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Paul Joseph Watson Comment: Despite studying September 11 for two years solid, one fact I only just discovered is that George W. Bush's father was meeting with Osama bin Laden's brother, Shafig bin Laden, in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, on the morning of 9/11. They were on Carlyle Group business just a few miles from where hijackers supposedly acting on behalf of Osama bin Laden would fly a plane into the Pentagon. Recall that the chief financier of the so-called hijackers, Pakistan's Chief Spy General Mahmoud Ahmad, was meeting with Bush administration officials the week before 9/11. He also met with Bob Graham and Porter Goss on the morning of the attacks, who would later go on to head the first 9/11 investigative committee. Ever wonder why they couldn't find the guy ?? At least THIS story has checkable/proven facts. On Jan 13, 3:45 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > reuters.com > Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:32pm EST > By David Morgan > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday that 61 former > detainees from its military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, > appear to have returned to terrorism since their release from custody. > > Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said 18 former detainees are > confirmed as "returning to the fight" and 43 are suspected of having > done in a report issued late in December by the Defense Intelligence > Agency. > > Morrell declined to provide details such as the identity of the former > detainees, why and where they were released or what actions they have > taken since leaving U.S. custody. > > "This is acts of terrorism. It could be Iraq, Afghanistan, it could be > acts of terrorism around the world," he told reporters. > > Morrell said the latest figures, current through December 24, showed > an 11 percent recidivism rate, up from 7 percent in a March 2008 > report that counted 37 former detainees as suspected or confirmed > active militants. > > Rights advocates said the lack of details should call the Pentagon's > assertions into question. > > "Until enough information is provided to allow the press and the > public to verify these claims, they need to be viewed with a healthy > degree of skepticism," said Jennifer Daskal, a Washington-based lawyer > for Human Rights Watch. > > Rights advocates contend that many Guantanamo detainees have never > taken up arms against the United States and say the Defense Department > in the past has described former detainees as rejoining "the fight" > because they spoke out against the U.S. government. > > "The Defense Department sees that the Guantanamo detention operation > has failed and they are trying to launch another fear mongering > campaign to justify the indefinite detention of detainees there," said > Jamil Dakwar, human rights director at the American Civil Liberties > Union. > > President-elect Barack Obama, who takes office next Tuesday, is > expected to issue an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay > prison. Defense Secretary Robert Gates also favors shuttering > Guantanamo. > > But the prison is unlikely to shut until after U.S. officials settle a > myriad of legal and logistic issues, including a solution on where to > house its occupants. > > About 255 men are still held at the U.S.-run naval base in Cuba, a > symbol of aggressive interrogation methods that exposed the United > States to allegations of torture. > > Pentagon officials say that about 110 detainees should never be > released because of the potential danger they pose to U.S. interests. > > Washington has cleared 50 of the detainees for release but cannot > return them to their home countries because of the risk they would be > tortured or persecuted there. > > The Pentagon said it considers a former detainee's return to terrorism > "confirmed" when evidence shows direct involvement in terrorist > activities. U.S. officials see a "suspected" terrorism links when > intelligence shows a plausible link with terrorist activities. > > "Propaganda does not qualify as a terrorist activity," the Pentagon > said in a statement. > > (Additional reporting by Andrew Gray, editing by David Alexander and > David Wiessler) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
