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Former Guantanamo detainee implicated in Benghazi attack
WaPo ^ | 1/7/2014 | Adam Goldman

Posted on 01/08/2014 9:20:50 AM PST by mojito

U.S. officials suspect that a former Guantanamo Bay detainee played a role in the attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and are planning to designate the group he leads as a foreign terrorist organization, according to officials familiar with the plans.

Militiamen under the command of Abu Sufian bin Qumu, the leader of Ansar al-Sharia in the Libyan city of Darnah, participated in the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, U.S. officials said.

Witnesses have told American officials that Qumu’s men were in Benghazi before the attack on Sept. 11, 2012, according to the officials. It’s unclear whether they were there as part of a planned attack or out of happenstance. The drive from Darnah to Benghazi takes several hours.

The State Department is expected to tie Qumu’s group to the Benghazi attack when it designates three branches of Ansar al-Sharia, in Darnah, Benghazi and Tunisia, as foreign terrorist organizations in the coming days.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: abusufianbinqumu; ansaralsharia; benghazi; libya
Not al Qaida enough for the NY Slimes.
1 posted on 01/08/2014 9:20:50 AM PST by mojito
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To: mojito

Now we know why on January 20th 2009, Obamas very first day in office, the very FIRST thing he did was try to close down club Gitmo. Gotta git dem islamos back to work!!


2 posted on 01/08/2014 9:22:08 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: mojito

What difference does it make?

/hillary

Besides. We all KNOW Benghazi was a result of that Christian video.

/puke


3 posted on 01/08/2014 9:26:04 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: mojito; All

I tried to find his release date from gitmo. When was it?


4 posted on 01/08/2014 9:26:23 AM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11) Hey, Harry Reid.. 1-800-318-2596!)
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To: mojito
Why makes any of these administration people think the recidivism rate won't be 100%?

Releasing any detainee is just stupid... They're prisoners of war. If the war never ends, it's better to feed and house them forever than let them go to act up again.

5 posted on 01/08/2014 9:27:30 AM PST by grobdriver
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To: ColdOne
From the article:

“In 2007, Qumu was released from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and sent to Libya, where he was detained. The Libyan government released him in 2008.”

He was originally arrested in Pakistan.

6 posted on 01/08/2014 9:28:47 AM PST by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Uh-oh. An undesirable result of the “catch and release” program. We seem to have a lot of “catch and release” programs in this country.


7 posted on 01/08/2014 9:29:48 AM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Odumbe thought he could walk into office and order GITMO closed and it would be done the next day?

He is so freakin’ clueless its unbelievable...


8 posted on 01/08/2014 9:32:54 AM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: mojito

Thanks


9 posted on 01/08/2014 9:33:40 AM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11) Hey, Harry Reid.. 1-800-318-2596!)
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To: The Antiyuppie

What happened to this GITMO guys they released to Jamaica and gave them a house on a beach?

They had TV cameras there showing them standing around like they didnt know what to do next, ... one of them jumped itno the water on the beach (in his clothes) and they all stood around a little more..

Any word on their progress in that country?

Did they find JOBS? LOL


10 posted on 01/08/2014 9:34:31 AM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: mojito

Impeachment File for “B. Hussein Obama,” aka Barry Soetoro, a documented legal citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.


11 posted on 01/08/2014 9:37:20 AM PST by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: mojito
'In 2007, Qumu was released from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and sent to Libya, where he was detained. The Libyan government released him in 2008.'

Ouch.

12 posted on 01/08/2014 9:40:00 AM PST by Theoria (End Socialism : No more GOP and Dem candidates)
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To: mojito

Why are they reporting this like it is new news?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/19/top-administration-official-says-strike-in-libya-was-terror-attack/

Published September 20, 2012
FoxNews.com

Intelligence sources tell Fox News they are convinced the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was directly tied to Al Qaeda — with a former Guantanamo detainee involved.


13 posted on 01/08/2014 9:40:38 AM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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Why are they reporting this like it is new news?

I suspect it is to refute a very long, very detailed and very mendacious NYSlimes article published last week that claimed that al-Qaida involvement in Benghazi was a Republican invention, and that the Muhmammed YouTube video was the cause of the attack.

14 posted on 01/08/2014 9:45:42 AM PST by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: mojito

15 posted on 01/08/2014 10:04:00 AM PST by Baynative (Got bulbs? Check my profile page.)
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To: Mr. K
Did they find JOBS?

At least one of them did....

16 posted on 01/08/2014 10:38:34 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: mojito

Whatever. More BS. Nobody knew Stevens was going to be in Benghazi, not even State.

Whatever really happened occurred hastily after he appeared on local Benghazi TV the prior morning.

We may never know the true story...


17 posted on 01/08/2014 12:56:29 PM PST by logi_cal869
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To: mojito

Don’t be silly. Why would the group that Obama and Biden say are not our enemies want to attack Americans?


18 posted on 01/08/2014 2:49:26 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Pollster1

And tell me, WHO is surprised that a muzzie, ex-prisoner of war would has ill feelings toward America?


19 posted on 01/08/2014 3:15:29 PM PST by DaveA37
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