Killer of American Troops Set to Be Freed, Thanks to Obama
5th August 2012
Ali Mussa Daqduq, a Lebanese militant, has been held in Iraq for the 2007 killings of five American soldiers, four of whom were captured, tortured and shot execution-style. But now the Iraqi central criminal court has ordered that Daqduq be freed immediately.
Daqduq was in U.S. custody in Iraq and could have been transferred to Guantanamo Bay. But despite our government’s belief, set forth in the extradition request, that Daqduq is a top threat to Americans in the Middle East, President Obama refused to send him to Gitmo. Instead, the Obama administration decided to let an Iraqi court try him. As a result, barring a reversal of the court’s decision, Daqduq will be freed.
Are you better off now than you were four years ago? Ali Mussa Daqduq certainly is.
August 5th, 2012 at 13:50
From the article:
So now we face the prospect that this killer of Americans, who presents a clear risk of further killing, will not receive justice and will soon be back in the terrorism racket.
I used to think the gold standard for being an utter failure and moral coward while in office was Jimmy Carter; that his abysmal domestic-policy track record and humiliating, failed foreign policy would be difficult, if not impossible, to beat. He’s still ahead in that race to be the worst president this country ever had, but only by a nose: Obama’s coming on strong in that regard.
August 5th, 2012 at 22:24
Those Muslims stick together – except when they are killing each other, of course.
August 6th, 2012 at 06:46
If we’d prosecuted him five years ago, when we ‘caught’ him, there would be no need for all of this hand-wringing; he’d have been convicted or released.
So, why didn’t we?