I am calling 100% bullshit on this piece of reporting.
I haven’t been around that long, but I can point out Pentagon propaganda when I see it.
It’s great that this stuff is still going on.
“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” (Mark Twain, attributed)
It’s not the first time these very same guys have been in the news.
After holding these men for six years without charge or trial, Military “Trust Us, We Know What We’re Doing” Intelligence set them free. From the US-run madrassa in Cuba. Without having a judge look at the evidence, because, my God, if we let real judges look at evidence, what kind of bone-headed decisions will *they* start making?
IMO, the releases of Saudis from GTMO in 2007 had a whole lot more to do with keeping the Saudis on the reservation wrt Iraq, Iran, and oil, than the supposed efficacy of the rehabilitation program. (Which still, I think, has a better track record on recidivism than US prisons).
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The article starting on page 7 is pretty good, I think.
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Smoke screen, mis-directions, blubber for the masses.
What else is new?
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If you’re an innocent Yemeni stuck in America’s Stupid Prison, it’s been an ugly week.
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http://carnegieendowment.org/files/0708carnegie-yemen.pdf
This is actually pretty good. Yemen is an “interesting” place, and Saleh has his hands full.
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After surviving the horrors of Gitmo’s torture chambers I’m sure these guys weren’t going back to Yemen to open up a coffee shop.
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Nothing new going on here – the American news media is always first in line to repeat government lies, and nowhere to be found when the truth comes out.
Check this out – it’s from “Ladybug”
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/12/26/airstrikes/print.html
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That’s the thing, Swede: they weren’t going “back” to Yemen at all. They’re Saudis. Who escaped from SA to Yemen (although one of the guys in the original report turned himself in in February, and is not in Yemen, but in Saudi custody). Most GTMO alums, though, aren’t interested in joining AQ or getting into a fight. They’d rather start a coffee shop . . .
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