Well, well, well... no surprise, the jihadis are giving the Obama administration a verbal pat on the back:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LR340030.htm
“Taliban say Guantanamo closure “positive step””
27 Jan 2009 23:41:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) -
SNIPPET: “”Obama’s move to close Guantanamo detention centre is a positive step for peace and stability in the region and the world...,” the Taliban said in a message posted on Islamist websites, monitored by the U.S.-based terrorism monitor, the SITE Intelligence Group.
The message said Obama had to reverse the policies of former President George W. Bush in Afghanistan and the Islamic world.
“If Obama is right and, according to his words, wants to open a new page based on peaceful interaction built on mutual respect with the Islamic world, the first thing he has to do is to stop and annul all these procedures, which were created according to Bush’s criminal policy,” it said.
“He must completely withdraw all his forces from the two occupied Islamic countries (Afghanistan and Iraq), and to stop defending Israel against Islamic interests in the Middle East and the entire world,” the Taliban message said.”
NOTE: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2173110/posts
Bomber’s Martyrdom Tape Renews Fears Over Consequences of Closing Gitmo
Fox ^ | 1/27/2009 | Fox
Posted on January 27, 2009 5:31:22 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
As President Obama pushes for the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison, the debate over where to house the terror detainees being held there is heating up.
An exclusive video of a former Gitmo detainee’s martyrdom tape, obtained by FOX News, is a reminder of the concerns that terror suspects — who have been held but released from Guantanamo Bay — are increasingly returning to the fight against the United States and its allies.
Abdallah Ali al-Ajmi was transferred back to his home country of Kuwait after his release from Guantanamo in 2005. Last April he blew himself up in a homicide attack that killed 12 people in Mosul, Iraq.
Al-Ajmi, known in Guantanamo as Detainee 220, made his martyrdom tape before the attack.
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ADDING to post no. 21:
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www.nefafoundation.org/documents-original.html#taliban0109
www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/nefataliban0109.pdf
BLOG:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/01/nefa_foundation_taliban_insist.php
“NEFA Foundation: Taliban Insist “Closing the Cages of Guantanamo Is Not Enough””
By Evan Kohlmann
(January 28, 2009)