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ABC News reports President Obama will likely withdraw the charges against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the mastermind of the terrorist attack against the U.S.S. Cole that killed 17 U.S. sailors:
The move is being done to stop the continued prosecution of al-Nashiri in a court system that his administration may ultimately find illegitimate, not for any other reason, sources told ABC News.
The withdrawal is the direct result of Obama's unwise executive order closing the terrorist detention center in Guantanamo Bay:
In a way, the President tied his administration's own hands, requiring his Secretary of Defense to drop the charges. The executive order President Obama signed on closing the Guantanamo Detention Facilities states that "all proceedings" in the US Military Commissions must be "halted":
"The Secretary of Defense shall immediately take steps sufficient to ensure that during the pendency of the Review described in section 4 of this order, no charges are sworn, or referred to a military commission under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the Rules for Military Commissions, and that all proceedings of such military commissions to which charges have been referred but in which no judgment has been rendered, and all proceedings pending in the United States Court of Military Commission Review, are halted."
Commander Kirk Lippold (Ret.), the Commander of the U.S.S. Cole when it was bombed on October 12, 2000, is "concerned about the President considering dropping the charges because it may be indicative that the president does not intend to follow the military commissions process which has undergone extensive legal and legislative review."
I continue to ask, what do you do with these terrorists?
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For all you abnormal yuppy gutter snipe Liberals that voted for uhbama. No one really knows this man although you Idiots voted for this stupid MF any way. He is gonna get us in deep ,are you hearing me. Closing club gitmo and letting these jihadist free is total ISANITY. I Pray that the Lord above will have mercy on us. Liberalism is most definately a MENTAL DISORDER.
"Liberalism is most definately a MENTAL DISORDER."
With only one cure, death.
Hey Dan, no hard feelings. Thanks for blogging.
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