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Gitmo’s General

The U.S. can’t risk releasing detainee Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi.

Last week, a D.C. district court dismissed a lawsuit brought on behalf of a Guantánamo detainee named Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi. The 34 year-old Saudi told the court that he did not want to proceed with the case, which was originally brought by al Sharbi’s father to challenge his son’s detention. So, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan granted al Sharbi’s wish, leaving it to the Obama administration to decide his fate.

It is not surprising that al Sharbi did not want to challenge his detention at Guantánamo. He is a remorseless terrorist. And at the time of his capture, al Sharbi was admittedly plotting future attacks on American and allied forces in Afghanistan. It’s possible that he was prepared to do much more. Al Sharbi is, after all, one of the select al Qaeda members tasked with receiving flight training alongside the September 11 hijackers.....

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