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Belgium arrests two ex-Guantanamo inmates on jihad terrorism charges

Jul 24, 2015 5:19 pm By Robert Spencer

Moussa ZemmouriGitmo recidivism shouldn’t surprise anyone. Absolutely nothing was done at Guantanamo to disabuse the inmates of their jihadist beliefs. On the contrary, the Qur’an was treated with the utmost respect by the Infidel guards, who didn’t even defile it with their Infidel hands, but handled it only with gloves. That and more only reinforced the Islamic supremacist core beliefs of the prisoners, when they should have been confronted and challenged.

“Belgium arrests two ex-Guantanamo inmates on terrorism charges,” by Robin Emmott, Reuters, July 24, 2015:

Belgium has arrested two former detainees of Guantanamo prison on charges of terrorism, saying the men are suspected of seeking recruits to fight in Syria, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Friday.

The two men, who were held at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval base in Cuba between 2001 and 2005, were under police surveillance and were arrested in the early hours of Thursday in the Belgian city of Antwerp along with three others.

“They were in a car, we believe waiting to commit a robbery,” said Jean-Pascal Thoreau, a spokesman for Belgium’s federal prosecutor.

Western fighters in Syria and Iraq have found some of their most willing recruits in Belgium, and per capita Belgium is the European country providing the highest number of citizens to fight with Syrian rebels in recent years, data shows.

Belgium is third only to France and Britain, with nearly 300 citizens traveling to fight between late 2011 and December 2013, according to the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation.

The two men accused are Moussa Zemmouri, a 37-year-old Belgian of Moroccan origin, and an Algerian whom the prosecutor’s office identified as Soufiane A and who is suspected of spending time in Syria.

Zemmouri was captured in the Kandahar region in southern Afghanistan following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. He was flown back to Belgium in April 2005 and later released after spending time in a Belgian prison.

Guantanamo was set up after the Sept. 11 attacks for al Qaeda and Taliban detainees. Obama vowed to close it within a year when he came to office in 2009. The White House said on Wednesday it was in the final stage of drafting a plan for closing the prison for foreign terrorism suspects.

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  1. Don McKellar says

    Jul 24, 2015 at 5:32 pm

    “…the Qur’an was treated with the utmost respect by the Infidel guards, who didn’t even defile it with their Infidel hands, but handled it only with gloves.”

    This kind of bullshit REALLY paints a visual picture of everything that has been done wrong with regards to Islamic terrorists and Islam in general, both abroad and at home — and why the problem continues to escalate with no end in sight.

    • particolor says

      Jul 24, 2015 at 9:31 pm

      They didn’t have any Airline Sick Bags ! 🙁

    • Cecilia Ellis says

      Jul 25, 2015 at 1:55 am

      Don, not only were American military personnel not allowed to touch the Qur’ans with ungloved hands, they had to wear white gloves to distribute them. Distribution had to be respectful. Brace yourself for this . . . the American military also had to provide each detainee with a small, white hammock, of sufficient size to hold the Qur’an, which could then be tied to the cell structure in such a manner that the Qur’an would not have to be placed on the floor. (That would be a blasphemous act . . . )

    • bill walker says

      Jul 25, 2015 at 1:14 pm

      Perhaps they were wearing gloves because they felt that the Quran is full of s**t.

    • Dave says

      Jul 25, 2015 at 5:32 pm

      Did Mr Obama or Mr Kerry even inquire of Iran if the Christian ministers being held there had access to God’s Holy Bible, while BO and JK were in the process of giving the store away?

      Shame on you Mr Kerry, shame on you Mr Obama, according to you, this deal is the best deal ever and yet you could not even pull off the release of these innocent ministers.

      • Cecilia Ellis says

        Jul 26, 2015 at 12:14 am

        Well said, Dave. Well said.

    • Cecilia Ellis says

      Jul 26, 2015 at 10:34 pm

      Robert Spencer, in his introduction to the article, “Belgium arrests two ex-Guantanamo inmates on jihad terrorism charges,” said:

      “Absolutely nothing was done at Guantanamo to disabuse the inmates of their jihadist beliefs. On the contrary, the Qur’an was treated with the utmost respect by the Infidel guards, who didn’t even defile it with their Infidel hands, but handled it only with gloves. That and more only reinforced the Islamic supremacist core beliefs of the prisoners, when they should have been confronted and challenged.”

      Here are some facts that highlight just how true Robert’s statement is:
      Religion:

      -Everyone gets a Qur’an, paperback or hardback, along with little hammocks to keep their holy book from touching the ground when not in use.
      -Guards are prohibited from handling the books. The Muslim librarian is the only one that’s allowed to touch the Qur’ans anymore, per detainee request.
      -Should distribution be required by military, they must wear gloves.
      -No one gets a Bible, because the Bible could “incite” the terrorists.
      -Each detainee gets a prayer rug and beads.
      -They have their own clerics to “preach” to them.

      Food:

      -Each detainee gets $38.45 worth of food a day.
      -Each detainee is offered up to 5000+ calories a day — including lamb certified as halal.
      -There are up to four halal meals a day (imported dates and honey, roasted meats, sides of olives and cheese at every meal, if that’s what the detainees want).

      Additional luxuries for detainees:

      – American flag is not flown where detainees can see it.
      -A recently-upgraded $750,000 soccer field
      -Treadmills (Detainees reportedly demanded treadmills that were made by Muslim hands, not by infidels.)
      -Stationary bikes
      -Wii-Fits
      -Recreation centers
      -Satellite TV (sports, news, religious programming, and Arabic soap operas)
      -Al Jazeera TV
      -A library with 10,000 books and videos
      -A Muslim librarian who also stockpiles Arabic TV shows and important soccer matches for watching as desired
      -USA Today
      -Art classes
      -Un-networked laptops for detainees taking life skills class that includes resume writing lesson
      -Free medical and dental care not offered to American prisoners or to average American citizens
      -Every detainee has his own doctor or nurse
      – Routine medical care is administered by corpsmen who visit each cellblock every two days or whenever a detainee requests care.
      -Life-changing medical care (prosthetic limbs and removal of cancerous tumors, as examples)
      -Skype video-conferences with families for two high-level detainees (Abu Faraj al Libi – the former Number 3 al-Qaeda leader – and Abd al Rahim al Nashiri – who orchestrated bombing of USS Cole) and probably Khalid Sheikh Muhammed – mastermind of 9/11 attacks.

      Information provided above taken from articles that may be viewed at the following links:

      http://nypost.com/2013/06/30/waist-of-money-at-guantanamo-bay-as-detainees-get-prisons-infidel-gym-replaced/

      http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/18/jd-gordon-why-guantanamo-prison-is-so-expensive/?page=all#!

      http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/guantanamo/article1938974.html

      http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/what-gitmo-terrorist-prisoners-will-soon-have-access-to-is-an-outrage

      http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=25852

      http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/obama-allows-major-luxury-for-worst-terrorists/#!

  2. abad says

    Jul 24, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    Hey wasn’t the American Left constantly expounding how innocent the suspect terrorists we initially threw into Gitmo following 9-11??

    I wonder how they answer to this one?

    • Angemon says

      Jul 24, 2015 at 7:50 pm

      abad posted:

      “Hey wasn’t the American Left constantly expounding how innocent the suspect terrorists we initially threw into Gitmo following 9-11??

      I wonder how they answer to this one?”

      Probably they’ll say that the big, mean islamophobic Americans waterboarded the poor, innocent, law-abiding religionists of peace and that forced them to strike back at the evil, American Imperialism.

    • Dan says

      Jul 25, 2015 at 12:37 am

      I can tell you EXACTLY how the left will answer this.

      They were all out there promoting peace and love and brotherhood until WE turned them into psychos by locking them up in Gitmo and traumatizing their poor delicate kumbya minds.

      Yeesh.

      Haven’t you figured out the liberal/left’s mind set by now?.

      • bill walker says

        Jul 25, 2015 at 1:20 pm

        I am left-handed & a liberal. My response is, I think it was Bush Cheney who opened this huge can of worms.

        • doug says

          Jul 25, 2015 at 10:30 pm

          Bill, islam started about 632AD. What about about the muslim actions the last 50 years, was that bush/cheney’s fault as well? You just confirmed the previous posters.

  3. mortimer says

    Jul 24, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    All terrorists should wear electronic collars or bracelets for life.

  4. jewdog says

    Jul 24, 2015 at 7:59 pm

    My understanding was that closing Gitmo would demonstrate to people everywhere, even to potential jihadis, that the US is a just and moral country that is totally scrupulous in its dealings with everyone, even alleged terrorists. While this stance has been warmly received by the faculty at Berkeley and the cast of “The View”, unfortunately some of the members of Al Qaeda, the Islamic State and other jihadist organizations remain unimpressed. That’s because their concept of just and moral is to chop your filthy infidel head off.

    • Nimrod says

      Jul 25, 2015 at 12:55 am

      Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Three things are the roots of faith: to refrain from (killing) a person who utters, “There is no god but Allah” and not to declare him unbeliever whatever sin he commits, and not to excommunicate him from Islam for his any action; and jihad will be performed continuously since the day Allah sent me as a prophet until the day the last member of my community will fight with the Dajjal (Antichrist). The tyranny of any tyrant and the justice of any just (ruler) will not invalidate it. One must have faith in Divine decree.
      Abu Dawud 14:2526

  5. Jack Holan says

    Jul 24, 2015 at 8:31 pm

    Gloves to handle the Qur’an & present to the Prisoners; has the Pentagon lost the marbles and gonads? This never would have happened in WW2, Korea, Viet Nam, are they out of their mind to show weakness to anyone from the ME. I wouldn’t disrespect what they consider Holy but I wouldn’t bow to anyone but the G-d of Israel, participate in a joint service, recognize their prophet or anything else. I suppose I would face a court martial since I would not participate in a charade and wear gloves to handle the Qur’an as if my hands are not clean. They can go to Hell. Any Commander giving an unlawful order that melds religion with captured TERRORISTS NOT POWs can go to HELL ALL THE WAY UP TO THE COS AND CIC.

  6. voegelinian says

    Jul 25, 2015 at 2:19 am

    “Gitmo recidivism shouldn’t surprise anyone. Absolutely nothing was done at Guantanamo to disabuse the inmates of their jihadist beliefs.”

    Could anything that we could do conceivably disabuse jihadists of their jihadist beliefs? If the answer is no, why even mention it? If you think the answer is yes, I have some swampland in Florida to sell you…

    • Angemon says

      Jul 25, 2015 at 3:04 pm

      Just don’t try to sell it, for example, to Walid Shoebat, the author of “Why I Left Jihad”…

  7. No Fear says

    Jul 25, 2015 at 2:24 am

    Imagine if Mein Kampf was treated as sacred and only handled with white gloves in a prison camp containing ideological Nazis.

  8. rcourtemanche says

    Jul 25, 2015 at 9:44 am

    No redemption no matter what. Like weeds, it has to be destroyed.

  9. vladtepesblog says

    Jul 25, 2015 at 11:21 am

    It ain’t recidivism if they ain’t going back in!

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