Abdel-Rahman’s terrorist organization, Jamaa Islamiya, is a “radical offshoot” of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. Jamaa Islamiya was complicit in the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who was reviled among Islamists for making peace with Israel. Abdel-Rahman had issued a religious edict condemning Sadat to death. Jamaa Islamiya also tried to assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 1995. To try to force the release of Abdel-Rahman from the U.S., Jamaa Islamiya murdered 62 people in Luxor, Egypt, in 1997.
In 2006 al Qaeda aligned itself with Jamaa Islamiya. At the time Ayman al-Zawahiri, then Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenant, said the two groups would form “one line, facing its enemies,” adding, “May God give us victory with his help.”
This past September 10, al-Zawahiri, now in charge of al Qaeda, released a video marking the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. He also called for fresh assaults against U.S. interests in retaliation for the drone-strike killing in June of his Libyan lieutenant, Abu Yahya al-Libi, in Waziristan.
Meanwhile, Abdel-Rahman’s now-disbarred lawyer, Lynne Stewart, also remains in prison. Stewart is serving a decade-long prison term for providing material support for terrorism by illegally passing on a message from Abdel-Rahman.
The communiqué was “the blessing of a return to violence from a terrorist leader,” prosecutor Anthony Barkow said during Stewart’s 2006 trial. In it, the sheikh urged disciples to abandon a ceasefire with the government of Egypt and resume terrorist operations.
Stewart has hailed Muslim fundamentalists as “forces of national liberation.” Americans on the left, “as persons who are committed to the liberation of oppressed people, should fasten on the need for self-determination, and allow people … to do what they need to do to throw off that oppression,” she told Monthly Review, a Marxist publication.
Stewart, a Maoist, has said she supports “violence directed at the institutions which perpetuate capitalism, racism and sexism, and at the people who are the appointed guardians of those institutions.”
Throughout the pre-sentencing process, Stewart argued that no one was actually hurt or killed as a result of the communiqué. The argument, familiar to criminal lawyers, is akin to a bank robber asking for leniency because the bank vault was empty.
Perhaps Stewart will petition President Obama to be transferred to Egypt as well.
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The Blind Snake has been described as wearing a Santa Claus hat.
The Blind Snake will never get out of prison alive.
they released the SOB!!!! and used the 911 attacks on our Diplomats as cover in doing so, i.e. attention was diverted away from his release
Sheikh Omar giving approval to terrorist attacks in NYC: "It is lawful to bring down the enemy's edifices and citadels."
Rest assured, Obama Admin. officials will deny ANY intention to release this monster….until AFTER the election. Just one more reason it's imperative that Romney wins.
I agree with your time table.
In the meanwhile Mr. Pollard that never planned to blow up buildings or create mayhem of any kind, is kept in prison for life. I rigidly reject spying. But we have seen multiple spies getting out in short times. In fact it is widely known that the CIA and NSA both maintain a large contingent of operatives in Israel.
All said. I expect that the administration will make two "deals" either just before or after elections.
Mr. Pollard is unlikely to survive for long after any "deal".
Pollard would be out by now if he hadn't stonewalled the investigation into what was compromised. He's paying the price for that, so he's right where he belongs.
Well… Spies are not in general bound by ethics as we, mere civilians are. Not Pollard or the present day US spy crews operating here…
About two weeks ago it was disclosed to the MSM here that the Israeli counter I "visited" several apartments housing some of them. I would guess, given that such information is released to the media only if strictly cleared by the Mil Censor, that something was meant by the suave report.
One would expect that all spies WILL eventually spill the beans given that if they are snared there are no Geneva Convention hideaways available for them.
Apparently Pollard is the ONLY spy ever that resisted disclosing under the kind care of the CIA and NSA and other expert interrogators. Hundreds of USSR, Chinese and many other spies have been freed. Not Pollard.
Rifleman, there are codes of conduct in place between agencies.
If one side breaks that, it can expect the other to at the right time also break it.
Now…
Could please tell us how do you know that Pollard did what you say he did…?
Everybody spies on everybody, friend and foe alike. It’s the nature of intel. There have been times friends spying on friends has gained intel that when put together with other intel saved the day for both. It's happened both ways with England and Israel. We're a lot more cordial with our allies when they are caught (and they with us), and lenient providing they cooperate with the damage assessment. Pollard didn’t, so they either had to make an example of him or nobody would cooperate in the future. That's why I say he's where he belongs.
I know this because from ’88 to ’92, I was assigned to a command level commo outfit that worked closely with FORSCOM and CENTCOM. SW Asia was our AO. We got excellent counter-intel (and counter-terrorism) briefings and classes, and the Pollard case was used as an example. It's not classified info (in fact they wanted it known), and I've also seen it in at least two civilian publications, though it was so long ago, I don't remember where.
"Mr. Pollard that never planned to blow up buildings or create mayhem of any kind, is kept in prison for life"
Pollard is a political prisoner. The spying he performed actually served the US interests but it was not considered politically acceptable to openly share it openly.
It is absolutely amazing how deceitful and cunning our fearless leader has become. I would not be at all surprised if Eric Holder is not behind some of this deceit too. The next information in accordance with this new strategy will be the release of the 9/11 bombers, then the release of the Fort Hood shooter. I am fantasizing, but maybe being realistic too. It is not beyond the possibility of becoming fact. Support Mitt Romney, I don't want a liar and a thief as President of the United States of America, and that is what you will get if Obama is reelected.
But the Ft.Hood shooter was workplace violence(sarc.) I guess they can come up with some excuse, like he's old or has cancer and only has a short time left(sound familiar). They both should have been gone long ago by firing squad. I quess 0 is considering presidential pardon, or executive order, after all they did cave in to the demand that the film maker be arrested,(detained).
"It is absolutely amazing how deceitful and cunning our fearless leader has become."
He truly is an enemy of the state. Amazing we have people during this time marching for "social justice" while the very foundation of our nation's wealth and strength is being bartered and given away.
Delusional collectivism may need to be outlawed, never mind alleged blasphemy.
We should release the blind shiek…at the same altitude as his target, the WTC. Is anybody giving odds on obama pardoning lynn stewart?
Ya, release Santa Claus at that altitude and see if he can fly.
We could release him above the footprint of the one he hoped to bring down. Can he swim?
Maybe just throw him off the Empire State Building or even better throw him out of the belly of a B-52 at 40K plus feet over Egypt.
send them his head in a box,with a Bacon hat..
A waste of bacon.
Amen
"send them his head in a box,with a Bacon hat.."
I have a solution. We place video cameras in his cell and show him being served non-halal food from this moment until his natural death. We don't need to violate our standards of morality to show we are superior.
Screw these outrageous standards for "cruel and unusual". Time to return to more reasonable standards for speech, and prisoners accommodations.
This addresses both major issues in one shot. This is how we respond to your "religious feelings" and your demands. F you to hell.
I'm getting ready to march on Washington any day now. Time to start planning…Saudi funding of politicians also must be outlawed. Starting now!!!
Help me with a list of demands and we can choose the top several issues to bring these liberal islamo fascists to heal without breaking any laws, but rather restoring correct interpretation and implementation of our founding principles.
Releasing the Blind Sheikh?
Qu'il crève dans son sang, c'est tout ce qu'il mérite.
Translation, s'il vous plait.
Sending him back is god awful stupid. Look at the terrorist who blew up the Pan Am airliner and killed all those kids.
The only way we should release him to his terrorist friends is if we irradiate him, give him one of those superbugs from India, and implant gps trackers and then launch the cruise missiles when the contagion stopped spreading.
"Sending him back is god awful stupid. Look at the terrorist who blew up the Pan Am airliner and killed all those kids."
That was bad enough (and Libya by the way). At least then it was not blatant caving in to Muslim blackmail. At this point, releasing him will lead to immediate escalation in terror attacks. They will smell our blood in the water if they don't already.
"The only way we should release him to his terrorist friends is if we irradiate him, give him one of those superbugs from India, and implant gps trackers and then launch the cruise missiles when the contagion stopped spreading. "
And then make sure the survivors know that the rules have changed and we did this intentionally. The missiles might not be an obvious enough clue.
:>)
Go ahead and release him….. from the top of the Empire State Building.
Another piece of muslim garbage.
I wonder the Jewish organizations whose members voted massively for OBAMA's election and who at least
60% of them as per polls will still vote for his reelection, would appeal to their idol for the releas of POLLARD
who has no blood in his hands other than having "ratted" to ISRAEL its US "ally" forked tongue, the way
Muslim organizations are pressing for this animal's release……
Or is it rather an OBAMA initiative to congratiate with the new Egyptian govmt, the "peaceful" Brotherhood ??
From such extraordinay "statesman" everyhing is possible…..
Give me a Freakin break. If Obama does this, he'll prove that he's a muslim stooge.. How aboy releasing Jonathan Pollard, who never caused any American to lose their lives
he already is HOFFY561, he already is…
He won’t do it , becuase this whole story is a crock . And Vadum knows it .
Guess who is alive and well down in Guantanamo, now eleven years after 3000 people were murdered on 9/11?
Yes, KSM, the master mind….now watching soccer on TV in his air conditioned quarters, eating ice cream and laughing at American "justice". We are so pathetic!!!!. FDNY….your sacrifices will not be forgotten!
Last week, they attack our embassies and kill a number of Americans. They demand that the U.S. release the Blind Sheik.
President Obama apologizes ON OUR BEHALF for some reason for offenses to Muslim sensibilities that the United States didn't cause. Personally, I'm offended by that, but I don't expect any apology. I'll just cling to my guns and the Christian God and thank Him that He made it so that I live in America and not Galootistan.
This week the U.S. seriously considers releasing the Blind Sheik.
One: what ever happened to "we don't negotiate with terrorists?"
Two: what ever happened to the idea that when you get bullied, and then you do what the bully wants, you've just increased the likelihood you'll be bullied again? I mean, I know we now live in Girly World, but bending over for these thugs is not the thing to do.
Three: where's the U.S. Naval fleet standing off the coast of these countries, jets fueled, armed, and ready?
Four: didn't we just send a message to the bad guys that they won? And that we're asses?
"Four: didn't we just send a message to the bad guys that they won? And that we're asses? "
Yes, starting with Obama's campaigning and continuing to this day.
If the unthinkable happens, if Obama decides to release him, it will be time for all the relatives and friends of the 9/11 victims to storm the White House.
If they do release this person, both Holder and Obama should be dragged out their respective homes and charged with "Treason against the State". We all know what the punishment for that high crime is.
I'll join them, it's better to die free on my feet than live an islamic slave on my knees.
Somehwere in the Middle East, there are animals who are thinking, "If we can get Rahman back, why not KSM?" And each release will encourage more violence against us, through this show of weakness by Neville Cham …. uh … Barack Obama.
This why you never treat muslim terrorist in a law enforcement capacity. You treat them in a military and intelligence capicity. The only thing that should be done with them is hang them all with a pigs foot shoved in their mouths and filmed. Bodies should be burned.
All of this conspiracy theory by Mr. Vadum is amusing since his idol at Capital Research Center, Edwin Meese faked and the buried an investigation into Reagan selling Hawk missiles to Iran.
Obviously it's a wacky conspiracy theory, Slow-mo.
That's why it was reported in al-Arabiya more than six months ago! Even the Middle Eastern press is out to get Barack Hussein Obama!
Duh!
Your trolling is getting weaker as your doubts about your beliefs are getting stronger.
So, since Reagan sold Hawk missiles to Iran, it's now OK for Barack Obama to order that the Blind Sheik be released, is that what you're saying?
Two wrongs make a right?
Well hell tag, if it benefits leftists sensibilities why not. /sarc
"So, since Reagan sold Hawk missiles to Iran, it's now OK for Barack Obama to order that the Blind Sheik be released, is that what you're saying?"
It's liberal logic. Just cite anything you assume will make your target uncomfortable to try to change the subject. It works for them when they argue with each other so they try it on conservatives and freethinkers too.
But now we are finding out that Hilary is involved with this release. This is getting more interesting by the minute. The quadrangle is now Barack, Eric, Hilary, and the Sheik, at least according to Fox News, and I put a lot of credence in Fox News, stuff you don't or won't hear from the other News sources.
Practically the only place I trust is CBN, Pat Robertson's station. They don't whitewash the bloody mess that is islamofascism, while FOX does.
If were going to let him out. it should be at about 30,000feet or higher.
Yes, let allah, the ballah decide his fate from there!
Where are all the trolls? Could it be they know the article is 100% accurate?
you mean 100% BULLSHEEET don't you . you head's up your arse and Vadum expects you'll keep it there .
Let him die in jail!
If it happens it will be AFTER the election. And if Obama is reelected (heaven forbid), probably after inaugaration.
If this were done before the election, it would be a Republcan landslide of biblical proportions.
HOOY561; The reason for Pollards stiff sentence has nothing to do with espionage. The feds have never trusted Jews. Especially post Israel. This was done, as the French say "to encourage the others". Keep us Jews in line.
"If it happens it will be AFTER the election. And if Obama is reelected (heaven forbid), probably after inaugaration."
Really? From Mr. Barack "I can be more flexible after the election" Obama?
Yes we should release him: One mile off Long Island Sound and tied to an Anchor
It's a shame that Adel-Rahaman wasn't given the death penalty. He deserves to be strapped into an electric chair and be given a few thousand volts.
When he assumes room temperature we will gladly send him back to Egypt first class. We can start the release paperwork now but it does take time…and it can get misplaced for awhile.
"When he assumes room temperature we will gladly send him back to Egypt first class."
No, send him to be buried with diseased pig carcasses and publish the pictures.
At least we can console ourselves with the thought that the release of the Sheik will cheer Schlomotion up.
However, it is worth pointing out that the Sheik's release would be like Winston Churchill's belief that 'THE APPEASER IS THE ONE FEEDING THE CROCODILE IN THE HOPE IT WILL EAT HIM LAST'
Ladies and Gents,
It isn't just Obama.
The impulse to sell out and appease is ripe and ubiquitous at the State Department.
Romney needs to send in a hatchet man and get rid of the Quislings and sell outs.
My sense is he has neither the sense nor the guts but sooner or later the State Department needs to be cleared out of the faculty lounge bimbos.
Oh what a pile of steaning B.S. ! Anyone who believes that the Blind Shiek will be released or transfered is a total moron …..and that 's what Vadum is depending upon . And Vadum's " source " ? ….
" The Blaze news website reported, citing a confidential source close to the Obama administration. "
Oh really ? LOLOLOL…..go ahead , suck it up S-U-C-K-E-R-S !
That's ok you conservatives just make it up as you go long …even at the cost of making fools of yourselves …lol…..but when did that ever stop you eh ?
Anyone who thinks the Lockerbie Bomber, Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, will be release is a total moron. He died in prison already. Didn't he?
don't change the subject ….that was the Brits , and if anyone can remember the feelings about that over here , then I would imagine the story would atleast make the news , other than Vadum's BOGUS source .
And your tag is what ? lol…."objectivefactsmatter " …lol…really ? What happened here ? Brain -lapse ?
Why should Obama keep him in jail? They both think alike and have the some common enemies [USA, Israel and Judeo-Christians].
These negotiations are typical of those agreements signed by Hillary/Omama/Soros think-tanks. We are suffering the sociopathic behavior effects of this administration and mainstream media band. If we are unable to throw out those craps we 'll deserve to see this vicious socialists stabbing America till death.
The blowback would and rightly should be significant, but Obama will be "flexible" enough to release the sheik if he manages to con his way into a second term.
"Obama will be "flexible" enough to release the sheik if he manages to con his way into a second term."
Change has come to America. You can have your change, jackass.
You know, if the Blind Sheikh and his cohorts had been executed for their actions we wouldn't be having this discussion. Following the Bin Laden model, his body could have been dumped at sea, eliminating the possibility of both a "martyr's burial" and a potential pilgrimage site.
I forget why he didn't get the death penalty. Should have.
Impeach the man or woman who will authorrisees this grotesque idea.
Excellent idea! I think Obama should give him back and on Air Force One, to boot.
Then BO's duplicity, detachment from reality and desire to undermine America will be undeniable.
This guy hates America and probably believes, like the 60's radicals he studied under that America is the main thing wrong with the world. He is trying to turn us into a second Europe and a third rate power.
And while he's at it he could go to Cuba and kiss Castro.
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