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Reply With QuoteAs frustrating as this is, look at the positive, we know where he is......its all a matter of time trust me .His days will be numbered.
This really, really pisses me off. This man is a US "citizen" and yet we cannot obtain custody of him.
Yemen Grants Bail to Top Al-Qaeda Suspect
Agence-France Presse
SANAA, 10 March 2008 — Senior Al-Qaeda figure Jaber Al-Banna, who has a $5 million US bounty on his head, walked free from an appeals hearing in Yemen yesterday after being granted bail on his own recognizance.
Banna, who has joint Yemeni-US citizenship and was handed a 10 year jail term in absentia last year, is one of 36 convicted militants who are appealing prison sentences of between two and 15 years.
He surrendered to Yemeni authorities in December after negotiations lasting several months. There has still been no word of what deal, if any, was struck.
Banna made his first court appearance at the opening of the appeal on Feb. 23 when he was allowed to walk free without any bail conditions at all.
At yesterday’s hearing, Banna urged the court to overturn his “unjust” sentence and accused the Yemeni government of colluding with the United States to imprison him. He is due back in court on March 23.
Washington suspects Banna of providing material support to Al-Qaeda and has offered a reward of up to $5 million for his arrest.
He is one of a number of Al-Qaeda suspects who have been the subject of arguments between Sanaa and Washington.
Yemen and the US previously clashed over Jamal Al-Badawi, a suspected militant jailed for 15 years for his role in the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole off the southern port of Aden.
ho also has a $5 million US bounty on his head, was among 23 convicted Al-Qaeda militants who escaped from jail in February 2006.
He surrendered to the authorities in October but neighbors said he was being allowed to serve his sentence under house arrest in his own home.
The revelation prompted Washington to suspend a $20.6 million aid package that triggered Badawi’s re-incarceration.
Yemen Grants Bail to Top Al-Qaeda Suspect
As frustrating as this is, look at the positive, we know where he is......its all a matter of time trust me .His days will be numbered.
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Should raw analytical data ever be passed to policy makers?
Yemeni law has its good points. I remember when one man had been accused of interfering with boys was sentenced to death. As executions were public, and because a vast crowd was expected they used a helicopter to take him high over the outskirts of the capital city and threw him out. (You need a strong constitution to do that twice!) That way everyone who wished to see the execution was able to.
Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.
You are probably right. No need to get worked up over this. Hopefully we will have enough pull to get this guy out of there.Originally Posted by T_igger_cs_30
As frustrating as this is, look at the positive, we know where he is......its all a matter of time trust me .His days will be numbered.
Now, as a father - that I agree with!
Please let there be a PREDATOR hovering above the courthouse. Need a single-shot .50cal. mounted. Drop the sucker on the court steps.
"This aggression will not stand, man!" Jeff Lebowski
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." Lester Bangs
Would it not be better to wait until he is found guilty by the court, and take him out afterwards. That way you will have a moral point as well ! The SOB was already found guilty, we just hastened the execution process.
No pay-per-view?:(
"No pay-per-view?"
That's the beauty of state-controlled media. Free on the nation's only channel. Ratings, btw, were through the roof on that one.
"This aggression will not stand, man!" Jeff Lebowski
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." Lester Bangs
I wonder how would that do in the US? Ha!
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