Posted on 02/08/2009 3:42:54 PM PST by Joiseydude
SAN'A, Yemen — Yemen released 170 men it had arrested on suspicion of having ties to Al Qaeda, security officials said Sunday, two weeks after the terror group announced that Yemen had become the base of its activities for the whole Arabian peninsula.
In the past, such releases have raised concern in the United States and increased its reluctance to release Yemeni detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
Yemen has said it expects most of the 100 remaining Yemenis at Guantanamo to be sent home after President Barack Obama ordered the prison shut within a year.
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Following Obama’s lead...
I’m sure they were all innocent. /s
Coming soon to a neighborhood near YOU!
Probably applying for visas to the US even as we speak.
“Probably applying for visas to the US even as we speak.”
And registering for flying school.
These rulers in the Middle East are not stupid. They see that Obama is not the ‘strong horse’ that will stand beside them and between them and the terrorists or jihad states like Iran.
Obama has already made his submission to Iran by calling Ahminijad first. That’s how they will read it.
Notice that Turkey is also trimming its sails with the prevailing wind.
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