We the Guantanamo - Post Script

It was purely coincidental that within a week of me writing a blog on Guantanamo Bay prison camp Wall Street Journal published an article that unequivocally proved the necessity of having that prison camp. I wish I could just copy and paste that article on my blog but one, it’s too long and second, that will be copy-right infringement. Not that they will come after me but we will save that for some other time and for some other incidence.

The article was written by DEBRA BURLINGAME – a former Attorney and director of National September 11 Memorial Foundation. Moreover, her brother was the pilot of Flight 77 that was rammed into Pentagon. So it is safe to say that she is one of the closest to the tragedy and involved greatly in efforts to maintain the sanctity of this ghastly incidence. All though, the article is concerned about the recent supreme court verdict that granted knuckleheads of Guantanamo Bay all the rights of normal criminals, the example that she illustrated in her article is relevant to my prior blog. Mr. Abdullah Saleh Al-Ajmi was an ex-resident of Guantanamo Bay prison camp. And for some reason, partly due to heavy public out-cry and partly due to continuous pressure of so called human rights activist, he was one of the few terrorists released from the prison camps. Earlier he was granted the status of enemy combatant and they lead the trial of him about his alleged crimes. His enemy combatant status was one of the first to be granted to Islamic terrorists of Taliban. This status qualified him for annual review of his past deeds. (I am not expert in Law. In case if I am misquoting law stuff then please let me know and I will correct the information.)

In his trials Mr. Ajmi denied any involvement in Jihad or about his participation in Taliban movement. He stated that he went to Pakistan simply to learn Koran. Interesting, because he was an Arab and last time I checked Arabs were still Muslims and they surely do have facilities learn Koran in Arab land. But instead of learning his lessons, after his repatriation back to Kuwait, he sneaked into Iraq and blew 100 tons of explosive along with himself. The blast was so severe that it ripped the surrounding buildings part. Surprisingly, it killed only 13 people. I wonder how many more blasts will require for so called human rights activist to shut up and mind their own business.

To rub salt on the wounds, the attorney – Marc Falkoff, who fought case for Mr. Ajmi recently published a book of poems penned by Mr. Ajmi. Talking about Mr. Ajmi, the attorney said – “One thing you won't hear is hatred,"

No kidding!