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Obama releases al Qaeda bomb expert from Guantánamo

Jan 21, 2016 10:13 pm By Robert Spencer

There you go worrying again. Don’t you know by now that Barack Obama and John Kerry have the mystical power to do an unlimited number of reckless things and not ever suffer any of the consequences?

Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al-Sawah

“Pentagon releases al Qaeda bomb expert from Guantánamo,” by Kristina Wong, The Hill, January 21, 2016:

The Pentagon on Thursday announced the transfer of two Guantánamo detainees, including an al Qaeda explosives expert who developed bombs to target U.S. forces.

Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al-Sawah, 58, was transferred to Bosnia, where he holds citizenship. He is an admitted member of the terror group who developed specialized bombs, or improvised explosive devices (IEDs), to use against U.S. military forces and civilians, according to his official file posted by The New York Times.

“These IEDs included the limpet mine to sink US naval vessels and the prototype for the shoe-bomb used in a failed attack on a civilian transatlantic flight,” his file said.

Al-Sawah’s file also notes that while he will possibly reestablish “extremist associations,” his cooperation with the U.S. government makes it unlikely he will do so.

The review board set up by President Obama to review remaining detainee transfers decided to release him last February.

The Pentagon also announced the transfer of Abd al-Aziz Abduh Abdallah Ali al-Suwaydi, a 41-year-old Yemeni, to Montenegro.

Al-Suwaydi admitted to being an explosives trainer, according to his files posted by the Times….

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  1. grace says

    Jan 21, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    As he would.

    • Hope says

      Jan 21, 2016 at 11:00 pm

      How I wish every person in America could sit down and watch this video of Nonie Darwish. Then each person could decide for themself what is really going on with President Obama and the Muslim Brotherhood. The problem is that so many Americans are not aware of what Obama is up to, they are not aware that every time they see those creeps from CAIR on TV, they are looking at the terrorists who are controlling US policy. So many people are getting their information only from the White House and the liberal mainstream media, which is so blatantly pro-Islamic it’s sickening. Liberals parrot the party line which proves time and again they know absolutely nothing about the horrific, violent ideology of Islam. To criticize Islam violates the liberal “religion” of multiculturalism and moral relativism. They would rather memorize and repeat the same old cliches (“this is not who we are!” and “we are a nation of immigrants!” “all religions are basically the same!”) than look at the inconvenient truth. Obama is evil, rotten to the core, and out to destroy the United States of America in the name of Islam. It makes me physically ill.

      • Michael Copeland says

        Jan 22, 2016 at 5:23 am

        Warning: Obama may not be who he is.

        • gravenimage says

          Jan 22, 2016 at 5:28 pm

          I’d heard the rest of the “two cows” meme, Dr. Divinity–but the “islamism”–really, just “Islam”–is grimly spot on as well.

      • Shane says

        Jan 22, 2016 at 9:54 am

        It is clear that Obama is not a Christian and that he is actively aiding the jihad against the West. We must elect a Republican President who will fight the jihad, secure the border, and deport illegal alien criminals. The Dem party is on the side of the Islamists and the illegal alien criminals. Vote in the primaries and in the national elections!

      • Ken Olson says

        Jan 22, 2016 at 11:02 am

        An amazing lack of concern until something big occurs again. They can wait. We must wait and reload.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 22, 2016 at 5:24 pm

      I was lucky enough to hear Nonie Darwish speak in Berkeley a few years ago. Excellent stuff from this brave woman.

  2. Don McKellar says

    Jan 21, 2016 at 10:33 pm

    Wow, there is no limit in 2016 to Obama’s actions to promote JIHAD in 2016. The gloves are off, The last year of Islam’s president. How many will die as a result of Obama’s Islamist actions before he finally crawls out of office? THE COUNT STARTS HERE. JANUARY 21st 2016. Start counting the Islamic terror dead bodies and trace them back to Obama.

    • Charli Main says

      Jan 22, 2016 at 3:41 am

      I have been given to understand, that there is another Muslim loving Islamist waiting in the wings, to slither into the White House and carry on where Obama leaves off.
      Seems that America´s suicide by Islam is not that far behind Europe´s.

  3. Bezelel says

    Jan 21, 2016 at 10:57 pm

    Why release someone who has committed capital crimes? Why release a POW before the war is over? No way can this be justified. Treasonous hussein obola should take his place in Gitmo.

    • Jay Boo says

      Jan 22, 2016 at 2:22 am

      Oh me, Oh my, Oh no, this guy was vetted by Obo.

    • JBubs says

      Jan 22, 2016 at 5:39 am

      I am no fan of the traitor in the White house, but has the US Congress ever declared war on ISIL/ISIS/Al-Qeada/Hamas/Taliban/Mujahadeen, etc., etc.?
      No, so evidently Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al-Sawah is not a POW and should be released.
      Has the US Military subjected him to trial by tribunal?
      No, so evidently Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al-Sawah is not an enemy combatant and should be released.
      Has the US Judiciary subjected him to a fair trial?
      No, so evidently Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al-Sawah is not an unlawful combatant and should be released.

      The Unites States is purported to be “a nation of law and not of men”. But is law being followed, or are we witnessing the caprice of a number of outlaw men in our national government?

      • Bezelel says

        Jan 22, 2016 at 7:11 am

        It doesn’t take waving a magic wand over this A-hole to keep him off the battle field. The conundrum you are describing is why the military all but quit taking prisoners and just kill them. No problem with that except the loss of information we gained through “waterboarding”.

      • duh_swami says

        Jan 23, 2016 at 6:40 am

        JB…what law is not being followed? Do these ‘detainee’s’ have ‘rights’ under the US Constitution? Are they protected by the Geneva Convention? They certainly are enemy combatants,. all jihadists are,

        There are people in the US who committed no crime. who are locked up for life in mental institutions, who will never be released for one reason…They are too dangerous to release…The Gitm residents are no different…

  4. gravenimage says

    Jan 21, 2016 at 11:44 pm

    Obama releases al Qaeda bomb expert from Guantánamo
    ……………………….

    What could possibly go wrong? sarc/off

  5. Don McKellar says

    Jan 21, 2016 at 11:49 pm

    On the first day of President Trump’s administration, Obama should find himself in handcuffs and on a plane to Gitmo. Then on the plane while he’s in complete shock that he’s finally been brought to justice and contemplates on Allah, he looks over — and there’s Hillary in cuffs across the aisle.

    But don’t worry, criminal traitors! You’ll only be there for as long as it takes to build the cases against you for the firing squads!

    • Rob says

      Jan 22, 2016 at 3:18 am

      Stop over in the UK and get Blair and Brown if you’d be so kind?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 22, 2016 at 5:35 pm

      I think Trump would be a somewhat Islamo-savvy president–certainly light years better than the current occupant of the White House. But if anyone is waiting for Trump to arrest Obama and Hillary were he to win the presidency they are going to be very disappointed.

      Perhaps this *should* happen, but even in the best-case scenario, it won’t.

      If this is just blowing off steam, fine–but if this is something you actually expect, you might think again.

    • billybob says

      Jan 22, 2016 at 6:35 pm

      I’m not so sure we can trust “President” Trump. This guy is a wild card. He is a loose cannon on deck. We don’t know where his loyalties lie. Remember how he criticized the Draw Muhammad contest? He didn’t get it! So he said something about a pause on Muslim immigration, but that doesn’t mean he gets the Islam problem at all. It just fits right in with his view on immigration of any sort. We haven’t heard anything from him since that demonstrates he has a grasp on the problem. He has no depth nor depth of character. The guy is a buffoon and an idiot. Don’t count on him to solve the Islam problem, or any problem.

      And lest you think I must be a Democrat, or conversely, I back some other Republican candidate, you would be wrong. I am not even an America, so my judgement of Trump is impartial. You can count on it. I have no agenda beyond trying to understand what’s going on in your country.

  6. pongidae rex says

    Jan 21, 2016 at 11:50 pm

    Why was this man not shot dead as soon as it was known who he was? The US is not at war. The US is a moronic child playing with a handgun.

  7. sidney penny says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 12:10 am

    What happened to your comment Robert.

    What could possibly go wrong?

  8. moses says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 12:10 am

    even though I am not american it makes me sad to see what obama is doing.2016 we are going to see Obamas evil personality he’s being hiding since he came into office.

    • Judi says

      Jan 22, 2016 at 1:52 am

      I fear you are correct moses. 2016 will be the year he finishes the job he set out to do which is to bring the US to its knees.

  9. Dan Jones says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 12:20 am

    Yea, par for the course for him… he is setting America up…

  10. dlbrand says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 1:32 am

    Indeed.

    It is only “fair,” given we may have killed a few of the said bombers.

    As it was in Iraq, so too Afghanistan, all we can do to make this a “fair” fight–all we can do to show “courageous” stupidity.

  11. Katz says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 5:56 am

    Americans have been complaining about the present US administration for years, yet no rally as big and commendable as the Egyptians for overthrowing the previous Egyptian government was organised to defeat it. Why? I have never seen Americans as weak and disunited as they are today.

    • Kepha says

      Jan 23, 2016 at 4:29 pm

      The trouble is that American conservatives are too busy making a living, raising families, and doing the things that really count. We also think it immoral to think we have a right to loot our neighbors. Hence, organizing big demos that threaten chaos is a specialty of the Left.

  12. mortimer says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 11:08 am

    Guantanamo is America’s Devil’s Island and should remain so for criminals who have no hope of rehabilitation. Western countries need to have such islands where jihadists can spend the rest of their lives excluded from civilization.

  13. Angemon says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 12:39 pm

    Al-Sawah’s file also notes that while he will possibly reestablish “extremist associations,” his cooperation with the U.S. government makes it unlikely he will do so.

    *facepalm*

  14. f c king says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 12:51 pm

    Maybe clock boy will get to visit him ?

  15. Champ ✞ says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 4:32 pm

    obama is such a *dangerous* president …

    We need real Hope and Change!

    “TED CRUZ IS A MAN OF PRINCIPLE: He is also a man of FAITH.”

    http://www.cruzfaithinaction.com/

    Must watch!

  16. Vox Populi says

    Jan 22, 2016 at 5:12 pm

    Seems very logic: the head of daesh has also been at Guantanamo. So I imagine the next part of Oblablama plan is to make sure his jaivee team sees old friends reunited, and gains the proper bombing capability that seems missing now, considering the speed at which they retreat …….

  17. Matthieu Baudin says

    Jan 23, 2016 at 1:05 am

    The President wishes to be remembered as the leader who finally closed down the Guantánamo facility.
    As if the harshness of the treatment of inmates even begins to compare with the suffering unleashed upon the world by these zealots.

  18. Veritas says

    Jan 23, 2016 at 1:14 am

    These terrorists should have been either executed or tried. I am unsure if they were tried, I suspect not, so Obama can do whatever he wishes. Clearly future presidents must prosecute such creatures or eliminate them rather than have something as vile as Obama loose them on unsuspecting citizens.

    I may be old fashioned but isn’t such an action aiding the enemy?

  19. dlbrand says

    Jan 23, 2016 at 2:25 am

    Veritas said: “….I may be old fashioned but isn’t such an action aiding the enemy?”

    Heavens no!

    But then you explained it: you are horridly old fashioned (sarcasm).

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