US releases Iraqi Shia terror group leader

The US military has released a senior member of a deadly terror group backed by Iran that has been directly implicated in the kidnapping and murder of five US soldiers in Karbala during a complex operation in early 2007.

Laith al Qazali was freed last weekend "as part of a reconciliation effort" as well as an attempt to secure the release of captive British hostages, according to a report in The New York Times.

Laith is the brother of Qais Qazali, the commander of the Qazali network, which is better known as the Asaib al Haq, or the League of the Righteous. Qais Qazali was a spokesperson and senior aide to Mahdi Army leader Muqtada al Sadr. The terror group, which was part of the Mahdi Army until the spring of 2008, has received extensive financial and military support from Iran's Qods Force, the external division that backs Hezbollah and is tasked with supporting the Khomeinist Islamist revolution.

The League of the Righteous was directly implicated by General David Petraeus as being behind the January 2007 attack on the Provincial Joint Coordination Center in Karbala as well as other high-profile terror attacks in Iraq. Five US soldiers were killed during the Karbala attack and subsequent kidnapping attempt. The US soldiers were executed after US and Iraqi security forces closed in on the assault team.

The attack on the Karbala Provincial Joint Coordination Center was a complex, sophisticated operation. The assault team, led by tactical commander Azhar al Dulaimi, was trained in a mock-up of the center that was built in Iran. The unit had excellent intelligence and received equipment that made them appear to be US soldiers. Some of the members of the assault team are said to have spoken English.

“Not surprising given the recent attacks in Arkansas and no response.”

The DOJ has a response alright. Shortly after the Muslim killed the Americans in Arkansas here is what Holder said...

“The President's pledge for a new beginning between the United States and the Muslim community takes root here in the Justice Department where we are committed to using criminal and civil rights laws to protect Muslim Americans.”

The terror group, which was part of the Mahdi Army until the spring of 2008, has received extensive financial and military support from Iran's Qods Force, the external division that backs Hezbollah and is tasked with supporting the Khomeinist Islamist revolution.

The Qazali brothers are top tier "plausible deny-ability" terrorists. Their links to Iran are legendary. Iran was able to directly kill U.S. troops using their hands. Not 'Iraqi freedom fighters'. Iranian agents.

This release isn't just being soft on terrorism. It's being soft on state sponsored terrorism.

I am appalled at this. A lot of effort went into catching these guys and proving those links. To let it all go to waste is beyond disheartening.

I’m quite surprised there aren’t more page views and comments (specifically outrage) on this article.

I abhor this administration, and particularly this President.

I despise & detest & loath 0boooooombashit, socialist-fascist-commie pig usurper in chief. I shake my head 100 times a day in disbelief at the fact that in one election cycle, this one commie bastard 0boooooombashit is assulting & destroying everything that this country was founded & built upon.

I sige petitions, called my MN congress critters (rat bastard liberal dimwit Tim Waltz) and our lone rat bastard liberal dimwit senator Amy Klobuchor and rant & rave at the lemmmlings on the other end of the phone, I contribute hundreds of dollars to support 2nd amendment, pro life & conservatives.

With all that I feel like we are paddling out in inner tubes armed with water pistols against battleships & destroyers of the liberals-lefties-marxists. Ultmately in the end, the Lord will prevail, but it is pure misery for now, watching the destruction of our nation crumble like a house built of matchsticks, at the hand of 0boooooombahit & his fellow demoRAT socialists. Who would have ever thought our nation could be destroyed like this in just 4 short months??? What will 4 years or 8 years of the anti-christ 0booooombashit do to our nation and our freedoms. My heart breaks for America as we are added to the dust heap of formerly great nations brought down from within.

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