I am so glad that Obama has promised to release all the Gitmo terrorists. Now he is eating those words. I am so very tired of politicians making promises that are completely unrealistic. I thought Clinton was bad, this guy is just completely over his head. He had no concept of what he was getting into and reality is kicking his but. Government is NOT the solution to the problems of the world.
Time for this man to give up and let the adults take over. It was bad enough with Bush and his trying to make everyone happy, but this out right pandering to anyone who dislikes us is dangerous. Time to move on.
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/05/former_gitmo_detaine_4.php
A videotape released by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) earlier this week says that a former Guantanamo detainee is now a commander within the terrorist organization.
The former detainee, Othman Ahmed al Ghamdi, has risen to the rank of operational commander within AQAP as other senior terrorists within the organization have been killed in recent strikes. The tape, which is titled "America and the Final Trap," confirms that three AQAP leaders were killed in a strike last December.
According to a translation of the tape obtained by the Long War Journal, al Ghamdi denounces the airstrikes, claiming that America refuses to confront al Qaeda directly on the battlefield. (Of course, al Qaeda itself prefers terrorist attacks against civilians, rather than direct warfare.) Along with other AQAP leaders featured in the video, al Ghamdi portrays counterterrorism operations in Yemen as part of a crusade led by America against the Muslim world. This is a standard part of al Qaeda's propaganda.
Also featured in the tape are Qasim al Raymi, AQAP's military commander, and Fahd al Quso, an al Qaeda operative wanted for his role in the USS Cole bombing.
In the tape, AQAP threatens America with further terrorist attacks. The AQAP leaders also celebrate previous AQAP-linked terrorist plots. Both Major Nidal Malik Hasan (who killed 13 Americans during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas last year) and Umar Farouq Abdulmutallab (who attempted to bomb a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day 2009) are celebrated as heroes.
The tape includes a short segment in which Abdulmutallab calls on Muslims to wage jihad.
http://weeklystandard.com/blogs/inside-gitmo-task-forces-final-report
On January 22, President Obama's Guantanamo Review Task Force completed its final report, which outlined the administration's plan for the remaining detainees held at Guantanamo. The Task Force was set up as part of the president's effort to close Gitmo.
THE WEEKLY STANDARD has obtained a copy of the report, as well as Attorney General Eric Holder's transmittal memorandum. As explained below, the Task Force concluded that 95 percent of the detainees held at Gitmo, as of January 2009, had at least some noteworthy connection to the terrorist network.
The Task Force also concluded that the 240 detainees subject to its review, and held at Gitmo on President Obama's first day in office, should be treated as follows:
126 of the detainees were approved for transfer to either their home nations or third countries. 59 of the 126 detainees had previously been approved for transfer by the Bush administration. As of the date the report was finalized, January 22, 44 of the 126 detainees had already been transferred. Several more detainees have been transferred since then.
36 detainees were referred for active prosecutions, either by a federal court or military commission. Initially, the Task Force recommended 44 detainees be prosecuted, but 8 were taken off the prosecution list for various reasons. 1 of those 8 was granted his habeas corpus petition by a District Court Judge.
48 detainees will be held indefinitely under Obama's plan. These detainees "were determined to be too dangerous to transfer but not feasible for prosecution."
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