
He is a good soldier and knows he is all that is left standing between our troops and B. Hussein Al Obama, piss be upon him.
61 posted on 02/06/2009 8:15:55 AM PST by ejonesie22 (Stupidity has an expiration date 1-20-2013 *(Thanks Nana))
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To: guardian_of_liberty; MarkT
I don't want to speak for MarkT, but I think the meaning was more like this:

"When, in the course of human events, it AGAIN becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. "

62 posted on 02/06/2009 8:18:35 AM PST by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: sam_paine
Do you think the conservapurists would've done anything to bring her to the stage or would they just keep whining about poor Duncan Hunter got cheated. DAMMIT. I'm sorry to rant in your direction, stentorian and 82nd, but MAYBE CONSERVATIVES WILL TAKE THE ELECTION SERIOUSLY NEXT TIME.

You're forgetting that the folks you're talking about see their choices as Perfect Conservative or Stay Home On Election Day.

How many times have we read "RINO!" and "Real Conservatives stay home rather than vote for McAmnesty" and blah blah blah? That mindset seems based on the curious, childish idea that if one doesn't accept reality then somehow reality will be worn down and have to accept YOU.

Ronald Reagan is everyone's idea of the best possible conservative president, and I've got news for the purists, he made several whoppers in office. (Amnesty, for one.) Yet no one with a working brain would say we shouldn't have had him as president because he wasn't pure enough.

My personal motto is to push for conservative candidates through donations and conversation with fellow voters, but on election day, vote Republican. Somehow I'd be able to live with a President McCain, as disagreeable as that idea is, and the incessant bitching of certain FReepers who would be filling this place 24/7 with "I told you not to vote for him, *I* didn't, I'm a REAL American!" than with the horrible president we have now.

And again I ask, where are these "pure" voters? Haven't seen any of them--not a one--step forward to claim glory for their "real" Americanism and the president they wanted in order to "teach the GOP a lesson."

63 posted on 02/06/2009 8:19:31 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life Capitalist American Atheist and Free-Speech Junkie)
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To: Darkwolf377; sam_paine

I’ve actually seen some claim they wrote in Ron Paul or voted for Baldwin or Barr.. jeeze.. might have just wrote in Ronald McDonald, it would have the same impact.


64 posted on 02/06/2009 8:21:33 AM PST by mnehring
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To: Roamin53
"It appears that the Obama Administration, without consideration for its immediate impact or long-term effects, will use a legal maneuver to prevent these detainees from being held accountable for their heinous acts. The families of the USS Cole sailors and all military families have waited too long for justice to be served," (USS Cole Captain, Retired Cdr. Kirk Lippold) said in a statement.
65 posted on 02/06/2009 8:25:04 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: KansasGirl; STARWISE
If Bush had done something like this...

Although I understand the point you're trying to make, KG, it's a huge moot point. President Bush (not just "Bush" to me) NEVER DID DO something like this. He is the commander-in-chief responsible for our troops having caught, killed, or otherwise neutered thousands of Islamofacists since 9/11/01.

The precise reason why Obama is doing "something like this" is because the Left and its fellow media travelers have harped on how horrible President Bush was for taking all the measures he did to keep us safe. The Left doesn't want us to be safe. They brought lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit to delay the military tribunals. They lied and cheated and spread vile propaganda to undermine GWB's anti-terrorism policies. They bought time until they could elect the Marxist Obama.

None of us should ever forget what the Left has done and is continuing to do to enable Islamofacist killers to attack us...but most will forget.

66 posted on 02/06/2009 8:38:38 AM PST by Wolfstar (Elections have thousands of consequences. Some minor, some major...and some that can kill you.)
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To: kittymyrib

On Jan 29, it came to light that NObama is demanding that all of the military swear their oath of allegience to the PRESIDENT instead of to the CONSTITUTION.

Take that a step further:
IF the military does this change in oath, then NObama tells them to sweep the country, confiscate guns and ammo and arrest the home owners.
Will the military comply?
If they refuse, then NObama can court martial them.......

This man is more than a little dangerous.
If someone has introduced a gun confiscation bill, I will bet that NObama asked them to do so.


67 posted on 02/06/2009 8:45:18 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Roamin53
The real crime that none in the MSM are talking about is that 17 of the GITMO detainees are represented by the Washington DC law firm of Covington & Burling. Why is this a crime, you ask? Because up until a few weeks ago our shiny new Attorney General, Eric Holder, was a partner there.
68 posted on 02/06/2009 8:46:17 AM PST by Natural Law
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To: StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; DKNY; ...
Peter Gadiel, whose son died in the Sept. 11 attacks and who runs 9/11 Families for a Secure America, will attend the Friday meeting. He said he expected about 30 family members of victims to be there.

He said if Mr. Obama does close the detention facility and have trials in U.S. courts, some terrorists will go free and, he predicted, take part in more terrorist plots.

"When they commit terrorist acts, the blood of the victims will be on his hands," Mr. Gadiel said of Mr. Obama...

Absolutely outrageous!

69 posted on 02/06/2009 8:48:48 AM PST by nutmeg (DemocRATs: The party of tax cheats and other assorted crooks)
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To: Wolfstar
“None of us should ever forget what the Left has done and is continuing to do to enable Islamofacist killers to attack us...”

0bama has never served a minute in any military capacity. To him the military is part of the problem. He is unfit to serve as CIC. The only question is how many Americans he will get killed before he is removed from office.

70 posted on 02/06/2009 8:50:16 AM PST by Gabrial ("Change" = Highway Robbery)
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To: ridesthemiles

The only reference I found to this story was a satire piece done at:

http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2009/01/military-to-pledge-oath-to-obama-not.html

I’m on edge enough with this loser, but I couldn’t believe this.


71 posted on 02/06/2009 8:52:18 AM PST by Jay Thomas (A DUmmie I ain't)
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To: Yorlik803

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/23/john.mccain.barack.obama/index.html?eref=rss_politics#cnnSTCText

But McCain told King he thinks the new president may have been hasty in the decision and should have taken the time to consider everything associated with closing the camp before forcing himself into a timetable.

I also think that we should have addressed this whole issue completely, because it did not address the issue of those who we have in custody and can’t — and no country will take them back. We should have addressed the issue of those who we know would pose a threat to the United States, but we don’t have sufficient evidence to move forward.

McCain said instead of closing Guantanamo Bay outright, he would have first continued the military commissions, which “after years of delay and obfuscation” were finally moving toward trials.


72 posted on 02/06/2009 8:55:01 AM PST by roses of sharon (Pray Hussein fails!)
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To: lodi90
You are either retarded or a liar if you think some DOD bimbo ordered this on her own.

POTUS MUZZIE HUSSEIN THE COWARD ORDERED this and then had some apparatchik do his dirty work so minor league propagandists like you can try and blame "Bush appointees".

Go jump out of a plane without a parachute.

73 posted on 02/06/2009 8:58:30 AM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: mylife
My daughters are po'd and not shy about saying it. This was part of one of my daughter's comment back to me when I shared this news with her ~

"This guy is connected in some way to one of the worst bombings of a US Navy vessel in the last 50 years. That ship is the greatest symbol of Navy bravery and to say to them that we won't be going after the one and only person that we know was involved is a slap in the face to those sailors that died and the ones that kept that ship floating. That the ship is still in the fleet is a testament of the sailors' commitment to keep the ship alive - to not let the terrorist win."

74 posted on 02/06/2009 9:00:48 AM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (Remember the 3 Rs: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Either this man is a complete fool OR he is going out of his way to demoralize the troops in taking this action.


75 posted on 02/06/2009 9:03:06 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Well, I haven’t been able to talk to my daughters yet since this last reply from them so I can only hope that the other sailors feel the same as my daughters. PO’d, not demoralized!!! I know that there is at least some voiced derision for sailors who are known to have voted for the O.


76 posted on 02/06/2009 9:07:25 AM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (Remember the 3 Rs: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

I am sure they are all PO’d.
And Obama is going to keep chipping away.

It’s a rotten position to be in


77 posted on 02/06/2009 9:10:05 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: ridesthemiles
Please cite reference or documentation for the statement about Obama demanding that military swear alegiance to him.

I frankly do not believe it.

The enlisted man's oath already swears to obey the president's and superiors legal orders.

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.

The Officer's oath is specifically to the Constitutionm.

I do solemnly swear (or affirm,) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. (So help me God.)

I have heard nothing specific, or documented beyond hearsay that changes this. Only seen this. If he tried, there would be a rebelllion in the ranks and civil war.

Obama is a marxist ideolog that intends to bring fundamental change through economics, foreign policy, immigration, etc. But he will be much more subtle than this because such a move as this would unveil him and stop him cold in his tracks.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN HIS OWN WORDS

NOW WE KNOW WHAT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DOES

OBAMA, THE STOCK MARKET, AND ENERGY

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING

IT'S TIME FOR A RETURN TO THE OLD SCHOOL

78 posted on 02/06/2009 9:13:21 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: ridesthemiles

I’d like more info on what you posted:

>>>>On Jan 29, it came to light that NObama is demanding that all of the military swear their oath of allegience to the PRESIDENT instead of to the CONSTITUTION.<<<<

I haven’t seen that and I would like to. Hitler did the same thing.


79 posted on 02/06/2009 9:20:22 AM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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To: Lancey Howard
This should not be a suprise to anyone who has been paying attention for the last 2 years.

Ayers wants to close all jails

PICKET: Professor Ayers you had an unusual dedication to Sirhan Sirhan in your previous book. Do you regret that?

AYERS: Absolutely, but that wasn’t a dedication…show me. You heard it somewhere. The dedication in Prairie Fire in 1974…It was a manifesto was to all prisoners, and if I were writing a book like that today, I would dedicate it to 2.1 million people in prison. I think it was a stupid thing to single him out, but I also think that we have created a monster in the prison system. We ought to abolish the prison system. That’s what I think.

80 posted on 02/06/2009 9:30:43 AM PST by JrsyJack (Oh dem golden slippers!!)
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