The jihad ranks need reinforcements. “Obama admin set to transfer up to 24 more detainees from Gitmo,” FoxNews.com, May 25, 2016: The Obama administration is preparing to transfer up to 24 additional detainees out of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp this summer, Fox News has learned. The move comes as President Obama continues to try […]
Two veteran jihadis, weapons and explosives trainers, freed from Gitmo
What could possibly go wrong? It isn’t as if there is a jihad against the U.S., right? “Pentagon announces transfer of two Guantanamo detainees,” Xinhua, April 5, 2016: WASHINGTON, April 4 (Xinhua) — The Pentagon on Monday announced transfer of two Guantanamo Bay detainees to Senegal, bringing the population of the notorious U.S. detention facility […]
Defense Department admits that freed Guantanamo jihadis have murdered Americans
Obama has been replenishing the enemy’s ranks from Guantanamo for years now. “Officials say Guantanamo transfers have killed Americans,” by Richard Lardner, Associated Press, March 23, 2016: WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans have been killed by prisoners released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Defense Department official told lawmakers Wednesday, triggering sharp […]
Video: Kerry on Gitmo detainee who returned to jihad: “He’s not supposed to be doing that”
“Well, Senator, he’s not supposed to be doing that. And there are consequences for that, and there will be.” Really? What are they, and how will they be administered? Will Ibrahim al Qosi be recaptured? Will there be a military expedition to Yemen to do so? Will the Saudis help? Or is John Kerry just […]
Spain: Ex-Guantanamo detainee arrested for recruiting for the Islamic State
On the same day Obama announced that he was closing Guantanamo, this arrest in Spain reminded us of why that is a bad idea. “Former Guantanamo detainee among 4 arrested in Spain, Morocco for Islamic State ties,” by Alan Clendenning and Ciaran Giles, Associated Press, February 23, 2016: MADRID — Spanish and Moroccan police on […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: War Is Over, Prison Camp Closes
In FrontPage today I discuss how Obama’s closing of Guantanamo shows again that he doesn’t even believe we’re in a war. Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he was finally fulfilling one of his foremost campaign promises and closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Usually the closing of a prison camp for enemy combatants signals the […]
Freed Gitmo detainee emerges as prominent al-Qaeda leader
Obama replenished the enemy ranks. “Freed Gitmo detainee, ex-bin Laden aide cements place as top jihadist in videos,” Fox News, February 17, 2016: When Ibrahim al Qosi was released from Guantanamo Bay in 2012, a lawyer for the former Usama bin Laden aide said he looked forward to living a life of peace in his […]
Obama releases al Qaeda bomb expert from Guantánamo
There you go worrying again. Don’t you know by now that Barack Obama and John Kerry have the mystical power to do an unlimited number of reckless things and not ever suffer any of the consequences? “Pentagon releases al Qaeda bomb expert from Guantánamo,” by Kristina Wong, The Hill, January 21, 2016: The Pentagon on […]
Freed Guantánamo convict now jihad leader in Yemen
The obvious solution, as far as the Obama Administration is concerned: free more of them. “Freed Guantánamo convict returns to the fight,” by Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, December 14, 2015: A former Guantánamo detainee who was released to Sudan after a war court guilty plea has emerged in a key position in Al-Qaida of the […]
Belgium arrests two ex-Guantanamo inmates on jihad terrorism charges
Gitmo recidivism shouldn’t surprise anyone. Absolutely nothing was done at Guantanamo to disabuse the inmates of their jihadist beliefs. On the contrary, the Qur’an was treated with the utmost respect by the Infidel guards, who didn’t even defile it with their Infidel hands, but handled it only with gloves. That and more only reinforced the […]