Don't believe Obama's serious about fighting terrorism? This will ... not change your mind

Jun 23, 2016 3:46 PM
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Don't believe Obama's serious about fighting terrorism? This will ... not change your mind

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In case the Obama administration hasn’t done enough to reassure us of their commitment to keeping us safe …

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Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab al-Rahabi had been held at the U.S. naval base on Cuba for 14 years but never charged with a crime. A U.S. review board found in 2014 that the Yemeni national was no longer a threat to the nation and recommended he be transferred.

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According to Pentagon documents, al-Rahabi was detained by Pakistani forces in Dec. 2001 and transferred to Guantanamo the next month on suspicion of being a former bodyguard for bin Laden. The documents also suggest he may have been related by marriage to the late al Qaeda founder.

The files allege al-Rahabi also received training for a planned mission to hijack airplanes in southeast Asia in an attack that was meant to be coordinated with 9/11 but never happened.

The timing couldn’t possibly be better:

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Ugh.

https://twitter.com/laur862098511/status/746048857709043712

https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/746048376152592384

https://twitter.com/jrut2147/status/746041888172552192

Well, hopefully they’re at least sending him on his way with plenty of compassion, unity, and love.

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