February 24, 2009
Posted by Brat
“Dangerous Islamic Terrorist” or tortured innocent?
Binyam Mohamed (BBC picture)
At 9am today, I got an email from Family Security Matters. It was an “action alert”:
Exclusive: Obama to Release Dangerous Islamic Terrorist This Week
Binyam Mohamed said he wasn’t planning on attacking the U.S., but if it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.
Several weeks after issuing the executive order that will close Guantanamo Bay by the beginning of 2010, it looks as though President Obama may be intent on emptying it well before the shut down date.
This week, he is expected to authorize the release of UK national Binyam Mohamed, who will return to the UK once the two governments have reached an agreement. Mohmed, who was captured in Pakistan in 2004, claims to have been tortured while in U.S. custody.
The media is all over his release and his allegations of torture while at Gitmo. However, they seem to be forgetting the reasons why he was taken into custody in the first place. Thomas Joscelyn, writing for the Weekly Standard, reminds us:
1. The detainee is an Ethiopian who lived in the United States from 1992 to 1994, and in London, United Kingdom, until he departed for Pakistan in 2001.
2. The detainee arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, in June 2001, and traveled to the al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan, to receive paramilitary training.
And there is more.В Go read the rest at Assoluta Tranquillita here.
2 Comments
February 24, 2009
Brat, that is absolutely MADDENING! Ugh.
February 24, 2009
More like insane, in my opinion. AND he is not even a British citizen. There is sooooooooo much wrong with this “open and transparent” story. I am still fuming..
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