Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Evidence that Iraqi detainees are not Al-Qaeda?
Breaking news from the BBC (courtesy of their RSS feed) says:
"An Islamist website has posted a video of a US citizen abducted on Saturday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with a threat to kill him... A website statement demands the release of certain named militants held in Saudi Arabia within 72 hours, otherwise the hostage will be killed." The message is signed by the "Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Arabian Peninsula".
Perhaps I've missed something, but I don't remember hearing about any such demands for the release of Al-Qaeda detainees in Iraq, despite numerous hostages being taken there. Could it be that the detainees in places like Abu Graib are not Al-Qaeda, as some critics of the "Coalition" have been insisting all along?
Admittedly, I haven't heard of hostage-related demands for the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees either, but it seems unlikely that none of them are Al-Qaeda...
From Chichester Terrace, Brighton
Breaking news from the BBC (courtesy of their RSS feed) says:
"An Islamist website has posted a video of a US citizen abducted on Saturday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with a threat to kill him... A website statement demands the release of certain named militants held in Saudi Arabia within 72 hours, otherwise the hostage will be killed." The message is signed by the "Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Arabian Peninsula".
Perhaps I've missed something, but I don't remember hearing about any such demands for the release of Al-Qaeda detainees in Iraq, despite numerous hostages being taken there. Could it be that the detainees in places like Abu Graib are not Al-Qaeda, as some critics of the "Coalition" have been insisting all along?
Admittedly, I haven't heard of hostage-related demands for the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees either, but it seems unlikely that none of them are Al-Qaeda...
From Chichester Terrace, Brighton
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