Posted on 12/04/2009 2:03:49 AM PST by Cindy
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SNIPPET: "A former Guantanamo detainee has emerged as a leading ideologue and theologian for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – one of the strongest al Qaeda affiliates in the world.
Ibrahim Suleiman al Rubaish was captured by Pakistani authorities in late 2001 and then handed over to American officials who transferred him to Guantanamo. Rubaish was held there until Dec. 13, 2006, when he was transferred to Saudi Arabia and placed in the Saudi rehabilitation program for jihadists. At some point, Rubaish escaped from Saudi Arabia by fleeing south to Yemen.
In February 2009, the Saudi Kingdom placed Rubaish, along with at least 10 other former Gitmo detainees, on its list of 85 most-wanted terrorists.
One of the former Gitmo detainees Rubaish fled to Yemen with, Said Ali al Shihri, is now the deputy of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which was formed when the al Qaeda branches in Yemen and Saudi Arabia merged.
Two other former Gitmo detainees who fled to Yemen along with Rubaish have been killed in shootouts. [See LWJ reports "Former Gitmo detainee killed in shootout" and "Another former Gitmo detainee killed in shootout."]"
SNIPPET: "Rubaish was released from Guantanamo and returned to jihad in short order. His proclamations are now recorded and published by al Qaeda’s multimedia operation and various other jihadist web sites.
Rubaish's words are routinely used as propaganda to inspire would-be al Qaeda members to follow the path of jihad."
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/12/former_guantanamo_de_1.php#ixzz0YiFcbZHR
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Well, the Saudi program worked -- he was successfully rehabilitated into the jihad.
OPINION:
Hmmm...I think it was probably more a case of good times playing games in between jihads.. maybe.
This is huge news. What is going on? Saudi Arabia/Iran at war and this and I don't hear anything in our news.
Iran in Afghanistan, Iran in Iran...a lot of news the “main-stream” media doesn’t touch.
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A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
Yes it is.
Thank you for the bookmark...the site is added too almost daily.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2928959/posts
Yemen says key al-Qaeda chief Said al-Shihri killed
BBC ^ | September 10, 2012
Posted on September 10, 2012 8:32:05 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Said al-Shihri, described as the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has been killed in an operation in southern Yemen, government officials say.
Al-Shihri was reportedly killed with six others in the Hadramawt area.
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