Is anyone surprised that a significant percentage of former Gitmo prisoners join al-Qaida?
April 17, 2010 by
Filed under Yemen News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091231/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_al_qaida
“Former Gitmo detainees help al-Qaida grow in Yemen
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – As a prisoner at Guantanamo, Said Ali al-Shihri said he wanted freedom so he could go home to Saudi Arabia and work at his family’s furniture store.
Instead, al-Shihri, who was released in 2007 under the Bush administration, is now deputy leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, a group that has claimed responsibility for the Christmas Day attempted bomb attack on a Detroit-bound airliner….”
This is one of the many guys that the Bush admin released who went straight to al-qaida. Am I the only one who thinks that civilian courts are for civilians living here? Does it make any sense to try soldiers captured halfway across the world with civilian rights and rules?
No surprise, I think a lot of people knew this, but bowed to pressure from the left and many European countries.
These prisoners are never going to be rehabilitated, so what do we do with them? We have the same problem with criminals in the jails that just will never change, They let them out, only to continue in their crime habits. I do not know the answer.
They were probably already in al-Qaida
And no it doesn’t make sense for them to have any rights here
the Constitution guarantees rights to citizens and those applying for citizenship not people trying to kill everyone
they already spent millions on security on the civilian trial for the 9/11 terrorists
My response would be to keep Gitmo open and keep them there..
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