Posted by
ARJIS on Saturday, April 25, 2009 12:00:00 AM
Obama To Release Suspected Terrorists Into The U.S
Thank you, Mr. President!
All of our fallen sons and daughters really appreciate the slap in the face. They fought and died to keep them out. I am sure their families appreciate it too.
USS Cole CDR Lippold: Terrorists Release Against U.S. Law
Fri, 04/24/2009 - 10:51
Washington, DC – April 24, 2009 – Kirk S. Lippold, Former USS Cole Commander and Senior Military Fellow at Military Families United, released the following statement concerning the news that as many as 7 Chinese Muslims currently being held at Guantanamo Bay will be released in the United States without trial. The 17 members of the Uighur ethnic group were captured on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and were trained at the al-Qaeda affiliated East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) Tora Bora camp.
“In December of 2001, U.S. and Afghan forces were closing in on the location of Osama bin Laden in Tora Bora, Afghanistan. At the same time, 17 members of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) completed weapons training at an al-Qaeda affiliated training camp and remained in Tora Bora. They were captured in the same area as Osama bin Laden escaped from the Tora Bora region. Now, the Administration is planning to set free as many as 7 of the 17 terrorists into the United States.
The release of these terrorists will not only endanger American citizens on our own soil but is against U.S. Law. It plainly states in 8 U.S.C. 12 § 1182 that any alien who has engaged in various forms of terrorist activity or training cannot be permitted into this country. Clearly, the President feels he can disregard US law when it is politically expedient. The ETIM is a terrorist organization and recognized as such by the US Departments of Treasury and Homeland Security. As recently as April 21st, 2009, the Department of the Treasury said this about the leader of the ETIM: ‘Abdul Haq commands a terror group that sought to sow violence and fracture international unity at the 2008 Olympic Games in China.’ The entire notion of releasing these suspected terrorists into American society and providing for them is an affront to US law and the US taxpayer. It is also an insult to the members of the military who risk their lives to bring potentially dangerous people like these to justice.
Our dedicated troops are still fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq and Afghanistan to keep them out of the US. A decision like this would never be contemplated if the Administration did not rush to close Guantanamo Bay. GITMO must remain open as long as is necessary to develop a complete and comprehensive plan to bring these suspects to justice. Viable alternatives must be crafted that do not allow suspected terrorists like Binyam Mohammed, the Uighurs, and potentially hundreds of others to be set free in the United States and other countries.”
CDR Kirk S. Lippold, USN (Ret.) was the Commanding Officer of USS Cole when it was attacked by al Qaeda terrorists in October 2000. He subsequently served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff crafting GITMO detainee policy in the initial stages of the war on terror.