Surprise: released Gitmo detainee now an Al Qaeda leader in Yemen - The pattern continues with cartoons!
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Article by Guy Benson
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Yemen, you may recall, is a glittering Smart Power success story according to our president -- whose fixation with emptying and closing the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention facility has placed political posturing above national security prudence. The latest, via Thomas Joscelyn's Long War Journal:
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a new video featuring a former Guantanamo detainee, Ibrahim Qosi, who is also known as Sheikh Khubayb al Sudani. In July 2010, Qosi plead guilty to charges of conspiracy and material support for terrorism before a military commission. His plea was part of a deal in which he agreed to cooperate with prosecutors during his remaining time in US custody. Qosi was transferred to his home country of Sudan two years later, in July 2012. Qosi joined AQAP in 2014 and became one of its leaders. Qosi and other AQAP commanders discussed their time waging jihad at length in the video, entitled “Guardians of Sharia.” ... Qosi’s appearance marks the first time he has starred in jihadist propaganda since he left Guantanamo. His personal relationship with Osama bin Laden and time in American detention make him an especially high-profile spokesman.
You read that right: Qosi was a loyalist and personal associate of Osama Bin Laden, and we cut him loose in 2012 as part of a plea deal. After his release to his native Sudan, Qosi traveled to Yemen, where he enlisted as a leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Penninsula (AQAP), one of the terrorist group's most active and malignant strains. Who could have seen this coming? Oh:
A leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) threat assessment and other declassified files portray al Qosi as a devoted follower of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. In the JTF-GTMO threat assessment, dated Nov. 15, 2007, US intelligence analysts deemed him to be a “high” risk to the US and its allies. “Detainee is an admitted veteran jihadist with combat experience beginning in 1990 and it is assessed he would engage in hostilities against US forces, if released,” the memo reads.
He was released and promptly returned to jihad, as predicted by our analysts. Recidivism among ex-Gitmo detainees is an ongoing, bipartisan problem. It was revealed that one of the suspected Benghazi attack ringleaders was once held at the US military facility in Cuba. He was freed by the Bush administration. (To this day, only one Benghazi attacker has been taken into American custody; he's being tried as a civilian). Having been repeatedly thwarted by strong Congressional majorities -- from the Reid/Pelosi era, all the way up through last month -- the Obama administration is reportedly still mulling options to disregard both Congress' will and the law by closing Gitmo down anyway. The American people have adamantly and consistently opposed Obama's reckless, obsessive "I'm not Bush" legacy project:
In order to grease the skids for this potential last-minute, lame duck gambit, the Obama administration has transferred and released dozens of detainees across the world -- including several men US officials have deemed to be recidivism risks. This includes the so-called 'Taliban Five,' who were traded for deserter Bowe Bergdahl, an illegal episode in which the Obama administration negotiated with terrorists. I'll leave you with some better news from our never-endinglethal game of jihadi whack-a-mole:"
I could have captioned this "Speaking of Not Secret Agents who are Obama and Hillary really working for?"
and one extra cartoon
http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Ca...
http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Ca...
Article by Guy Benson
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenso...
Yemen, you may recall, is a glittering Smart Power success story according to our president -- whose fixation with emptying and closing the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention facility has placed political posturing above national security prudence. The latest, via Thomas Joscelyn's Long War Journal:
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a new video featuring a former Guantanamo detainee, Ibrahim Qosi, who is also known as Sheikh Khubayb al Sudani. In July 2010, Qosi plead guilty to charges of conspiracy and material support for terrorism before a military commission. His plea was part of a deal in which he agreed to cooperate with prosecutors during his remaining time in US custody. Qosi was transferred to his home country of Sudan two years later, in July 2012. Qosi joined AQAP in 2014 and became one of its leaders. Qosi and other AQAP commanders discussed their time waging jihad at length in the video, entitled “Guardians of Sharia.” ... Qosi’s appearance marks the first time he has starred in jihadist propaganda since he left Guantanamo. His personal relationship with Osama bin Laden and time in American detention make him an especially high-profile spokesman.
You read that right: Qosi was a loyalist and personal associate of Osama Bin Laden, and we cut him loose in 2012 as part of a plea deal. After his release to his native Sudan, Qosi traveled to Yemen, where he enlisted as a leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Penninsula (AQAP), one of the terrorist group's most active and malignant strains. Who could have seen this coming? Oh:
A leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) threat assessment and other declassified files portray al Qosi as a devoted follower of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. In the JTF-GTMO threat assessment, dated Nov. 15, 2007, US intelligence analysts deemed him to be a “high” risk to the US and its allies. “Detainee is an admitted veteran jihadist with combat experience beginning in 1990 and it is assessed he would engage in hostilities against US forces, if released,” the memo reads.
He was released and promptly returned to jihad, as predicted by our analysts. Recidivism among ex-Gitmo detainees is an ongoing, bipartisan problem. It was revealed that one of the suspected Benghazi attack ringleaders was once held at the US military facility in Cuba. He was freed by the Bush administration. (To this day, only one Benghazi attacker has been taken into American custody; he's being tried as a civilian). Having been repeatedly thwarted by strong Congressional majorities -- from the Reid/Pelosi era, all the way up through last month -- the Obama administration is reportedly still mulling options to disregard both Congress' will and the law by closing Gitmo down anyway. The American people have adamantly and consistently opposed Obama's reckless, obsessive "I'm not Bush" legacy project:
In order to grease the skids for this potential last-minute, lame duck gambit, the Obama administration has transferred and released dozens of detainees across the world -- including several men US officials have deemed to be recidivism risks. This includes the so-called 'Taliban Five,' who were traded for deserter Bowe Bergdahl, an illegal episode in which the Obama administration negotiated with terrorists. I'll leave you with some better news from our never-endinglethal game of jihadi whack-a-mole:"
I could have captioned this "Speaking of Not Secret Agents who are Obama and Hillary really working for?"
and one extra cartoon
http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Ca...
Our hands are quite unclean in the Gitmo mess.
What I just said is one big ole hairy kettle of fish which many in the halls of power don't want to touch with any length of pole. A lot of liability rests in both directions. both political, criminal and personal.
Absent hat information there are not enough facts in evidence or facts on the ground to make any judgement. So I tried good ole Google in search mode....
Here's a partial list which seems to cover both sides or more than two sides of the issue.
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Guantanamo Bay detention camp - Wikipedia, the free ...
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The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison ... be considered outside U.S. legal jurisdiction, military guards took the first twenty ... 7.1 Combatant Status Review Tribunal; 7.2 Habeas corpus; 7.3 Other court .... military custody of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp from civilian custody by the CIA.
Unlawful combatant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the United States, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 codified the legal ... of the ICRC, "If civilians directly engage in hostilities, they are considered 'unlawful' or ... The Geneva Conventions do not recognize any lawful status for combatants in ... However, unlike the terms "combatant", "prisoner of war", and "civilian", the ...Rights as Individuals Held in an Armed Conflict
humanrights.ucdavis.edu › ... › The Guantánamo Testimonials Project
Every individual held during an armed conflict, whether a prisoner of war or not, ... There is no intermediate status; nobody in enemy hands can fall outside the law ... in any place whatsoever, whether committed by civilian or by military agents: .... (vi) Wilfully depriving a prisoner of war or other protected person of the rights of ...
I have a right to | BBC World Service
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Case Study: THE PRISONERS OF GUANTANAMO BAY ... Others have been 'transferred for continued detention' to their home countries, ... The rest – at least 540 – are still being held indefinitely in military custody at Guantanamo. ... and human rights law, any dispute about the Guantanamo detainees' legal status must be ...
[PDF]Doubtful prisoner-of-war status - International Committee of ...
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by Y NAQVI - 1947 - Cited by 16 - Related articles
It also raises the question as to how doubt over prisoner-of-war status ... nality, religious belief or political opinions, or any other distinction founded on similar criteria (Art. ... Land”, Part III of the Manual of Military Law, The War Office, London, 1958 ... between combatants and civilians may not always be apparent.13
It is far from clear cut but the soldiers or fighters on each side are clearly caught in a wicked web of ambiguity. One would have to take the ascertained facts of their status and apply them
before making any further conclusions or judgements.
In reviewing this and speaking as a former combat soldier (Iinfantry etc.) I'm sure without hesitation that I would have adopted a take no prisoners stance. at least during the 'heat of battle' phase. Dead enemy soldiers cannot testify. Given the countries propensity towards sending us out to fight for nothing then holding us not those who signed the orders responsibile makes that course of action all the more preferable.
i am not speaking of the overt acts such as wantonly killing of the sake of killing. We were certainly taught and drilled on recognizing the difference.
I did not and will not support the My Lei situation neither the action nor the subsequent coverup to protect senior officers who had callously supported setting up an atmosphere that led to that incident. They are the same type of ticket punching careerists that blackmail and strong arm soldiers using protection racket techniques in attaining 100% support of savings bond pucrhases or forced donations to various organizations. One attitude enforced the other.
I will also not excuse Lyndon Baines Johnson for intentionally falsifying the Tonkin Gulf incident and using it to start the Vietnam Conflict. I would cheerfully try the son of a bitch in absentia..
On the other hand the PC groupies have poisoned the atmosphere in the same way. The Sergeant who was cashiered for roughing u the pederasts who were routinely fucking little boys should have got a medal AND a counseling session for failing to shoot the son of a bitch.
Comes from living in a country which has lost or just through away it's moral compass and doesn't care to acknowledge the loss much less try to find it again.
Back to the intent of the sjatkins yes and IF all he cited with no sources yes i would and am the sworn enemy of such a government, not a country - by virtue of my oath of allegiance to the Constitution and by the present government having categorized me as it's greatest danger. Be careful what you ask for....you may get it.