Obama Administration Frees Three More Gitmo Detainees
EmailThe Department of Justice Saturday evening announced that two detainees had been transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Ireland, and one had been transferred to Yemen.
There are more than 220 detainees remaining at the prison. In the last couple months, the White House has made it increasingly clear that the President will not make his self-stated January 22, 2010 deadline to close to prison.
Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, a native of Yemen, was captured in Pakistan in 2002 and returned to Yemen today. The Yemeni Embassy to the US issued a statement saying the country welcomed, "with enthusiasm, the release and transfer of its citizen."
Known at Gitmo as Captive 692, the government labeled Ali Ahmed an "enemy combatant," saying he "was associated with Al-Qaeda. He was present on the front lines in Bagram, Afghanistan. He was identified by a senior Al-Qaeda facilitator as having been a resident at a safehouse in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2000 (his individual also saw the detainee at a safehouse located in Faisalabad, Pakistan in February 2002 with a group of Yemenis who had fled Afghanistan). Finally, the Detainee was identified by another individual, a senior Al-Qaeda operational planner, as having resided at a safehouse located in Kandahar in 2001."
Al Ahmed denied almost all of the charges.
"I never went to Afghanistan, ever. You have to prove how you came to the conclusion that I am a member of the Taliban," he told a military commission.
Al Ahmed claimed he left Sana'a, Yemen around 2000 for Karachi, Pakistan to learn about textiles, with $3,500 — most of which was from his mother — in his pocket.
After several months of partying — "We spent the whole six months going out, having fun, ladies," he says of one leg of his journey — he ended up in a house full of university students in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
"I didn't have any relationships with anyone in that house," Al Ahmed testified. "They were trying to inspire me and to do the religious things, like look at my religion because most of the students were studying the Koran…They realized that we weren't really in harmony together because I used to use drugs and hashish and things like that. I used to read magazine. Most of the time, I would stay in the backyard, so I was keeping my distance from them."
"I stayed two weeks and the Pakistani government came and captured all of us," Ali Ahmed said.
The government alleged that the home in which Ali Ahmed was residing was "run by a high-ranking al Qaida operative…Several of the individuals arrested in the March 2002 raid on the guesthouse in Faisalabad, Pakistan were identified as al Qaida associates who had received training in, or fought in, Afghanistan."
In May, U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler found the government's case rather wanting and ordered Ahmed released.
In her ruling, Kessler said that "it is clear that the accuracy of much of the factual material contained in those exhibits is hotly contested for a host of different reasons ranging from the fact that it contains second- and third-hand hearsay to allegations that it was obtained by torture to the fact that no statement purports to be a verbatim account of what was said."
Evidence that Ali Ahmed had traveled to Afghanistan or was associated with al Qaeda came from four sources, Kessler said.
One is "an individual whose credibility has been cast into serious doubt — and rejected — by another Judge in this District." That witness, a Gitmo detainee, claimed to have overheard conversations at Gitmo about Ali Ahmed's travels in Afghanistan. "He does not identify who made these statements and under what circumstances, or any details of the conversation."
The second statement was "riddled with equivocation and speculation," she said.
The third witness claims to have been tortured at Bagram or Dark Prison, and the "Government has presented no evidence to dispute the allegations of torture." He had made the claim against Ali Ahmed, recanted it, then reaffirmed it.
The fourth witness is believed to be Mohammed Al Qahtani — believed to be a member of al-Qaeda who was planning on taking part in the 9/11 attacks — though much of Kessler's ruling has been redacted. Al Qahtani stated that Ali Ahmed "received military training in Afghanistan near Kabul." But Kessler ruled that evidence to be a "nine word hearsay allegation" with no details to back it up.
She ruled that the government failed to prove Ahmed was "part of, or substantially supported Taliban or al-Qaida forces or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners."
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The Ireland deal has been in the works since at least March.
On July 29, as we covered at the time, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs announced Ireland had agreed to accept two Uzbek detainees from Guantanamo Bay.
Taoiseach Brian Cowen told CNN at the time that "it is incumbent on us, those who called for [Guantánamo’s] closure, to assist the United States now in ensuring that certain prisoners be relocated elsewhere."
“Obviously we will keep an eye on them very closely,” he said.
Irish Justice Minister Demot Ahern said in July that Ireland would “adhere to the norms of official procedure in respecting the rights of the two men to their privacy."
The Obama administration did not name the detainees released to Ireland. "Pursuant to a request from the government of Ireland, the identities of these detainees are being withheld for security and privacy reasons," read a statement from the Justice Department. Amnesty International has been lobbying Ireland to accept Uzbek national Oybek Jamoldinivich Jabbarov, and another Uzbekh.
At the time of his detention by U.S. forces in 2001, Jabbarov, now 31, lived with his pregnant wife, infant son, and mother lived with other Uzbek refugees in northern Afghanistan in 2001 when fighting broke out between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance.
“Oybek was not captured on the battlefield, nor was he armed,” his attorney Michael Mone testified before Congress in May 2008. “Instead, he accepted a ride from a group of Northern Alliance soldiers he met at a roadside teahouse who said they would give him a ride to Mazar-e-Sharif. Unfortunately, instead of driving him to Mazar-e-Sharif, the soldiers took Oybek to Bagram Air Base where they handed him over to U.S. forces, undoubtedly in exchange for a sizable bounty. In a desperately poor, war-torn country, Oybek was an easy mark for soldiers responding to leaflets dropped throughout Afghanistan by the U.S. military offering thousands of dollars in cash rewards to anyone who turned over a Taliban or foreign fighter.”
Before the Combatant Status Review Board, Jabbarov was accused of having “supported the Taliban and al Qaida.”
The U.S. government claimed that Jabbarov “admitted that he was a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan,” which appears in the United States Department of Homeland Security 'Terrorist Organization Reference Guide,’ and having attended IMU training camps.
The government said he “stayed in a safe house owned by the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group,” which also appears on the 'Terrorist Organization Reference Guide,” and “reportedly is used by al Qaida to obtain travel documents.”
“These allegations are not true,” Jabbarov said before the US tribunal. “I served in the national army of Uzbekistan; and I’ve been fighting against the IMU and these Islamic terrorist organizations. I agree that the IMU is a terrorist organization, but I have nothing to do with them. As a soldier in Uzbekistan, I have been fighting against these groups. I took the oath, and I swear it, that I will fight these groups, as a soldier, I took the oath.”
He denied having attended an IMU terrorist camp, having stayed in a safe house owned by the LIFG, never having heard of the LIFG before coming to Guantanamo, or ever even having seen any Arabs before he was brought to Guantanamo.
He said he was only in Afghanistan to buy and sell livestock to support his family. The government asserted that he “made a conscious decision to fight with the Taliban.”
“That’s not true,” Jabbarov said. “I never made that decision. I never supported the Taliban and I’m against their laws and rules.”
The government asserted that he “participated in fighting between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance.” “So far I haven’t seen any war,” he said. “I never picked up or touched a gun.” He asked of the woman reading the list of accusations: “where did she get all this information” Does she have any proof? At least if one of these had evidence, if it was true, people could read."
Jabbarov was cleared for release in 2007.
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The Obama administration informed Congress and the Supreme Court earlier this month that it intends to transfer eight of the detainees to the obscure Pacific nation of Palau.
The eight are Uighurs — a Turkic Muslim minority from the Xinjiang province of far-west China — who were living in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan run by the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, a Uighur independence group the State Department designated as terrorist three years after their capture.
Evidence indicates that some of the Uighurs intended to fight the Chinese government and received firearms training at the camp.
They fled to Pakistan after U.S. aerial strikes destroyed their camp after September 11, 2001 and were turned over to the U.S. military and detained as “enemy combatants" though they had no apparent animus towards the U.S.
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Gitmo is being closed for two reasons: #1 It is associated with Republicans; #2 Obama wants to look good to world leaders
Closing Gitmo does two things: #1 Americans are at more risk than ever of multiple terrorist attacks at home; #2 Obama looks gutless to the world community, as he can be strung along with words like ‘dialog’ by even the smallest of international challengers
Posted by: Media Scatter | September 27, 2009, 4:11 am 4:11 am
Posted by: Media Scatter
Americans are at more risk than ever of multiple terrorist attacks at home;
Obama has kept us safer than Bush & Cheney did,.. funny how crazies ignore the fact that 9•11 happened on Bush’s watch and that he ignored a warning about Bin Laden’s plans…..
but… when you’re a bunch of whining losers like the republicans, you try to blame everyone for your mistakes, especially when you have nothing to offer……
Posted by: Opal | September 27, 2009, 5:04 am 5:04 am
What a gutless wonder we have for a president.
Posted by: Peter | September 27, 2009, 7:18 am 7:18 am
Team Obummer appeasing the hard left wing loons in his party by releasing terrorist so they can fight another day. I wonder if he’ll offer them free health care for life too.
Posted by: Willy Brown | September 27, 2009, 7:19 am 7:19 am
Obama is using the apparatus set-up by Bush, that is the only reason we are still safe.
Posted by: John JPC | September 27, 2009, 7:22 am 7:22 am
This is precisely why waging war through the civilian court system will fail. The issues that are the base cause of the war are much to large to be resolved in this manner.
OK, 9/11 happened on President Bush’s watch. At least once he realized what the threat is, nothing like it happened again over the next 7 and 1/2 years. Agree with him or not, our enemy was unable to repeat his attack.
The jury is still out if President Obama can prevent anything like it for the next 3 and 1/2 years. Just because the overall war is slowing down right now does not mean that we are winning nor does it mean that we are safer. Wars become more violent as they progress. This war will be no exception.
Posted by: joe six-pack | September 27, 2009, 7:58 am 7:58 am
I bet when they leave custody, they
say “see you later”.
Posted by: wis134 | September 27, 2009, 8:18 am 8:18 am
In the face of recent multiple arrests for terrorist activity in the United States, Chairman O releases GITMO terrorists. He plans to cut our nuclear force, and withdraws our protection from former allies under the Soviet shadow . . . and on, and on, and on. We know which Obama bats for, don’t we. And it ain’t America.
Posted by: Lehamic Renwar | September 27, 2009, 8:18 am 8:18 am
Hey Opal,,, Clinton actually ignored Bin Laden. If he had done his job, this would be a different issue. Closing GITMO is a BAD idea. And if you think you are safer now than when Bush is in office you haven’t been paying much attention to which world leaders are praising Obama. A clue…they are the ones who want to kill Americans.
Posted by: Kat | September 27, 2009, 8:18 am 8:18 am
WAKE UP AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: sugerray | September 27, 2009, 8:32 am 8:32 am
he’s really on a roll…..
Posted by: DUginfla | September 27, 2009, 8:43 am 8:43 am
This is actually on Congress. They refused to directly authorize in the GWOT act for Military tribunals. The Court found in favor of Hamidan, and we have been releasing these guys ever since. Obama is a direct continuation of Bush in this regard, although he could get what he needs from Congress. And yes, see you later is right. 1 in 3 or 4 return to fight, at least that has been the rate of discovery according to the press on the battle field. Frankly, no one cares who has the power to stop it.
Posted by: brett | September 27, 2009, 8:48 am 8:48 am
barry-boy sat in a pew listening to racist rants for approximately 1000 Sundays in a row–AND HEARD NOTHING, SAW NOTHING, UNDERSTOOD NOTHING, DID NOTHING….
…So of course when a Gitmo detainee says he lived with “certain religious people” in Pakistan, but that he HEARD NOTHING, SAW NOTHING, UNDERSTOOD NOTHING, DID NOTHING, Barry-boy is hardly in a position to nay-say him….
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive.”
A question for Robert Gibbs, Jake: “Are these detainees leaving Gitmo with no more than the clothes on their backs? And if not, how much is the lump-sum compensation and the future upkeep?!
Posted by: elixelx | September 27, 2009, 8:57 am 8:57 am
Being tranferred to these countries and being “freed” are two different things. The title of this article is deceiving. As to the subject, we’ll just take less prisoners from now on.
Posted by: Jack | September 27, 2009, 9:07 am 9:07 am
Joe six pack, yes 911 happened on GW’s watch. However the terrorists entered this country on Clinton’s watch.Clinton had a shot at Bin Laden and passed. Clinton and Obama both look at terrorism as a lawn enforcement issue not one to be handled by our military.
Posted by: Mike | September 27, 2009, 9:18 am 9:18 am
As a practical matter, what will happen in the future in many cases is:
1. Capture bad guy
2. Obtain operational intelligence important to the capturing unit.
3. Since bad guy can’t be interrogated for more strategic intell by military intelligence (except to say “pretty please”), capturing unit will execute bad guy. Not worth the risk of getting the guy back to the rear.
Posted by: Joe | September 27, 2009, 9:20 am 9:20 am
It is a sad state that there are so many that do not believe in rule of law. They think “if we say you are a terrorist then you have no defense”. That is not democracy it is fascism.
Posted by: adam russell | September 27, 2009, 9:22 am 9:22 am
The things we say on this board have little meaning to those in charge unite together rep & dem, and the mexs since they basily part of this socity as bad as I hate to say it. If we don’t unite we will live like sheep.
Posted by: HellMan | September 27, 2009, 9:28 am 9:28 am
Obama doesn’t have a clue. Neither does his ‘advisors’. I’m waiting for it all to fall apart. If it doesn’t, it’s all because it was already in place. What a complete rookie.
Posted by: LongT | September 27, 2009, 9:54 am 9:54 am
This whole Gitmo thing is another example of the president and a few on the left taking action to “solve a problem” that the vast majority of America does not believe exists. What a shame. Many Democrats in congress also think it’s a bad idea to transfer terrorists. Get a clue, Mr.President. Admit you didn’t have all the facts about the situation when you were on the campaign trail and when you made the decision to close the facility on a date certain. Keep America safer. Leave Gitmo open. Believe mne, we will respect you more for it.
Posted by: Mohican | September 27, 2009, 9:59 am 9:59 am
It doesn’t matter which party you associate yourself with – that’s irrelevant! Democrat, Republican, – whatever. We are ALL Americans and we should stop ‘labelling’ each other. We are on the same team people. Wake up! Doing that just distracts everyone and is counterproductive and gives the polictians a way out by not answering to or discussing the concerns of the American people. They use this to their benefit – playing all Americans as fools against each other (so they don’t have to work and do their jobs – the jobs we voted them in to do). The politicians work for us – not the other way around. It’s not to our benefit if we keep doing that. Just look at the facts at what is happening and use your good judgement. Don’t just look at party. Don’t just look at the color of ones skin. Don’t follow blindly without researching/knowing facts. Not smart for Americans. Just look at the actions objectively. They always say: Actions speak louder than words. If someone smiles – that’s no guarantee they are nice or have your best interests in mind. Watch the actions. And value the content of character – not the color of skin. Respect for ALL Americans would go a long way.
Posted by: A. True American | September 27, 2009, 10:06 am 10:06 am
I bet a dime on a dollar these civilian judge’s were liberal. It’s pretty much their mode of operation. We see it in every day rulings where the Lib leaning judges set free molesters, murderers, and general bad guys only to victimize society again by the same people they release. These former Gitmo detainees will be caught or killed in their resuming of Jihad somewhere in the world. And yes 9-11 did happen on Bush’s watch 9 mos into it, but these people trained and readied for this for 2-4 yrs of Clinton’s watch as well as many other terror attacks that happened on Clinton’s watch, but because he had no backbone, Clinton did nothing but blow up an aspirin factory somewhere in the desert. yea, we really showed them. Obama will be pulling out of Afghanistan soon, while also giving a needed shot of courage to Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). Heck, Obama is also cutting almost 400 border agents from Mexico/America…what else did we expect???
Posted by: GoldStarDad | September 27, 2009, 10:09 am 10:09 am
The next attack on the U.S. or American citizens abroad will harvest these same terrorists. Then the libs will wring their hands and cry, “Why don’t they like us?” Morons.
I’m sorry that anyone will have to pay the price for the acts committed by our con-gress (opposite of pro-gress).
Posted by: momma59 | September 27, 2009, 10:18 am 10:18 am
Keep Guantanamo open. If we give up these prisoners to another country, they may free them just like Scotland did earlier this year. Where is the justice? Tell that to those who mourn for victims of terrorism.
Posted by: HeyzeeThrillz | September 27, 2009, 10:19 am 10:19 am
They’re working on an assembly line in Michigan.
Posted by: LongT | September 27, 2009, 10:21 am 10:21 am
Obama made hollow promises he KNEW he would not keep to be selected over Hillary in the primaries. Virtually EVERYTHING he promised has not happened.
Obama – YOU LIE!
Posted by: Darrel | September 27, 2009, 10:22 am 10:22 am
If these terrorists are so innocent. We need to have them live with Pres. Obama and family to get used to living again. Then if they don’t kill Obama or anyone else in a week or two, they more than likely are not terrorists! Send them home. This way we know for sure they they are deemed safe!! Please argue this idea with me!!!!Prove my idea wrong.
Posted by: Ronald8 | September 27, 2009, 10:33 am 10:33 am
What do people think about the Anderson book “Barack and Michelle”? Is it true?What does page 166 mean? If it is real journalism, then the media is complicit in the greatest fraund in election history,namely selling the notion that Barack Obama is an intellectual.The whole Gitmo fantasy that this politician sold is being stood on its ear by Gates,Obama and a staff with no clue as to how to resolve an issue that his campaign claimed was easy to solve-close Gitmo.He can’t decide what to do; he can’t decide what to do in Afganistan;he can’t decide what to do about Iran and the hidden nuclear site(which he has known about for weeks, if not months); he doen’t know how to push through his health care agenda despite having overwhelming majorities in both houses.The fact that he couldn’t get a book written for MONTHS and yet spent a 75 grand advance on foolishness and an overseas trip should have alerted the press as to how limited his attention span was.Up to this point has he accomplished anything aside from signing on to massive spending authored by others?
Posted by: Nephron | September 27, 2009, 10:37 am 10:37 am
I believe most of the released POW’s are offered CZAR position’s in the Administration and they may also sit with Obama and have a beer or goat cheese. Which ever they prefer.
They also get a new turban, prayer beads,a new prayer rug, stock in GM and Chrysler and a lifetime parking space at any Mall or airport of their choosing.
They wil also receive a bank account at any of the bailed out banks as well as a hug and a kiss from Barney Frank.
They will have their choice between Barney or the goat. If you catch my drift!
Posted by: Wright On | September 27, 2009, 10:43 am 10:43 am
It’s becoming more and more clear that this man was elected by 18-19 year old voters…
I’m beginning to believe the right to vote should require passing some kind of an exam of life experiences…just an OUNCE of common sense.
This man has to be the WORST President EVER !
Posted by: mjishernameo | September 27, 2009, 11:00 am 11:00 am
Why not tell us how much the US Government paid Palau, Ireland, Yemen and all the other countries to take these detainees? With the economic crisis in the USA the detainees should be kept in Gitmo until the crisis is over.
Posted by: Ken | September 27, 2009, 11:01 am 11:01 am
We’re not going to have to worry about relocating prisoners after Gitmo closes because there won’t BE any. They’ll all have been RELEASED, ready to hit us again! I haven’t read of any MORE terrorists being captured and held. Have you?
Posted by: ADM | September 27, 2009, 11:03 am 11:03 am
3000 Americans murdered via an act of War on 9/11/2001. The first thing this guy does when he becomes president is release people that want to kill Americans. He had no plan for the release. Just keepin a Campaign promise. Change is coming. Get conservatives elected in 2010.
Posted by: Conservative Tom | September 27, 2009, 11:06 am 11:06 am
Did he or did he not write “Dreams…”?The world wonders.If Anderson is correct I would predict that in two weeks we will have another “crisis” that he can give another pointless speech about( written by others of course).Veritas-how ironic.
Posted by: Nephron | September 27, 2009, 11:17 am 11:17 am
Pres BO should let them all go, and then these prisoners can join with their brothers in the U.S who want to blow us up.
Lets see five tries to blow Us up in the last two weeks. Just think what these terrorists could do with more help.?
Posted by: jkeyes | September 27, 2009, 11:33 am 11:33 am
Will B. Hussein Obama be held accountable when one of his freed muslim comrades returns to terrorism and kills Americans?
Posted by: Bob Hunter | September 27, 2009, 11:46 am 11:46 am
I suppose he needs to empty out Gitmo so he and Holder will have some put the Bush/CIA officials who captured the terrorists in the first place?
We got what we elected – the most leftist and the most inexpienced president ever. This guy is clearly way over his head. It would be funny except for the fact that he is seriously weakening the US and endangering its citizens.
Posted by: Jamie | September 27, 2009, 11:51 am 11:51 am
After the next terrorist attack, it will be unhealthy to be a Democrat.
Posted by: ricky | September 27, 2009, 12:07 pm 12:07 pm
” Democrat, Republican, – whatever. We are ALL Americans”
Democrats are not Americans.
Posted by: ricky | September 27, 2009, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm
ricky | Sep 27, 2009 12:12:36 PM – Democrats are not Americans. ———- Really? And you have the litmus test on what makes one an American? From your statement it’s obvious you don’t have any understanding on what principals this country was founded on!
Posted by: Try the truth | September 27, 2009, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm
Obamanomics: youth without Hope.
The unemployment rate for young Americans has exploded to 52.2 percent — a post-World War II high, according to the Labor Dept. — meaning millions of Americans are staring at the likelihood that their lifetime earning potential will be diminished and, combined with the predicted slow economic recovery, their transition into productive members of society could be put on hold for an extended period of time.
Posted by: Fascist Hyena | September 27, 2009, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm
If you can fake writing a book,you can fake alot (if nobody is watching). It gives you intellectual gravitas-particularly to types like Chris Matthews who think that “the best written Presidential memoir” is grounds to establish brilliance-apparently he never read Grant’s.It worked for JFK-he was a nothing senator until “Profiles in Courage” lauched his national career. The fact that he wrote little if any of that book was covered up until years after his death-it worked.Of course Drew Pearson knew the truth and said so on Mike Wallace’s Chicago show on ABC. ABC chickened out after the Kennedys threatened a 20 million dollar lawsuit-pure bluff,bacause if it went forward with a suit JFK’s career would have been over.So, where is the 21st century Drew Pearson?Where is the journalist with the intestinal fortitude to ask the question:did someone else ghostwrite “Dreams” and if they did what does it say about the intellectual ability of the President?
Posted by: Nephron | September 27, 2009, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
Just make sure that they have ties to Al Qaeda. Our current administration wouldn’t want to release a non-member. It is important for these members to re-group and assimilate into our American Society.
Posted by: Poufriag | September 27, 2009, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
Fascist Hyena | Sep 27, 2009 12:45:32 PM Obamanomics: youth without Hope.—— Right, because all this happened only in the last 10 months! Nobody had been laid off before he took the oath, right? The financial markets were sound, the housing market was booming and everyone was making so much money they didn’t know what to do with it all! Get a grip!
Posted by: Try the truth | September 27, 2009, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm
Just wait until one of these released prisoners is involved in a terrorist attack…and it will more than likely happen in the future. Then…what will Obama say to the people???? Ah shucks! Guess I was wrong about that guy…he really was a terrorist!!!
Posted by: Jean | September 27, 2009, 1:51 pm 1:51 pm
“Our currant administration” has done more restore American international influence in 9 months than the ever so sorry GOP could muster in eight years, my friends. Time will show diplomatic actions to be a more powerful defense mechanism any paranoid star wars invention or illegal torture methods. The truth is that America has broken international law for decades, and if we don’t want those chickens coming home to roost we had better figure out a way to deal with it. We could start by handing over mass murderer Henry Kissinger as a sign of good faith.
Posted by: FatFerdi | September 27, 2009, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm
Will someone tell me what the difference is between Guantanamo and any other prison these murderous jerks diserve? Why does Gitmo have to be closed down? Why? Because the lefty loonies are cry babies over wanting their way on something Bush created? My prediction is that this is going to backfire on President Narcissist in a big way. Be glad that I am not your president. I would give them swift trials, then, if found guilty, send them to a prison, like in Thailand, where you can only sit down because the ceiling is only 6 feet high. They have no beds and your whole life is spent sitting on a concrete floor. The joke is that at Gitmo, these jerks have actually gained weight and get to excercise every day and have fresh air. What a joke liberals are. No wonder we have so many problems now.
Posted by: WeMadeAmistake | September 27, 2009, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm
Obama is our country’s #1 Terrorist…
Posted by: Ted Kennedy Said "Osama Obama" | September 27, 2009, 2:23 pm 2:23 pm
I have read bits and pieces of Obama claims he wrote. Very unimpressive writing if you ask me. The only thing clear from the book is that it is a book about himself. That confirms what we all know. He is a narcissist. Even the limited information about his Law Review stint reveals that his writings were about…..you guessed it,….himself. A narcissist as a nation’s leader is a very dangerous mixture as many experienced during the first half of the twentieth century. We now see the same characters of Iran, cuba, Venezuala, Russia, china and North Korea. All with meglamaniacs with narcissistic personalities. Obama is a dangerous man and our country is more imperiled with him in the White House than it ever has been in its history.
Posted by: WeMadeAmistake | September 27, 2009, 2:24 pm 2:24 pm
I think O’Bama should let them go in Chicago. They need more politicians there.
Posted by: Jim Smith | September 27, 2009, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm
” Democrats are not Americans. ———- Really? And you have the litmus test ..”
Funny you should ask. Yes I do. First they have to actually care about the country before their ideology. Second they must not be acting to destroy America, it’s traditions, and institutions. Democrats fail on both those accounts. Thanks for playing though.
Posted by: James | September 27, 2009, 2:44 pm 2:44 pm
Bob – you’re right – but as always – the Liberals led by Barry himself will blame GW Bush for all the country’s woes, as they usually do!
Posted by: CB | September 27, 2009, 3:19 pm 3:19 pm
Time for proof: why did Obama leave Occidental?Was he admitted to Columbia outside normal admission policies?What “prestigious” law firms offered him a job?Did he lie on his Illinois Bar exam about his outstanding tickets-which is a serious violation by the Bar’s own standards?Why does the media claim that he was a law professor when he never advanced beyond “instructor”? How did he get into Harvard Law after a transfer without any honors,without Phi Beta Kappa, without any academic achievments of note?Was he an affirmative action choice to be on the Law Review or to be president of the same? Lastly,if William Ayers had Obama’s notes,oral histories,etc. as claimed in “Barack and Michelle” how the hell could Obama claim that Ayers was just “somebody in the neighborhood” whom he barely knew?Did Obama even know about his terrorist past?
Posted by: Nephron | September 27, 2009, 3:43 pm 3:43 pm
i have no respect for obama. he’s just garbage to me.
Posted by: Bruce987 | September 27, 2009, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm
CarterII just can’t wait to make our country unsafe for its citizens. These terrorists that were freed will be back to fight our soldiers again. Nice “CHANGES” Mr. President.
Posted by: j reyes | September 27, 2009, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm
Wonder when the Weakling in Chief will release KSM to Washington DC? I wouldn’t be surprised…
Posted by: TxBoB | September 27, 2009, 4:32 pm 4:32 pm
Under Noble concepts.. we just elected the person who will be cause of our own destruction….
We are so screwed…..
Posted by: Hopefull...not | September 27, 2009, 4:56 pm 4:56 pm
Bubba try asking Americans if they want Comrade Obama to succeed at transitioning our Republic to a socialist system. You will finf the majority will answer “No”. I’d call their answer “patriotic” and your comments “socialistic”. You (deregulation), Obama (ACORN), Frank (Fannie & Freddie) caused the global economic mess were in. Your decisions have been criminal and your opinions are therefore meaningless. You and your kind should have the good sense to stay out of our (patriots) lives!!!!!
Posted by: Duane | September 27, 2009, 6:25 pm 6:25 pm
Tick tock…
If Gitmo doesn’t close by Jan 22, 2010 Obama is going to look like a fool.
All that grandstanding and bragging about what he has accomplished and never had a plan.
I can’t wait to hear the excuses coming from the WH and the left. Bush?
Posted by: larry | September 27, 2009, 6:38 pm 6:38 pm
“The mouse that roared”.
That’s Obama. Big talker with nothing to back it up.
Posted by: hank | September 27, 2009, 6:41 pm 6:41 pm
Obama lets the GITMO detainees go and wants to put Americans in jail if they don’t buy health care.
Posted by: millie | September 27, 2009, 6:46 pm 6:46 pm
Try the truth-
Ipso facto ~ you have just confirmed 9/11 was Clinton’s fault; ….As everyone with an IQ above that of a house plant has known since the planes hit…
Posted by: freddy | September 27, 2009, 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
Let them all out, put them on a ship and sail it into New York Harbor, let the people of New York know a shipfull of terrorist scum, some of which may have had a hand in 9/11, are headed their way and let them layout the welcome mat.
Posted by: SUNTANG | September 27, 2009, 7:10 pm 7:10 pm
YOU LIBS WANTED CHANGE AND YOU GOT IT.
GOOD JOB. BLACK OR WHITE THIS GUY IS THE WORST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY IN A LONG TIME. BUSH DOESN’T SEEM SO BAD NOW DOES HE?
Posted by: SUNTANG | September 27, 2009, 7:16 pm 7:16 pm
Well of course he is not going to make the one year deadline, but he doesn’t need to. The empty-headed lefties have already given him the credit for it. As with Bill Clinton success isn’t as important as claiming success ala madeline albright declaring new peace on the korean peninsula!
Posted by: dennisb | September 27, 2009, 7:32 pm 7:32 pm
well of course mr. president, let’s release the terrorists and put our cia agents in jail . your love for the united states of america shines brighter every day.
Posted by: speakwithoutfear | September 27, 2009, 7:37 pm 7:37 pm
Obama showing weakness on the world stage. Nations Tyrants now emboldened, applaud his failed leadership. America is not leading, it is blustering about mutual disarmament a stand that is as ignorant as Neville Chamberlains “Peace in our Time” was to Hitlers real motives. I guess to Obama millions must die before he acts but History will show that George W. Bush was on the right track and was derailed by the liberals led by Obama who will go down in history as naieve patsy’s. What possibly can Obama say to American’s to assuage their fears after the next successful terror attacks on our streets?.
Posted by: Tom | September 27, 2009, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm
If Jabbarov is not dangerous, why is he being released to Ireland and not back to his homeland?
Posted by: Sigmonde | September 27, 2009, 7:41 pm 7:41 pm
When will Obama, himself speak out about the many Acorn abuses of the law? Our tax dollars are going to the fraudulent Acorn group. Why? And why won’t Barry speak out? He loves Acorn, the Unions and anyone else who will lie for him. Obama should be impeached for TREASON. His foreign policy is: I’m Sorry. Now many Obama voters are very very sorry.
Posted by: mlinden | September 27, 2009, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm
He may be the mayor of simpleton…but he knows one thing…and that he’ll tax you!
Posted by: Bistro | September 27, 2009, 8:04 pm 8:04 pm
Seriously,
Who voted for the socialist clown? A public so bent on artificial racism can be easily fooled (when things happen to whites, by blacks, it’s just crime). So we’ve been fooled into electing a weak, cheap Chicago corrupt hood, despising whites and capitalism, and looking to favor the Muslim coordinated attack to bring down America. Obama Sucks, big.
Posted by: Bistro | September 27, 2009, 8:10 pm 8:10 pm
Obama is a disaster. And he will NOT get a free ride in ’12 – like he did in ’08.
Bank on it.
Here’s a thouhgt. If Glenn Beck were at FNC last year, would Obama ever had made it out of the Dem primary? I doubt it.
As Katie Couric said to Beck, “So, it all comes back to Reverend Wright?” Yep.
And ACORN. And SEIU. And Van Jones. And Ayers. And all his radical black liberation (marxist) thugs.
Note to ABC and the rest of the liberal media: This past election DID NOT wipe all those associations under the rug. He will be vetted by the new media between now and ’12.
Posted by: Jeff | September 27, 2009, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm
What’s the difference between 2 million jobs created (promised) and 4 million jobs lost (facts)?
That is known as being in the hole by net 6 million.
The. Worst. Record. Ever.
Posted by: Jeff | September 27, 2009, 8:43 pm 8:43 pm
As I have military family, I really really really don’t understand why Obama
want to send precious American warriors of 30,000 to fight the terrorists in Afghanistan even though Obama, AG Eric Holder and The Department of Justice have eager freed the TERRORISTS IN GITMO DETAINEES. American victims in two wars have spawned six times more than Bush’s era because a poor and delusional strategies from Obama’s brain.
Posted by: STOP FREE OF TERRORISTS | September 27, 2009, 8:53 pm 8:53 pm
i ride on the subway every day..Obama’s frienship with these terrorists helps ME RIDE WITH THE COMFORT of knowing that one of these freed terrorists is maybe riding next to me with a bomb…Thanks commander in chief
Posted by: sobo | September 27, 2009, 9:11 pm 9:11 pm
This Marxist is doing whatever he can to
bring HIS ideology to America, as he is
apologetic to the world about us. If he
admires Chavez, Saudi’s, Terrorists that he wants to release to do MORE harm
to our citizens, SHOULDN’T THAT TELL THE LEMMINGS THAT VOTED FOR THIS FRAUD WHAT HE IS ALL ABOUT? OBAMA IS ALL ABOUT POWER AND CONTROL, AND ERODING THE
FREEDOMS OF CIITZENS-HE IS MORE LIKE A DICTATOR, THAN POTUS FOR “ALL CITIZENS”-
NOT JUST HIS LIBERAL BOOTLICKERS.
HE IS A PUPPET TO “SOROS AS THE PUPPETEER, WHO IS PULLING THE STRINGS”..
CONNECT THE DOTS FOLKS, AS THIS SOCIALIST WANTS TO BRING AMERICA TO HER KNEES. OBAMA THINKS HE IS PR.OF THE WORLD, WITH AN EGO TO MATCH, AS HE WANTS
AMERICA TO ANSWER TO THE UN & THE NEW WORLD ORDER HE SEES.
Posted by: ItsJo | September 27, 2009, 9:30 pm 9:30 pm
Jeff @8:43 p.m.:
IF we have elections.
May sound conspiratorial, but I put nothing past Obama and his Marxist thugocracy.
Nothing.
In fact, I expect he and they will precipitate something between now and then to actually, in one fell swoop, to seize power.
Posted by: CKA in Red State USA | September 27, 2009, 9:32 pm 9:32 pm
BTW: Obama has surrounded himself(& in his past)with Communists(Frank Davis), Terrorists(Ayres/Wife), Chicago Thugs &
Czars of VERY questionable background,
Racist Rev.Wright(who O. claims NOT to have heard his rants for 20 yrs-lol) &
his cousin Odinga who O. raised $1mill for his campaign even though Odinga had killed so many of his own people. If you don’t think this is dangerous, then
you deserve what he is doing to America
and forcing HIS ideology down our throats. The Leftist/Liberal Media gave
O. a pass with NO HARD QUESTIONS ASKED,
SO THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM BEING FOISTED ONTO AMERICA. HE IS, WHAT HE DID SURROUND HIMSELF WITH, AS HE IS ONE OF THE ILK HE ADMIRES-INCLUDING CHAVEZ.
WHEN will an Honest Journalist with some Integrity look at his “Hidden Past”
Posted by: ItsJo | September 27, 2009, 9:40 pm 9:40 pm
Why is it obama and the rest of his sneaks release this information on a slow weekend news cycle. His deceitful antics are a disgrace. He’s right about this not being politics as usual. The American People are being introduced to a new soviet style authoritarian political culture that has one purpose -CRUSH DECENT!!
Posted by: john jamison | September 27, 2009, 10:49 pm 10:49 pm
All those who hate America, hate freedom, hate our values and want America to fail – Huge Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Fidel Castro, et al – support Obama. Heck, he’s so nice and easy to manipulate (can you say Neville Chamberlain). He is a child of “can’t we all get along” wishful thinking in the extreme, as are his supporters – because the sad, grown-up answer is we can’t. Not all countries are equal, or good, too many are in fact determined to destroy us and England and Australia, et al, and the UN and Obama’s blind faith in what it represents proves the point. As a leader he is proving to be dangerously naive and his appearance at the UN last week – an evil-loving organization that has never met a tyrant or anti-American it didn’t love – speaks volumes about Obama. Releasing terrorists fits him to a tee.
Posted by: waterlogged | September 27, 2009, 10:54 pm 10:54 pm
this guy is a nightmare 4 almost bombings in the usa this week iran w nukes… russia helping chavez why no just give them the keys to the country obama sucks
Posted by: grego | September 27, 2009, 10:56 pm 10:56 pm
The Democrats had best get hold of this clown…and Princess Nanacy and Prince Reid, or there will be no Democrats in office above dog catcher.
Posted by: ringmaster76120 | September 27, 2009, 11:27 pm 11:27 pm
This is just like living out the book, ATLAS SHRUGGED!
Posted by: stymee | September 27, 2009, 11:34 pm 11:34 pm
I am deeply offended that we help these people as prisoners for 8 years on such weak evidence, this is what anti-democratic countries do. How would you like your mother or father, sister or brother held for years and years without a trial?
Posted by: Frank Bernard | September 27, 2009, 11:39 pm 11:39 pm
I am deeply offended that we held these people as prisoners for 8 years on such weak evidence, this is what anti-democratic countries do. How would you like your mother or father, sister or brother held for years and years without a trial? I am disgusted as an american that anybody would support these type of fascist policies.
Posted by: Frank Bernard | September 27, 2009, 11:40 pm 11:40 pm
I am deeply offended by a government that would imprison its own citizens for failure to pay for government controlled health insurance. Let’s put the oppressors in jail indeed Tom.
Posted by: sanfordsports | September 27, 2009, 11:56 pm 11:56 pm
Obama is a complete imbecile. So half a dozen people place Ahmed at the scene, including Al-Qaeda, but we let him go because he said we can’t prove it? Where are the soldiers who captured him? Probably killed by the last batch of Gitmo prisoners released. I’m sure Ahmed was just an innocent shuttle driver at Yemen International.
Posted by: Zeifus | September 28, 2009, 12:08 am 12:08 am
what a bunch of cry-babies. We’ve long heard stories of soldiers kidnapping people and turning them in for bounties. If you are such strident taxpayers, why do you want your tax dollars to go for giving noncombatants three square meals a day? I thought this was about government efficiency? Oh, right, it’s not your president. What a bunch of un-patriotic Kool-aid drinkers. Or is there anything that Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh profess that you disagree with?
Posted by: barbarain_horde | September 28, 2009, 1:20 am 1:20 am
Have you been to GITMO and guarded these terrorists? I have. Trust me, there wasn’t a single one down there that didn’t belong there. I cringe every time I see a picture of one of them being let loose, especially after the conversations and hatred they showed towards me.
Posted by: marion | September 28, 2009, 2:17 am 2:17 am
Frank Bernard, you have abslolutely no clue the kind of people these terrorists are. How would you like to go talk to one, and upon first seeing one for the very first time, not knowing a thing about the terrorist, he immediately starts the conversation with the way he was captured against the rules of the US Constitution, held against his will by the Dictator Bush, but that isn’t why he wanted to talk to you, he wanted to let you know how he has now seen your face, and when he gets liberated he will track you down, kill your neighbors, then your dogs and cats, then your children, then your wife, then blow you to bits and the rest of your neighborhood. You are partially right, I think it is truly amazing we have allowed them to live this long with these promises, so that is what I have to be concerned about for the rest of my life. That and the fact that even with your liberal or progressive thoughts, I did it so you too could remain free.
Posted by: marion | September 28, 2009, 2:29 am 2:29 am
Is this the same gov’t that is going to put me in jail for not getting health care? Then, they let terrorists go free? Obama is a child trying to do a grown ups job.
Posted by: Kathryn | September 28, 2009, 8:23 am 8:23 am
President Barack Obama: “I’m not interested in victory.”
Posted by: Appeasement Czar | September 28, 2009, 8:35 am 8:35 am
Its not about government efficiency or the “morale high ground” its about something many leftists cant fathom: SURVIVAL! The security of the United States comes second to leftists because they cant envision a day when we will not survive because they have never faced it themselves. Fools idealist fools.
Posted by: Dar | September 28, 2009, 9:06 am 9:06 am
Sooooooooooo. Do we fight Iran before or after they get the bomb?
Posted by: Skullsplitter | September 28, 2009, 9:28 am 9:28 am
Candidate Obama in 2008 rattles the sabers:
“It’s time to heed the call from General McKiernan and others for more troops. That’s why I’d send at least two or three additional combat brigades to Afghanistan.”
President Obama in 2009, not so much:
—The military general credited for capturing Saddam Hussein and killing the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq says he has only spoken to President Obama once since taking command of Afghanistan.
“I’ve talked to the president, since I’ve been here, once on a VTC [video teleconferece],” General Stanley McChrystal told CBS reporter David Martin in a television interview that aired Sunday.
“YOU’VE TALKED TO HIM ONCE IN 70 DAYS?” Mr. Martin followed up.
“That is correct,” the general replied.
This revelation comes amid the explosive publication of an classified report written by the general that said the war in Afghanistan “will likely result in failure” of more troops are not added next year.—
Posted by: I'm Not a President, but I Play One on TV | September 28, 2009, 10:45 am 10:45 am
I am disgusted. The lack of patriotism of the radical left is only exceeded by their stupidity. They have fallen out of the crackerjack box and they were not the popcorn. I never thought I would
wish death on a fellow american, but all those who work so hard to free terrorists should be the first to die by the terrorist hand. Harsh? not really, releasing terrorists is harsh. Because of their actions some parent will be visited by the military to be advised of a loved ones death. Those who free terrorists should know no less pain.
Posted by: Allan | September 28, 2009, 4:09 pm 4:09 pm
This has to be the most anti-american president ever.. We just may not make it out of this. God help us.
Posted by: Carol | September 28, 2009, 5:01 pm 5:01 pm
Barack Chamberlain Obama~
Appease in Our Time!
Posted by: profitsbeard | September 28, 2009, 10:00 pm 10:00 pm
Letting the enemy go , is not that called Treason or something of that nature?
Just How do they get away with it ?
Buy putting it under a new name?
The USA is being dismantled and into what?
Certainly a much weaker position in the world .
Did not the roman empire allow the their enemies
room to work , before they where over thrown by them , and the rest is history , and may the USA if it continues on the present road of change.
Posted by: robby22 | September 29, 2009, 3:06 pm 3:06 pm
Rumor is one of them will be running for Gov. in New York. He was hand picked by Obama for the job.
Posted by: Mark | September 29, 2009, 4:12 pm 4:12 pm
What right does ANYONE have to let an enemy of our country who has vowed to take our lives just because we do not believe in the same religious ideals that they do, GO FREE? This action is called ‘pandering’ to others, trying to get points for ‘forgiving’ his enemies!! HE HAS NO RIGHT TO DO SO!
An old Muslim, Sa’id (1184-1291 said; “WHOEVER HAS HIS FOE AT HIS MERCY, AND DOES NOT KILL HIM, IS HIS OWN ENEMY.”
How’s that for an eye for an eye?
Posted by: 123coco | September 29, 2009, 6:56 pm 6:56 pm