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Gitmo

I hope that Obama and Co. are paying attention (even if they DO NOT watch “24″)…You might want to think about this before letting terrorists free…And don’t even THINK about closing Gitmo, OK?

Same holds true for Israel… KEEP THE TERRORISTS IN JAIL!!!

Reprinted from Reuters

RIYADH – Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp
returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for
Al-Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a security official said Saturday(19
June).
The United States has sent back around 120 Saudis from the detention camp at
the US naval base in Cuba. Saudi Arabia has put the returned prisoners along
with other Al-Qaeda suspects through a rehabilitation program which includes
religious re-education by clerics and financial help to start a new life.
The scheme, which some 300 extremists have attended, is part of
anti-terrorism efforts after Al-Qaeda staged attacks inside the Kingdom from
2003-06.
Around 11 Saudis from Guantanamo have gone to Yemen, an operating base for
Al-Qaeda, while others have been jailed again or killed after attending the
program, said Abdulrahman Al-Hadlaq, Director General of the General
Administration for Intellectual Security overseeing the rehabilitation.
He pinpointed strong personal ties among former prisoners but also tough US
tactics as the reason why some 20 percent of the returned Saudis relapsed
into militancy compared to 9.5 percent of other participants in the
rehabilitation program.
“Those guys from other groups didn’t suffer torture before, the
non-Guantanamos (participants). Torturing is the most dangerous thing in
radicalization. You have more extremist people if you have more torture,”
Hadlaq told reporters in a rare briefing about Saudi anti-terrorism efforts.
Despite the setback with Guantanamo prisoners, Saudi Arabia regards the
rehabilitation scheme, which kicks in after militants have served a prison
term, as a success. “There is no doubt that there is an effect,” Hadlaq
said.

If you don’t believe it, just ask the terrorists sitting in prison waiting for the next release of prisoners…the next “good-will” gesture on Israel’s part…the next “confidence-building measures” imposed on Israel by the US and Europe. Or, more likely, the next exchange of a zillion palestinian terrorist prisoners for one innocent Israeli captive, dead (G-d forbid) or alive.
They are seriously talking about releasing this guy, even though he has publicly announced that he fully intends to return to murdering and maiming innocent Israelis. So far, Netanyahu and the Israeli government is standing strong against the insanity of releasing these murderers, but we’ll see…It ain’t over till it’s over…

Abdullah Barghouti: I will keep fighting occupation


Hamas ‘engineer’, who was sentenced to 67 life terms for several deadly terror attacks, says PM Netanyahu sabotaged execution of prisoner swap securing Gilad Shalit’s release. ‘He is far more concerned with Kadima’

Reprinted from YNet News Sharon Roffe-Ofir

Abdullah Iyad Barghouti, who has been mentioned as one of the Hamas officials currently jailed in Israel that the organization demands in return for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, does not believe he will be freed in the near future, and blames Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for sabotaging the deal.

“There is no way the deal will be executed soon, Netanyahu does not want to execute the deal, he is busy with many other things,” Barghouti said Sunday afternoon at a hearing on the conditions of his imprisonment at the Nazareth District Court. The hearing addressed whether or not Barghouti should remain in confinement.

After he told the court that there is “no way” he believes in the Israeli court system, he responded to questions by reporters – in fluent Hebrew. He stated that if he were to be released, he would continue to “fight the occupation.” When asked if he was referring only to the occupation in Gaza or in other places, such as Nazareth, he said: “The occupation in all of Palestine”.

Barghouti answering questioning in court on Sunday (Photo: Hagai Aharon)

Of the prisoner exchange deal he said, “I was the third name in the deal, Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Saadat were before me. Hagai Hadas signed, the German mediator signed, and Hamas signed. When it reached Netanyahu, he zigzagged and caved. He is more concerned with other things. For example, he is far more concerned with Kadima.”

In response to a question on the captive soldier’s condition, he said, “As far as I know he is 100% okay, he is normal, he eats, he drinks, he sleeps. We do not hurt our prisoners.”

Barghouti, a relative of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti but a member of the rival Hamas organization, is considered the movement’s “engineer”. He was convicted of involvement in terror attacks that claimed many victims, including the suicide attacks in Café Moment and Sbarro in Jerusalem, the Sheffield Club in Rishon Lezion, and the bus 4 line in Tel Aviv.

In total, Barghouti was responsible for the murder of 66 Israelis and the injury of some 500. In 2004 Barghouti was sentenced to 67 life sentences.

In the past two years Barghouti’s name has come up repeatedly as one of the “four officials” that Israel refuses to release and that make up the main obstacle standing before the completion of a prisoner swap. The list also includes Marwan Barghouti, Ahmad Saadat and Hamas member Ibrahim Hamed, who is considered head of the organization’s military wing in the West Bank.

According to other reports, the list of prisoners Israel refuses to release includes other members of Hamas’ military wing such as Abbas a-Sayed, Jamal Abu al-Hija, Hassan Salameh and a number of female terrorist.