Posted on 09/09/2009 3:58:26 PM PDT by Cindy
How effective are terrorist rehabilitation programs? Recent attacks in Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have left some wondering whether attempts to turn militants away from terrorism have failed.
By David Montero from the September 7, 2009 edition
Police in Indonesia were once lauded for their track record of rehabilitating hardened terrorists, turning them into informants and aides. But then a graduate of one of those programs turned back to terrorism and died in a spectacular shoot-out with police in August.
Saudi Arabia was also considered a good model of rehabilitating terrorists. But two weeks ago a graduate of a rehabilitation program detonated a suicide bomb in an attack on a Saudi prince, nine months after the kingdom disclosed that 11 graduates of the program had been rearrested for joining militant groups.
Many countries around the world – including Pakistan, Yemen, and the United States – are struggling with the issue of what to do with terrorism suspects in their custody. With Indonesia and Saudi Arabia's models seemingly compromised, rehabilitation has become both a pressing and confounding issue.
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September 09, 2009
“IT’S NOT A RHETORICAL QUESTION”
SNIPPET: “Neither is it merely academic, given that lives are at stake, and not just the lives of poor young terrorists.”
The only terrorist rehab program that I would consider effective would be run by a dog food company.
Your rehab program is most effective as well. It only takes one.
Here’s a gun.
Here’s a bullet.
Here’s a dark, sound-proof cell.
We’ll make bets on how long you last.
Winner gets to have the gun as a keepsake.
answer, they aren't... there's no fix to some people and Gitmo is proof punishment doesn't work either since they wind up back to their terrorist ways unless they are high value captures, they have no value and should never make it past screening
turn them over to their home government to deal with
Thankya, thankya..
I will note however yours has a certain eloquent charm to it that says "I'm here to love ya to bits".
There’s no substitute for the personal touch. Shows you really, really care...
That's beautiful.
;-)
Flight training’s probably not a very good terrorist rehabilitation program ...
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