Posted on 02/02/2023 12:44:51 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military officials said Thursday they released and sent to Belize a onetime al-Qaida courier who had completed his sentence. The transfer of Majid Khan ended an imprisonment that included torture at clandestine CIA sites and 16 years at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
Khan, a Pakistani citizen who grew up outside Baltimore, wound up in the Central American nation under a Biden administration agreement with that government. Khan’s lawyers said he should have been freed last February under a pretrial agreement.
Khan, who is in his early 40s, said in a statement through his legal team that he deeply regretted his period of working with al-Qaida in his early 20s. That included working as a courier and taking part in planning several plots that were never carried out.
“I promise all of you, especially the people of Belize that I will be a productive, law-abiding member of society,” the statement said. “I will not let you down.”
Khan pled guilty before a U.S. military commission in 2012. He was sentenced in 2021 to 26 years, though a pretrial agreement required a Pentagon legal official to cut that term to no more than more than 11 years because of his cooperation with U.S. authorities. Khan’s team said he should have been released last February as part of that deal.
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Torture in this case means playing western music within earshot of his prison cell, or making him sleep with without a pillow. Meanwhile al Qaeda uses power drills and ball peen hammers.
It’s the AP.
I bet this is not the last time that Jihad-Khan is heard from, probably after he claims refugee status and lives rent free in a four star New York hotel....and still hates us.
I fully expect him to be governor of Minnesota in 10 years
I’m sure he harbors no deep-seated grudges.
Of course they are not gonna want any type of revenge
Belize. They speak English. People are dark. He’ll fit in.
He should’ve been freed to his god Allah...and those 72 virgins.
Sneaks across the border in 3,2,1 and will be in the US seeking revenge.
I was about to say, “Which type of torture?”
Listening to people use pronouns incorrectly qualifies.
...with vengeance on his mind.
Born in Pakistan and grew up around Pelosi’s hometown of Baltimore.
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