April 01, 2005

Captured Zarqawi Aide an American

An American was captured late last year fighting for Abu Musab Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq, the group responsible for dozens of beheading murders of civilians. Coalition forces are now holding him as an 'enemy combatant'.

I have a better word for him: traitor.

I can think of no better candidate for extraordinary rendition. After every last ounce of information is gently extracted for him then I say we send him to Saudi Arabia. I hear they have a most fitting form of execution.

N.Y. Post:

U.S. forces in Iraq are holding an associate of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who holds joint American-Jordanian citizenship, defense officials said yesterday.
The man was snared in a raid by U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq late in 2004, according to a Pentagon spokesman, who said weapons and bomb-making materials were in his residence.

The man was described as a personal associate of Zarqawi and an emissary to insurgent groups in several cities in Iraq.

The officials said that the man holds joint U.S.-Jordanian citizenship, but declined to provide his hometown or otherwise identify him.

After his capture, a panel of three U.S. officers determined that he was an enemy combatant and therefore not entitled to prisoner-of-war status under the Geneva Convention, the spokesman said.

He is still being held as a security threat but has been visited by representatives of the International Committee on the Red Cross.

He is the first American known to be captured fighting for the insurgency in Iraq.

Let me note, though, that dozens of Europeans have been captured fighting for the terrorists. However, all of them have been Muslim immigrants or the children of immigrants.

Reuters:

He is being held at an internment facility in Iraq," said Lieutenant Colonel Guy Rudisill, spokesman for detainee affairs. "He's being held along with other detainees."

Rudisill said he had no details on the man's age or where he was from in the United States. He said he was born in Jordan and received U.S. citizenship later, but it was not known when. He has been interrogated by U.S. forces.

"We do know from interrogation that he has strong ties to the al-Zarqawi network," Rudisill said.

Legal action against the detainee will be taken in coordination with the Iraqi government, he added, leaving open the possibility that he could be handed over to the U.S. Justice Department.

Rudisill said the fact an American had been held in connection with the insurgency was only emerging now because no one had asked about it previously.

Posted by: Rusty at 08:25 AM | Comments (19) | Add Comment
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1 Probably a liberal democrap. They are all filthy traitors.

Posted by: Earl Dittman at April 01, 2005 08:28 AM (yBHNA)

2 I cannot wait until all those cursed head-choppers get their day in court. As Bullet-tooth Tony said, "You're in trouble now!"

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 01, 2005 08:40 AM (fufbw)

3 He's not an American. He's an Arab with an American passport. Big difference.

Posted by: Carlos at April 01, 2005 08:41 AM (8e/V4)

4 I hear he is really Collin baber's domestic partner and is pissed because they can't get married.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2005 08:56 AM (FdNoz)

5 No, last time I checked when one becomes a citizen of the United States, he is an American.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 01, 2005 08:58 AM (JQjhA)

6 Yes Carlos. BIGGGGG difference. Wonder why the media doesn't recognize that fact. We have our Collin Baber and American Taliban, but not to many of them.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2005 09:00 AM (FdNoz)

7 Rusty: Can you acknowledge that perhaps being an American is something in the heart as well as on paper? We have millions of so called Americans because they have a paper of conveinence that says they are. Where are their hearts? Getting a piece of paper so you can get a paycheck doesn't make a patriot. Takes a bit more.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2005 09:09 AM (FdNoz)

8 >>>"No, last time I checked when one becomes a citizen of the United States, he is an American." Yeah, and Michael Schiavo was still Terri's husband.

Posted by: Carlos at April 01, 2005 09:10 AM (8e/V4)

9 Sorry to disagree but I'm right on this one. In case of a serious all out war, I have a feeling we will have a lot less citizens. Reverse immigration!!!! Ha, maybe theres something good in every thing.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2005 09:13 AM (FdNoz)

10 He should face a firing squad; right after Jane. I volunteer for both duties!

Posted by: Rod Stanton at April 01, 2005 12:34 PM (2pT/w)

11 No, citizenship has nothing to do with the heart; it is a legal status bestowed on individuals by a bureacracy - either in birth or immigration. Having an American passport allowed this mofo to take advantage of our extensive bilateral migration agreements - visa free access to most of Central and South America, Europe, Canada, much of Africa, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Phillipines, and certain Middle Eastern states (including the West Bank and Gaza, normally off limits to Arabs). Only Canadian citizenship is more widely accepted visa free. As for migration in general, we need all the high-skilled migrants we can handle (I am an immigrant myself). We could easily absorb another 25 million 20somethings with university diplomas. Al Qaeda has been practically exterminated - can you even think of their last major operation outside of Iraq? On the other hand, there is still China and India to compete with and the Chinese defense budget is growing at an incredible pace.

Posted by: electronicIDF at April 01, 2005 08:21 PM (MBd2J)

12 electronicIDF: I concede on the educated part of your post. The truth is America has been getting the best of the world. Nothing new here. Good example is Cuba. The US got the best of their country. That is until the LIBERAL peanut farmer got outsmarted by Castro. Much of Europe says bring me your poor. A noble cause. America says bring me your most adventureous, your most intelligent, etc: It's obvious who is an will be better off in the future. Here's where we differ. Do we have enough? America is doing just fine. Will over population help our future? Why speed it along. Drive on a freeway in Los Angeles and tell me we need more permanent residents. I can't go along with the need for more. In particular, the failure of our liberal policies in regards to selectivity. Another difference: You refer to highly-skilled workers. I differ. The American educational system that already educates much of the world can supplied all the educated highly skilled people we need. Anyone need a lawyer? A few years ago the claim was we were turning out to many Doctors. Their are multitutes of engineers working out of their trade. The Mexican connection. We need jobs filled by them as much as by intellectual types. I don't fear someone taking my mop bucket from me because I don't use one. Who wishes to pick lettuce all day. Mexicans fill a void. Our liberal society says if you don't wish to work for a living have an illegitimate child and sit on your ass and we will pay you. Apparently, Mexican women have more pride than some Americans. I know Mexican men do. If they are truely Americans. So called Americans that refuse to stand when the National Anthem is played are not Americans. Mexicans fill a very needed void in many areas. They don't have good paying jobs in Mexico. Hell, they don't even have jobs. We do. Mutual benefit. We once had a bracero program wherein Mexican labours could come, work here, make excellent wages and return to their country with their pockets full. Liberals claimed this to be dehumanizing. Program was dropped. Liberals figured it was better for people to starve than travel back and forth a border. Now they just sneak in and stay because it's getting harder to sneak back in. Another example of liberal results that end up the opposite of what was intended. As usual, I might add. Anyway, my point being we need unskilled workers every bit as much as skilled. Even more I think. Wonder who picked the orange I just ate? Bet I know. Need manual labor? Call Manuel. A dependable resource. Have a good one. Rain stopped but now the wind started. Hard to go fishing so Manuel and I will start disking the back forty.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 02, 2005 07:36 AM (CBNGy)

13 Didn't check spelling again. Sorry about that.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 02, 2005 07:43 AM (CBNGy)

14 I agree. And contrary to whar that clown Clinton said, not EVERY American should go to college. I think this for two reasons: 1. If everyone has a degree or degrees, it lessons their value (if they have any left, that is). College degrees today are the high school diplomas of yesteryear.It's taken for granted that EVERYONE MUST HAVE ONE> 2. If everyone has a diploma, who will mop the floors, pump the gas, or as you say, pick the fruit? (These jobs are probably more worthwhile than a lot of white collar ones, anyway.)

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 02, 2005 11:03 AM (h4G3i)

15 His detention without charge is a violation of a Supreme Court ruling.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 03, 2005 04:48 AM (fufbw)

16 Bourbon: Good point. We are telling every disinfranished child in American the secret to sucess to a college degree. Wrong. Balance is the key. If all had a degree and expected the return they were told to expect and garbage collector would be receiving $300.00 an hour. Myself and my degree would do it for $250.00 per hour. Fifty for me and $200.00 for my sheep skin.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 04, 2005 11:30 PM (CBNGy)

17 Don't they get that now?!

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 05, 2005 10:31 AM (x+5JB)

18 Only is San Francisco. But truthfully, would you like to carry a garbage can up one of those hills? Another thing on college for all. Are standards being lowered to allow for degrees to people with an IQ of 95?

Posted by: greyrooster at April 05, 2005 06:44 PM (CBNGy)

19 Yes, with lower scores for certain races. How insulting and condescending. What did MLK say about how people should NOT being judged according to the color of their skin?

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 07, 2005 08:59 AM (x+5JB)

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