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6/27 Former Gitmo detainee turns into truck bomber
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/released_guantanamo.php
\_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdallah_Saleh_Ali_Al_Ajmi
Way to go, Bush Administration. You couldn't do this properly, so
you ended up handing him back to the Kuwaitis, and then they
released him because you used illegit methods at Gitmo.
\_ So the Bush admin made this guy into a truck bomber?
\_ Of course not. The guy was already a truck bomber. The Bush
admin screwed up his incarceration and neglected to gather
evidence so that he could be thrown into SuperMax for life.
Rather than face up to their mistakes, they turned him over
to our allies, the Kuwaitis, and public opinion in the
Middle East has gone against the US so badly that a Kuwaiti
jury acquitted the guy. Now do you see how badly the Bush
admin has screwed our country over? Cf. Willy Horton |
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| www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/released_guantanamo.php Video clip from Al Furqan's latest tape, "The Islamic State is Meant to Stay." The video shows the attack on Combat Outpost Inman and images from The Long War Journal of the aftermath of the attack. puppet organization the Islamic State of Iraq, released its latest propaganda video on June 23. The video contains a montage of attacks throughout Iraq, and features two Kuwaiti al Qaeda operatives who conducted strikes in Mosul. One of the operatives was released from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Islamic State of Iraq used footage taken at Combat Outpost Inman by this reporter in Mosul in March of this year. The 38-minute-long video, titled "The Islamic State is Meant to Stay," was produced by Al Furqan, al Qaeda's media arm in Iraq. "By this time last year," he said, "they had produced exactly 90 videos. The rank and file on the Internet have even begun to question whether recent attack 'snuff' videos produced by this outfit are even new or just archival material to keep the appearance of fresh output. US operations against their media cells inside Iraq late last year have had a profound impact." jpg Listen to Bill Roggio discuss the al Qaeda video and the use of his images of the attack at Combat Outpost Inman with Covert Radio's Brett Winterble. Al Furqan's output "has been reduced to a trickle," said Kazimi, noting that al Qaeda has not refuted reports on the death of senior leaders, including reports of the death of Abu Omar al Baghdadi, the purported leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, and Abu Ayyub al Masri, al Qaeda in Iraq's leader and the Islamic State's defense minister. Al Masri and Baghdadi, who the US military says is a fictitious character played by an actor, have not been confirmed killed. Multiple senior al Qaeda leaders in Mosul have been killed or captured this year. Al Qaeda had planned "a big showdown in Mosul but either opted not to go through with it or they werent able to muster enough force," Kazimi said. In March, an al Qaeda leader admitted that its position in Iraq is tenuous. Abu Turab al Jaza'iri, a senior al Qaeda commander in northern Iraq, said al Qaeda "lost several cities and have been forced to withdraw from others," but was still fighting. "I do not want to paint a false picture: Our position is very difficult, but we are fighting, and will continue to do so," Jaza'iri said. Abdullah Salih al Ajmi, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, was behind the attack on Combat Outpost Inman. A former Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee conducts a suicide attack in Mosul Two Kuwaiti al Qaeda operatives who conducted suicide attacks were featured at the end of the video. Abu Omar al Kuwaiti, also known as Badr Mishel Gamaan al Harbi, and Abu Juheiman al Kuwaiti, also known as Abdullah Salih al Ajmi, are both shown on the video, along with their attacks in Mosul, said Kazimi. Harbi, who claimed to be a "veteran of the jihad in Afghanistan," conducted a suicide car bomb attack on a police station in Mosul on April 26, 2008. Ajmi was released from Guantanamo Bay and was searching for "a way to reconnect with the jihad." Ajmi "is seemingly responsible for an earlier truck bombing at the Iraqi Army HQ in the Harmat neighborhood of Mosul on March 23, 2008," said Kazimi. The attack occurred at Combat Outpost Inman, an Iraqi Army base that served as the headquarters for the 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Iraqi Army Division. Thirteen Iraqi soldiers were killed and 42 were wounded after Ajmi drove an armored truck packed an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 pounds of explosives through the gate of the outpost and detonated in a spot between the three main buildings of the compound. The blast destroyed the facades of the three buildings, including the building housing the battalion headquarters. relieved Lieutenant Colonel Favil, the commander of the 1st Battalion, of his command. Favil was arrested for a shooting and absent from his command, and his troops were not securing the main road leading from Mosul to Tal Afar in the west. "We believe this is some kind of plot," Taha said while surveying the damage immediately after the attack. Al Furqan used footage taken by this reporter in the immediate aftermath of the suicide attack at Combat outpost Inman in its latest video. |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdallah_Saleh_Ali_Al_Ajmi Combatant Status Review Tribunal notice read to a Guantanamo captive. During the period July 2004 through March 2005 a Combatant Status Review Tribunal was convened to make a determination whether they had been correctly classified as an "enemy combatant". The Department of Defense reports that 317 of the 558 captives who remained in Guantanamo, in military custody, attended their Tribunals. Combatant Status Review Tribunal notice read to a Guantanamo captive. During the period July 2004 through March 2005 a Combatant Status Review Tribunal was convened to make a determination whether they had been correctly classified as an "enemy combatant". The Department of Defense reports that 317 of the 558 captives who remained in Guantanamo, in military custody, attended their Tribunals. The study notes: "For that first hearing, the personal representative met with the detainee on July 31, 2004, two days after the CSRT procedures were promulgated. This was the only meeting between this detainee and his personal representative and it lasted only 10 minutes, including translation time. On Monday, August 2, 2004, two days after the meeting between the personal representative and the detainee, the CSRT Tribunal was empanelled, the hearing held, the classified evidence evaluated and the decision issued. Hearing room where Guantanamo captive's annual Administrative Review Board hearings convened for captives whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal had already determined they were an "enemy combatant". The Administrative Review Boards weren't authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they weren't authorized to review whether a detainee should have been classified as an "enemy combatant". They were authorized to consider whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States, because they continued to pose a threat -- or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free. Jihadist, an enemy combatant, and that he will kill as many Americans as he possibly can. D Upon arrival at GTMO, Al Ajmi has been constantly in trouble. Al Ajmi's overall behavior has been aggressive and non-compliant, and he has resided in GTMO's disciplinary blocks throughout his detention. E Based upon a review of recommendations from US agencies and classified and unclassified documents, Al Ajmi is regarded as a continued threat to the United States and its Allies. edit Al Ajmi's answers to the factors favoring continued detention Al Ajmi answered each of the factors favoring his continued detention in turn. He acknowledged that he had previously confessed to the allegations he was being asked to comment on -- but those were false confessions: "These statements were all said under pressure and threats. I said this only because I was under pressure and threats and suffering." My intentions were to stay four months only but under the circumstances I had to stay for eight months. My intentions were never to go to Afghanistan my intentions were to go to Pakistan. You are the president and you will do whatever you wish. To let people know that there is an end to this world so they can pray and do well. Board Member Al Ajmi I believe that your dedication to your religion is genuine, what direction or path will that dedication take should you be released? Can that desire for peace and the anger you feel for the injustice coexist or live together? Presiding Officer Being detained here, does that affect your ideology of the peace concept that you just mentioned? Al Ajmi I don't blame the Americans for what they did by bringing us over here and detaining us over here. If I were in their place I would go out and look for terrorism all over the world like they did but I have a feeling it is going to be a just decision by the Americans. I would capture the bad people, the terrorists and bring them over here and detain them. He planned to go to Pakistan for religious study during his leave. He would have been back in time, except the war made travel for Arabs in Pakistan difficult. Al Ajmi confirmed that he had never traveled to Afghanistan. He then attempted to offer an explanation for each item as documented in the Summary of Enemy Combatant Testimony. The ARB considers that the EC brought no substantial evidence in his testimony to refute the establishe documentation of various agencies; |