US government offering $5M reward for Al Qaeda leader freed from Gitmo

FOXNEWS ^ | Dec. 23, 2014 | Jennifer Griffin

[PROCON]

The Obama administration is scrambling to track down an Al Qaeda terrorist released from Guantanamo Bay years ago, offering a $5 million reward for information on him and placing him on a global terrorist list.

Ibrahim al-Rubaysh was originally released in 2006 by the George W. Bush administration and put into a Saudi Arabian "rehabilitation" program. However, al-Rubaysh returned to the battlefield and now serves as a top leader with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- one of the most dangerous Al Qaeda affiliates.

The case underscores the continued risks in transferring detainees from the controversial prison camp -- another four were released over the weekend to Afghanistan.

The Pentagon, though, insists that it continues to take precautions before releasing prisoners.

[PROCON]

You know, I didn't always live in Bizzaro America until about 6 years ago.

[VerySadAmerican]

If they catch him alive where will they put him?

[Blood of Tyrants]

He was released under Bush. Too bad Bush didn’t have the cojones to try the terrorists by military tribunal and execute them.

[PghBaldy]

So Obama finds someone Bush released and offers a reward. Kind of hinky.

[Kackikat]

Let’s realize that there are 5 leader terrorists that were exchanged for Bergdahl that will soon have a bounty on their heads, when they return to the field.

[PROCON]

If they catch him alive where will they put him?

Um, either gitmo or catch and release.

[Kackikat]

Each day is a new day in this new transformation that makes absolutely no sense.

[Sacajaweau]

makes no sense. we already know that most of them return to their murderous ways. There's something else cookin'. Watch what the other hand is doing.

Think Cuba.

[Mears]

“So Obama finds someone Bush released and offers a reward. Kind of hinky.”

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If I read this in a novel I’d chuckle at the ridiculousness of the whole thing.

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[blackdog]

Circular logic.

[LiveFree99]

They sure made a lot of noise about trying the terrorists by military tribunals, but then it never happened and we’re stuck with the mess we have now.

[Dogbert41]

Hmmm. Not a single solitary terrorist executed since all this crap began. We didn’t need Gitmo. Just some rope and some balls.

[Osage Orange]

Anyone that goes to GitMo...should never leave.

Period.

[norton]

Amen to that.

If you're islamist enough to find yourself in Gitmo, you're tainted enough to stay there. Above or below ground.

[Chode]

[dfwgator]

Guess this is one time where we can truly say, “Bush’s Fault.”

[COBOL2Java]

Ibrahim al-Rubaysh was originally released in 2006 by the George W. Bush administration and put into a Saudi Arabian "rehabilitation" program. However, al-Rubaysh returned to the battlefield and now serves as a top leader with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- one of the most dangerous Al Qaeda affiliates.

[dfwgator]

They should have never gone to Gitmo in the first place, they should have put a bullet in their brain on the spot.

More “gifts” from the Bush years.

[DUMBGRUNT]

In an active volcano.

[Tallguy]

What was it Gen. Patton said about not wanting to pay for the sale real estate twice?

Only in Obama’s America do we play Catch & Release, then pay for the privilege of catching him a second time (except Obama would probably opt for killing the guy with a drone-strike). He keeps fighting this way we’ll all go bankrupt.