The man refuses to condemn his father for 9/11 and says he wants to work for the UN to promote peace. Nice. New York, 19 Nov. ( AKI ) - The son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, Omar, has told a British magazine that he would like to promote peace and work for the United Nations. His comments were published on Thursday in New Statesman magazine. "I do not believe that I would be a good politician...
(TrendHunter.com) PETA aren’t just pie and paint-throwing, vegan, anti-fur, animal-loving activists-they’re also troop supporters. PETA has sent US troops stationed in Afghanistan these custom-made bin Laden bites chocolates.…
Even NPR’s Frank James was stunned at Attorney General Eric Holder’s inability to answer a basic question on how soldiers should treat captured jihadis, if these terrorists might end up in civilian court. At a hearing yesterday, Senator Lindsey Graham...
If you want to see why a law-enforcement approach is absolutely the wrong way to defend the US against dangerous terrorists abroad, look no further than this asinine statement from Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT). Lindsey Graham asked Eric Holder how he would go about interrogating any terrorists captured by military ...
Subject: txt 1st gwot nsec - Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to give a federal court trial instead of a military commission hearing to five Guantanamo detainees the government has linked to the 9/11 attacks has led to criticism that the Obama Administration is transforming the war on terror from a military to law-enforcement affair. This has led some critics to wonder if captured terrorist...
By E. Thomas McClanahan, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist It's an interesting question, and Attorney General Eric Holder didn't have a clue during his Senate testimony. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina tied the AG in knots with that query, and another Holder could not answer: Has there been any other instance in which an enemy combatant was picked up in a combat zone and then tried in...
Leahy: No need to interrogate bin Laden If the U.S. captures Osama bin Laden, there’s no need to interrogate him, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of that committee, said that arguments raised by Republican senators about whether bin Laden would be afforded Miranda rights if he were [...]
The UN, a Muslim friendly controlled institution where nuclear experts happen to fall from the 17th floor:British nuclear experts 17th floor UN fall wasn’t a suicideCritique means the end of...
Lindsey Graham (R) asked White House Attorney General Eric Holder 'If Bin Laden Were Caught Tomorrow Would he be Entitled to Miranda Warnings?'. Holder danced around the question never really answering it. The question highlights the inherent difficulties in terrorist trials and if bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's to NY for a trial is the right decision. This is one of the reasons Obama should have...
Quite honestly, this may qualify as one of the dumbest things a Senator has ever said: If the U.S. captures Osama bin Laden, there’s no need to interrogate him, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of that committee, said that arguments raised by Republican senators about whether bin [...]
I'm second to no one in my loathing of Lindsay Graham's style of 'make a deal and get something done' politics but my guess is he's a hell of a lawyer. There are a lot of knocks on Eric Holder...
Omar Bin Laden is now married to a British woman who lives in Egypt - she is at least wife number two. His first wife lives in Saudi Arabia. New York, 19 Nov. ( AKI ) - The son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, Omar, has told a British magazine that he would like to promote peace and work for the United Nations. His comments were published on Thursday in New Statesman magazine. "I do not believe...
By GottaLaff Lindsey Graham has the right to remain silent: If the U.S. captures Osama bin Laden, there's no need to interrogate him , the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of that committee, said that arguments raised by Republican senators about whether bin Laden would be afforded Miranda rights if he were captured amount to a "red...