He doesn't recognize the court's authority to try him, because he doesn't recognize any authority but that of Islamic law. Not that Reuters tells you that, of course.
"Guantanamo defendant praises bin Laden at hearing," by Jane Sutton for Reuters (thanks to Sr. Soph):
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A suspected al Qaeda conspirator from Sudan praised Osama bin Laden and the September 11 attacks during a hearing in the Guantanamo war court on Thursday and said he did not recognize the court's authority to try him."I believe that Osama bin Laden has succeeded in a great way in attacking you militarily and economically," the prisoner, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, told the U.S. military court at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba.
In a courtroom speech often difficult to understand because of problems with Arabic-English interpretation, al Qosi said the attacks on New York and the Pentagon exposed a lack of justice and equality in the United States, which preached human rights to other countries.
"The whole world has a headache from your hypocrisy," said al Qosi, who is accused by the United States of helping bin Laden escape to the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan after the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
He is the second prisoner this week to use his appearance to heap scorn on the court in a remote, U.S.-controlled corner of Cuba. On Wednesday, Saudi Arabian prisoner Ahmed al Darbi called the court "a scam" and "a scandal" and said he would not attend further sessions of his trial on charges of plotting with al Qaeda to blow up ships in the Middle East....
If I had my way I would release them all from Guantanamo!
By taking them to the beach and saying "get the hell off, start swimming!"
all other things aside, this is troubling:
In a courtroom speech often difficult to understand because of problems with Arabic-English interpretation....
That guy has been penned up, with no access to news or events for what, 6? 7? years? His opinion on 9/11's effects are based on his imagination. In a court of law it would be called'speculation, lackig foundation" and ignored.
Ignoring it is fine. We have actual battles to fight.
Montjoie
Godfrey
Excellent point Eve. Excellent.
Montjoie!
On Wednesday, Saudi Arabian prisoner Ahmed al Darbi called the court "a scam" and "a scandal" and said he would not attend further sessions of his trial on charges of plotting with al Qaeda to blow up ships in the Middle East.
Great move, Mr. al Darbi. You'll lose by default, and you'll be locked up FOREVER!!!
Let's encourage them all to do the same.
This audacity - this unrepentant scorn mouthed by such barbarians incarcerated as bogus ‘enemy combatants’ at Guantanamo is just one more indication of our willful failure as a nation to recognize and TOTALLY defeat our avowed enemies. If this naive & suicidal trend of self deception continues, we will have not only lost a petty little ‘War Against Terrorism” but our very way of life and civilization. Such vermin provide an ghastly image in the mirror that we should seriously heed before it is too late. God bless American and help us!
"The whole world has a headache from your hypocrisy," said al Qosi....
Funny. I have a headache, too. No thanks to Islam. I'll take being called a hypocrite over being THE EVIL REGIME FROM HELL.
And they want to close Gitmo because.....?
If I had my way I would release them all from Guantanamo!
By taking them to the beach and saying "get the hell off, start swimming!"
*****
how 'bout instead of "get the hell off", giving them a little encouragement...
"Mecca's that way (point to water and vast Caribbean ocean)...
:-) (insert evil laugh here)
"From your attitude it is apparent that you are still an enemy of the U.S. Therefore, this court finds you guilty and sentences you to death by firing squad at sunrise. Aloha snackbar, next case."
Ahmed al Darbi called the court "a scam" and "a scandal" -
I agree with him. These trials are a scam and they are scandalous.
These guys are at war with us, they want to destroy us and they will if we continue like we do. The creeps in Gitmo (including this guy) should have all been hanged by now, instead of allowing the nutroots and the media-circus to make such a revolting spectacle of it. The hundreds, if not thousands of shysters who fall over themselves and cry about 'human rights' in the hope to grab a hand-full of petro-dollars is equally revolting.
This is not the way for America to get respect in the world.
'lack of justice and equality' and 'our hypocrisy'??????
He recognizes no court, no justice, and admits that we are not equal, and this is 'our' hypocrisy?? No...this is what we call islam.
"The whole world has a headache from your hypocrisy"
The whole world is free to take some aspirin and not call the US the next time their head hurts.
In return, we will remove the UN from our shores. That way none of them ever have to come here. Ban-ki Moon, eat your heart out!
Why, oh why, do the presidential candidates worry about "restoring America's reputation"? Are people like this guy the kind we want to curry favor with? Do we want anyone who even remotely agrees with him to be someone we could call a friend?
"I believe that Osama bin Laden has succeeded in a great way" ... in proving to sleepy infidels what Islam is.
"Do we want anyone who even remotely agrees with him to be someone we could call a friend?"
PMK,
That depends on your definition of "we" (haven't we heard that somewhere before?) If we're speaking of those whose careers,legacies,off shore bank accounts and assorted other cheesecake are tied to such characters than yes they can be friends,even lovers. To say nothing of courting the respective voters of such an ilk.
On Wednesday, Saudi Arabian prisoner Ahmed al Darbi called the court "a scam" and "a scandal" and said he would not attend further sessions of his trial on charges of plotting with al Qaeda to blow up ships in the Middle East....
You mean he has a choice? Whatever happened to the good old days when all criminals stood before a judge, even if they had to be tied up and dragged there?
A-merry-ca is the destructive superpower no we!
Posted by: zakariyyaazzam
That's right, you are not a destructive super power or a super power of an kind. That's why you can grunt and strain, you can whine and cry and complain, but you can't win. And why is that? It's because Allah wills it. If Allah willed it, jihadi's
could destroy the hated west in one afternoon, but Allah does not will it. Allah wills you to have conflict with each other instead. As soon as infidels leave muslim lands the fun begins. Al-Qaeda , Hamas, Maliki's men, Iran's men, Nasrallah's men, Saudi men, Sadr's men, will all be at each others throats. The winner will be weak and out of breath. The winner will be the next loser. Allah wills it...
zakariyyaazzam
On another thread I advised you to take another toke from your hooka...please don't take another toke from your hooka!
I've had post canceled here, but this islamofascist "zakariyyaazzam" character gets to spew this bile?!
Toss him out in direction of Satanville/meca.
"to enslave and rape?"
-from a posting above
No, a "civil right" against unlawful trespass(as opposed to that of a lawful court appointed variety) of the Texas compound referred to. Much akin to those civil rights which currently protect Muslim compounds,see:"Islamberg" or such "civil rights" that protect US Muslims from unlawful search and seizure,vigilante attacks or similar lifestyle choices as this cult, which would be otherwise unlawful, on the basis of cultural/religious affiliation. Surely the poster above as a self described "Jihadis" would not seriously wish to see these aspects of our collective "backyard" done away with as it would only hasten the demise of islam's legal protections. Equating those last days of Sophie Scholl's defiance before a Nazi court with that of Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi was entertaining though.
Toss him out in direction of Satanville/meca.
Posted by: Ummah Gummah
I tried to locate that on google maps. I did't locate Satanville, but I did locate Babylon, which is almost as good. You can also get a birds eye view
of Babylons sister city Mekka, and even the 'Cube'.
If you were a bird you could...OT but I also took numerous looks at Groom lake, Nevada, the location of the famous area 51. These are not live pictures so I saw no alien craft, but there was a lot of strange looking stuff...
"the prisoner, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi,"
What, the Islamic Lunatic's name isn't "Muhammed?"
Newsflash, Crazy Mohammedan Zac - YOU are the "Nazi." Nazi Zac alla kazzam!
I'm a little confused by zakariyyaazzam's posting
zakariyyaazzam said, " This is the United States,they have rights,we are going to respect them.We are not going to violate their (Americas God given,ha!) civil right....To enslave and rape ??!!"
Is he claiming (like Mohamet did) that the Mohammedan have a God given right to enslave and rape?
And here it gets really strange in his posting
zakariyyaazzam said "Why are you not joining us Jihadis Robert to sort out your backyard first and then ours.
Is he inviting Robert to be a homicide bomber in the US? and then do it all again in the Middle East? Rather difficult for Robert to do since 1st I do not believe he is secretly a "Closet Jihadist" and second the logistics of performing a second homicide bombing are just... mind-boggling.
zakariyyaazzam, "A-merry-ca is the destructive superpower no we!"
Though here he is correct to point out, to the great fortunate the world, that in fact Islam hasn't been a world power in centuries (thank Aloha's Snackbar for that, or Inshallah…lol). The fact is America has never done as the Mohammedan have done with the Hindi Empire, the Persian Empire, and the Byzantine Empire. (It the Mohammedan seem to hope to add a few more notches to their collective belts, starting with the rest of Europe being their first major priority).
This zakariyyaazzam is very hard to understand, and as I’ve said before, “The quality of our Trolls is seriously degrading.” I will now hazard say that our Trolls are no long worthy of true Troll status, but something more akin to Sub-Trolls or Pseudo-Trolls. Marisol, please interview some new ones.
Problem is, we don't interview 'em; they just keep showing up!
So quality control tends to focus on when they reach the point of diminishing returns as far as being instructive with respect to a certain mindset.
I think we have a Mindbender Troll on board that requires a translator. Anyone speak Gleek? Mines a little rusty.
"The whole world has a headache from your hypocrisy"
He does actually have a point there. The Bush warmongering administration has involved the US in expensive, unnecessary wars while not focusing on the real problems - the teachings and nature of Islam.
It was less that second grade talk but I did get one thing out of it.
Can't miss that even with illiterate typing. It is obviously not his/her/it's second language. I would say fourth or fifth. Aliens at Area 51 can speak clearer.
The only thing Osama bin-Laden has succeeded in would be that he has inspired many Muslims to inflict violent death upon many people ...Mostly other Muslims...
These are the lunatics that everyone says are sooooooooooooooo abused at Guantanamo.
Boo freakin' hoo.