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QuoteAl-Badawi was among those sentenced to death in September 2004 for plotting the USS Cole attack. Two homicide bombers blew up an explosives-laden boat next to the destroyer as it refueled in the Yemeni port of Aden on Oct. 12, 2000.
It's a prison in Yemen. We have no right to say how they should treat their prisoners. If they want to hang them up by piano wire so be it. We told Mexico to f-off when we executed a Mexican citizen last year. The real question should be why werent they extradited to the US.
Michele 1
Not sure, though...
Ciels-
Michele
~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek
While our hearts lie bleeding?~
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It's a prison in Yemen. We have no right to say how they should treat their prisoners. If they want to hang them up by piano wire so be it. We told Mexico to f-off when we executed a Mexican citizen last year. The real question should be why werent they extradited to the US.
Because the crime was committed in Yemeni waters. If a guy kills a couple snowbirds in Florida, should he be extradited to New York (or wherever they were from) to stand trial for it?
Blues,
Dave
(drink Mountain Dew)
dorbie 0
The US can't easily go snatching people from foreign custody.
QuoteBe serious, this has nothing to do with vacationers. They committed an act of terrorism/war against a U.S. warship, of course the U.S. has jurisdiction. The U.S. has no extradition treaty with Yemen.
The US can't easily go snatching people from foreign custody.
I am being serious. They committed a *crime* in Yemeni territory. It's up to Yemen to prosecute and punish them for that crime. Being the victim of that crime doesn't give us the "right" to trump the Yemeni government.
Blues,
Dave
(drink Mountain Dew)
dorbie 0
QuoteQuoteBe serious, this has nothing to do with vacationers. They committed an act of terrorism/war against a U.S. warship, of course the U.S. has jurisdiction. The U.S. has no extradition treaty with Yemen.
The US can't easily go snatching people from foreign custody.
I am being serious. They committed a *crime* in Yemeni territory. It's up to Yemen to prosecute and punish them for that crime. Being the victim of that crime doesn't give us the "right" to trump the Yemeni government.
Blues,
Dave
Well, MY point is that the U.S. -- the victim of their original crimes -- is justified to be angry as fuck that Yemen couldn't keep these shitpiles from escaping before they were executed. They were sentenced to death... Were they going to ever be executed?
Does anyone have a single doubt that these criminals are going to resume anti-U.S. violence?
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"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"
The 14 who have escaped are a perfect "cell", knowing each other, bonded by their escape, and all AQ. It's going to be interesting how this plays out.
Ciels-
Michele
~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek
While our hearts lie bleeding?~
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