Yemen Frees 113 Al Qaeda Members

Associated Press/FNC ^ | 11/25/04 | Staff

[Conservative Canuck]

SAN`A, Yemen — Yemeni authorities have released 113 militants belonging to the Al Qaeda network — including at least five once accused of involvement in the deadly bombing of the USS Cole — after they recanted their extremist views, security officials said Thursday.

The militants once accused in the USS Cole bombing were later cleared. The 15 Yemeni militants convicted in August of involvement in the 2000 bombing, which killed 17 U.S. sailors, were not released.

The 113 men were released during the past two weeks after signing pledges not to carry out terror acts or criminal activities. LoL!!!

Full Report: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139616,00.html

[Conservative Canuck]

They recanted their "extremist" views? Anybody out there believe that? What about their terrorist views? One more in the "Against Us" column in the WoT. Sheesh.

[Trippin]

Oh good Lord, how stupid are these people?

[BurbankKarl]

Oh, that will work.

[Halgr]

Its a "good ol' Boy" club....they take care of their own....

Muslums'R'Us

We'll prolly be seeing them in the next terror attack...somewhere!!!

[EGPWS]

after they recanted their extremist views, security officials said Thursday.

Apparently their responses to "so how does THAT make you feel" were considered a more concerning impact than their response to "blotted pictures".

[SmithL]

. . . after signing pledges not to carry out terror acts or criminal activities. At least they got it in writing. /sarcasm

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

This is why that Marine in Fallujah was right. The rules of engagement against terrorists should be amended to read: "Kill on sight".

[lonevoice]

Good grief. Did the Yemens want to make sure they had time to get to Baghdad before the elections?

[Libertarian4Bush]

time to make some yemenade

[BenLurkin]

Bump

[anniegetyourgun]

Swell. Zarquawi asks for more help, and Yemen supplies.....

[rang1995]

Get with it western world--this is a world war against the muslims..period

[Conservative Canuck]

Kill 'em whether you see 'em or not!

[oldbrowser]

The 113 men were released during the past two weeks after signing pledges not to carry out terror acts or criminal activities

And here we are building all these prisons to house our
criminals.

[cake_crumb]

"Yemeni authorities have released 113 militants belonging to the Al Qaeda network — including at least five once accused of involvement in the deadly bombing of the USS Cole — after they recanted their extremist views, security officials said Thursday"

I sit here and raise my right hand to head height, extend my index finger thusly. I assume a vacuous expression and smile, similiar to that of a Cabbage Patch doll. I insert the tip of my extended, right index finger into the dimple on the right side of my face and say...

DDDDDUUUUUURRRRRUUUUUUHHHHHH?!?

I remove the finger and vacuous expression and say "thanks a freakin LOT Yemen, have you been listening to Binny's favorite wife channeling his tortured spirit again? How much 'lost' Iraqi blood for food money have YOU GUYS been paid off with??"

***

As with Saudi, there are three factions within the Yemeni bureaucracy that we have to sift through: A. those that really want to help us because they like our money and fear our bombs, B. those who sneak through the shadows, making back room deals and helping terrorists acheive their objective attacks, and the third and most numerous, those who are both A and B.

All Pan Arabist countries are like that, and it's option B, combined with international law that screws us up and gets us killed.

Still, the fact that the info has hit in the news might give us hope that the dogs have been loosed and the rats will be closely watched and hunted if necessary.

[thecanuck]

Couldn't we treat it like a side show shooting gallery and as they walk out of the prison, pick them off one at a time.

[cake_crumb]

If they're not already, they'll probably shortly be in Iraq, where ours or other coalition forces will get them.

[Blood of Tyrants]

They are not stupid, they are sympathizers.

[PoorMuttly]

Hope the Lo-Jak enemas work.

[Cvengr]

Better yet, coordinate an airlift for them to Falujah with the Regimental 3, and be sure they are dropped off at one of the many locales we have listed,.....on our target lists.

(We'll recant also....)

[b4its2late]

Dipsticks.

[scjon]

This always works look at the old soviets from the republic being reformed. Looks great on paper just wait 10 years when we have to deal with both ;)

[Ginifer]

What an outrage! This is totally unbelievable! What part of "your either with us or against us" did the Govt. of Yemen not understand? These people speak with "forked tongue".

[Bommer]

Oh good Lord, how stupid are these people?

Are we sure they are not part of the DNC?

[GeekDejure]

Does any sane, informed Freeper believe that when a Muzzle-em signs a 'pledge not to carry out terror acts or criminal activities'... that signed pledge is worth even an itsy bitsy bit more than a piece of ordinary unsoiled toilet paper???

[jgorris]

The 113 men were released during the past two weeks after signing pledges...

Good. Now they can be hunted down and reprocessed.

[rbg81]

Its okay because:

a. The perps said they were "sorry" & that they wouldn'd do "it" again.
b. Kofi Annan approves (he probably donated some Oil-for-Food cash so these guys would have walkin around money).
c. Yemen is a staunch ally in the WOT

[truth_seeker]

Further evidence that prisoners are not a suitable outcome, for this war.

Maybe short term, holding prisoners makes sense for intelligence.

Following such prisoners status, release should be impossible, but disappearance should be highly likely.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Yemeni terrorist:

I been a bad widdle boi!

(Sheepish grin. Carefully conceals deadly explosives in turban.)

[rdl6989]

Let's send some B-52's to show our appreciation.

[river rat]

Someone tell me again that we should consider Arab Muslims as candidates for "enlightenment"

I'll believe that, when I see evidence of the "moderate Muslims" systematically destroying the rabid lunatics in their midst -- instead of CONSTANTLY releasing them on their worthless promises to be good boys...

F'em.......I want the fanatics DEAD, the FIRST time we get the drop on them, before they kill again..

Semper Fi

[GretchenM]

It's not their genius or stupidity that causes me to marvel.

It's their motives.

[RippleFire]

bump

[I'm ALL Right!]

If you're not for us you're against us.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping

[listenhillary]

Whats the matter Osama? Is the bench getting rather empty?

[iso]

What ?

[Recovering_Democrat]

Let's find 'em. And whack 'em.

[TexKat]

Ah great, here goes an increase in our kill total.

[FreeReign]

Yemen Frees 113 Al Qaeda Members

Yemen as been armed to the teeth by Putin over the last few years. That's Putin, "our WOT ally".

Link

[Cold Heat]

The Europeans are not much better at holding on to criminals.

It is catch and release with all of them.

[pete anderson]

Was Yemen on the President's Axis of Evil list.

[FreeReign]

Was Yemen on the President's Axis of Evil list.

Putin's Russia should be.

[anymouse]

Drop a tag on these roaches and see where they end up. Then bring out the Predators and AC-130s and finish the job.

[psyop_man]

No sensible person could believe anything an Al Qaeda terrorist says. These people are aparty to a worldwide conspiracy to kill and terrorize civilians. Therefore, they've placed themselves beyond any consideration allocated to a normal member of society. In other words, these 113 terrorists are legitimate targets. The catch-and-release program engaged in by governments (ours included) is misguided. It's justified and, in my opinion, mandatory that these 113 be taken out.

[proudofthesouth]

I realize that G. W. would probably never give the order to do so, but I'm beginning to think that its time a nuclear bomb (or several) was "accidentially" denotated in either, Saudi, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan or Yemen. Yes, innocent people would be injured or killed but cult that is Islam needs to have an even stronger message sent that either they kill all their radicals or we will kill all Muslims. And BTW, I can't be convinced that there is such a person as a peaceful Muslim.

[World'sGoneInsane]

You know, I've often wondered how many times the savages responsible for the U.S.S. Cole escaped or were released. For awhile, it was being reported they caught the "man responsible" for the bombing every other day. Come to think of it, they probably reported it at least 113 times.

Do you think I am too optimistic to think that we could better deal with them out on the street, then under the protection of the prison walls?

[World'sGoneInsane]

LOL, I guess I just didn't get straight and quickly to the point. If the other posts were voting before my post, I think my optimism could be reality.