Gen. Hayden: Strike On Iran Likely
A former CIA director says military action against Iran now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program. (AP)
Top Dem: Closing Gitmo Not A Priority
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer acknowledged Tuesday that closing down the Guantanamo Bay prison is not a top priority for congressional Democrats. (CNN) Ground Zero Mosque Imam Blames US Policies For 9-11
Brown and others, including New York gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio, are calling for an investigation into financing behind the $4.8 million building purchase. Their concerns, spurred in part by comments the center’s imam, Faisel Rauf, made to “60 Minutes” in 2001, just weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks: “I wouldn’t say that the United States deserved what happened but United States policies were an accessory to the crime that happened,” said Rauf. (CBS News) Center For Security Policy’s Latest Web Video Justice For Devil’s Advocate
Justice is blind, but not stupid. At least not in the case of the odious Lynne Stewart. It took years, but this is a story of triumph for innocent people everywhere in the war against terrorists. The criminal justice system actually worked, and the outcome is all the more fitting because Stewart’s venality was matched only by her arrogance and greed. (Fox News) SUPER GUANTANAMO BROS.
President Obama has not fulfilled his pledge to close the detainee prison at Guantanamo Bay, but he has brought Skype, Playstation3 and “life skills” classes to the detainees at the island facility. (Fox News) Like Broken Record, Holder Repeats Terror Trial Tune
Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday accused Democrats and Republicans in Congress of politicizing the trial of the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, saying it “disturbs me a great deal” that their bickering has disrupted the administration’s timetable for dealing with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-conspirators. (Fox News) | Obama: Israelis Suspicious Of Me Because Of My Middle Name
In an interview aimed at assuring Israelis of the US’s support, Obama ventured a guess as to why they were mistrustful of him. “Some of it may just be the fact that my middle name is Hussein, and that creates suspicion,” he said. (Ynetnews.com) Gitmo Grad Arrested In Pakistan On Terror Charges
A former detainee held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly three years has been arrested in Pakistan on terrorism charges. Pakistani officials told Agence France Presse that Issa Khan, who had been detained in Afghanistan in late 2001, held at Gitmo, and then repatriated to Pakistan in September 2004, was arrested today in the Bannu district of Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). (Long War Journal) EXPOSED: LEFT-WING ASSAULT ON CIA
A top priority for the lawyers was establishing whether the detainees had been coerced or tortured into giving the statements the government was now using against them. And to do that, the detainees’ lawyers needed to identify who had been involved with those interrogations. To get that information, the John Adams Project turned to Sifton, who in 2007 had opened his own investigations firm, One World Research, catering largely to human rights and public interest groups. (Mother Jones) WHO’S FUNDING THE GROUND ZERO MOSQUE?
Hossein Mahallati remains an enthusiastic supporter of Rauf’s Ground Zero enterprise, especially since an Egyptian property developer, Sharif El-Gamal, who appears to be the real leader of the effort, using Rauf as his public face, put up $4.85 million in cash to purchase the location. El-Gamal is chief executive officer of Soho Properties, Inc., a commercial real estate investment firm he founded in 2003. His partner is Nour Mousa, another guiding figure in the Ground Zero mosque effort and the nephew of Amr Moussa, head of the Arab League. Amr Moussa was the first major Arab leader to go to Gaza and affirm support for Hamas, in mid-June, after the recent blockade-running assault. More Al Qaeda Links To Terror In U.S.
First, the only reason we know that Shukrijumah is a “top al-Qaeda operative” is because of intelligence derived from the interrogations of two other “top al-Qaeda operatives” – Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. (The Weekly Standard) Al Qaeda Operative Tied To NY Plot FLASHBACK: Zubaydah Identified Shukrijumah |
