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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026335.php
May 29, 2009
Jordan arrests four jihadists — including a Gitmo recidivist — plotting terror attacks against Israel
Close down Gitmo! Bring the prisoners stateside!
“Jordan: Four arrested for terror plots,” from the Jerusalem Post, May 29 (thanks to all who sent this in):
Four Jordanians arrested in Jordan in April had planned to perpetrate terror attacks in Israel in retaliation for Operation Cast Lead, DPA reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, judicial sources told the news organization that the four were expected to be charged with illegal possession of arms.
The suspects were named as Sakhr Abu Zaid, Hassan Talaq, Mohammad Abu Ourah and Osama Abu Kabir, the report continued, adding that Abu Kabir had been incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay prison for several years.
The IDF launched Operation Cast Lead in December 2008 in an effort to stop incessant Palestinian rocket fire against southern Israel. Over 1,000 Palestinians - many of them gunmen - were killed during the operation. Ten IDF soldiers and three Israeli civilians were also killed....
Posted by Robert at May 29, 2009 8:42 AM
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2261138/posts
Uighurs: Sometimes, the Obama Friday Night Bad News Dump Is Bad for the Left
NRO’s Corner ^ | May 29, 2009 | Andrew C. McCarthy
Posted on May 30, 2009 5:43:48 AM PDT by Sergeant Tim
Of course, it’s one thing to say that they are not enemy combatants and should therefore be released. It is quite another thing, though, to say that they should be released into the United States (which, because of their terrorist affiliations, would violate federal immigration law). But as Cliff noted earlier today, alluding to the stellar work of Tom Joscelyn at the Standard, federal judge Richard Urbina did try to order their release into the U.S. (Here at NRO, the editors weighed in on Judge Urbina’s absurd decision, here.) Fortunately, in a well reasoned decision authored by Judge Raymond Randolph (which I discussed here), the DC Circuit Court of Appeals overruled Judge Urbina, holding that just because courts have the power to review whether a prisoner is properly designated an enemy combatant does not mean they have the power to order the release into the United States of those found not to be enemy combatants.
The Uighurs appealed, and today the Justice Department filed its responsive brief. Solicitor General Elena Kagan argued — consistent with the Bush administration position — that the Uighurs have no right to be released into the U.S. As Lyle Denniston recaps at SCOTUSblog:
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