MasterShake69 -> RE: Limbaugh's latest attacker: RNC's Steele (3/12/2009 7:59:53 PM)
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I would rather have Cheney order all the prisoners at GITMO executed then let them free to commit other terror attacks http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/former_gitmo_inmate_now_al_qaeda_leader/ James Joyner | Sunday, January 25, 2009 Two men released from the US “war on terror” prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have appeared in a video posted on a jihadist website, the SITE monitoring service reported. One of the two former inmates, a Saudi man identified as Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri, or prisoner number 372, has been elevated to the senior ranks of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, a US counter-terrorism official told AFP. Three other men appear in the video, including Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi, identified as an Al-Qaeda field commander. SITE later said he was prisoner No. 333.A Pentagon spokesman, Commander Jeffrey Gordon, on Saturday declined to confirm the SITE information. “We remain concerned about ex-Guantanamo detainees who have re-affiliated with terrorist organizations after their departure,” said Gordon. “We will continue to work with the international community to mitigate the threat they pose,” he said. http://blogs.abcnews.com/legalities/2009/01/former-gitmo-pr.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/10/abdullah-ghulam-rasoul-fo_n_173690.html Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, Former Gitmo Detainee, Now A Taliban Leader PAMELA HESS | March 10, 2009 09:22 PM EST | WASHINGTON — The Taliban's new top operations officer in southern Afghanistan had been a prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, the latest example of a freed detainee who took a militant leadership role and a potential complication for the Obama administration's efforts to close the prison. U.S. authorities handed over the detainee to the Afghan government, which in turn released him, according to Pentagon and CIA officials. Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, formerly Guantanamo prisoner No. 008, was among 13 Afghan prisoners released to the Afghan government in December 2007. Rasoul is now known as Mullah Abdullah Zakir, a nom de guerre that Pentagon and intelligence officials say is used by a Taliban leader who is in charge of operations against U.S. and Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan. The officials, who spoke anonymously because they are not authorized to release the information, said Rasoul has joined a growing faction of former Guantanamo prisoners who have rejoined militant groups and taken action against U.S. interests. Pentagon officials have said that as many as 60 former detainees have resurfaced on foreign battlefiel quote:
ORIGINAL: MarsBonfire Well... let's see how Rush spins the latest post-Bush era accusation: that VP Cheany was running his own "Joint Special Ops Team" to fly into a targeted country, kill a selected individual, then leave. All without Presidential knowledge, approval from Congress, or oversight from any governing body.... Yes, you read that right. Vice President Dick Cheany is now standing accused of running an illegal DEATH SQUAD. More details as they become available.
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