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JUST IN: @DeptofDefense statement on release of Asadullah Haroon al-Afghani, aka Gul, from the GuantanamoBay
Gul transferred "in accordance w/the US District of Columbia’s order...ruling the United States no longer has a legal basis to justify the continued detention of Mr. Gul"
Gul transferred "in accordance w/the US District of Columbia’s order...ruling the United States no longer has a legal basis to justify the continued detention of Mr. Gul"
Per @DeptofDefense, the transfer of Asadullah Haroon al-Afghani & repatriation to #Afghanistan was also cleared by the Periodic Review Board (PRB) in October 2021
The board includes senior officials from @TheJusticeDept @StateDept @DHSgov & @ODNIgov
The board includes senior officials from @TheJusticeDept @StateDept @DHSgov & @ODNIgov
Reaction to the US releasing #GuantanamoBay detainee Asadullah Haroon & returning him to #Afghanistan from Senate Armed Services Comm. ranking member @JimInhofe
"By returning this Guantanamo detainee to the Taliban, President Biden is now repopulating the terrorists’ ranks"
"By returning this Guantanamo detainee to the Taliban, President Biden is now repopulating the terrorists’ ranks"
Let's be honest: This man had a lot more dignity than we did:
We (the coalition of countries, led by America and Great Britain) murdered him and bombed the crap out of his country, ...
Why? Exactly. The reasons our leaders gave were bullshit!
We (the coalition of countries, led by America and Great Britain) murdered him and bombed the crap out of his country, ...
Why? Exactly. The reasons our leaders gave were bullshit!
We knew #Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction. So did #DrDavidKelly, who was murdered for saying so!
What was the real reason for the #IraqWar? Money was one reason. What else? Don't say to liberate the Iraqis. I suspect they'd rather not have been liberated with ...
What was the real reason for the #IraqWar? Money was one reason. What else? Don't say to liberate the Iraqis. I suspect they'd rather not have been liberated with ...
#Bombs, #DepletedUranium, #AbuGraib and #GuantanamoBay.
The #War in #Iraq made #AShitloadOfMoney for companies like #Raytheon and #Blackwater & men like #DickCheney.
What did it do for the #Iraqis?
#BombedTheCrapOutOfThem
#ScaredTheShitOutOfThem
#Murdered & #maimed them!
The #War in #Iraq made #AShitloadOfMoney for companies like #Raytheon and #Blackwater & men like #DickCheney.
What did it do for the #Iraqis?
#BombedTheCrapOutOfThem
#ScaredTheShitOutOfThem
#Murdered & #maimed them!
Today is the 20th anniversary of the opening of #GuantanamoBay prison, one of the oldest, most infamous relics of the #WarOnTerror, & an emblem of institutionalized Islamophobia. The following are key 2021 events related to Guantanamo.
1/2021: @Amnesty report + UN press release
1/2021: @Amnesty report + UN press release
3/2021: Lufti bin Ali's death
4/2021: Camp 7 closed + Abu Zubaydah's UN case
NEW: "We've seen no major changes to the force posture by the #Russia|ns" around #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec
"We have not seen any decreases. They continue to have a sizable force posture..." he says
"We have not seen any decreases. They continue to have a sizable force posture..." he says
#GITMO / #GuantanamoBay - "We continue to be committed to closing that facility" per @PentagonPresSec
"We continue to look & have looked for ways...to transfer, relocate detainees"
Says 13 of the remaining detainees are eligible for transfer, 14 up for review board
"We continue to look & have looked for ways...to transfer, relocate detainees"
Says 13 of the remaining detainees are eligible for transfer, 14 up for review board
US-#Ukraine-#Russia: "We have & we will continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine as appropriate going forward" per @PentagonPresSec
Nothing specific on what that assistance will look like going foward
Nothing specific on what that assistance will look like going foward
NEW: #Afghanistan - "We are continuing air operations" per @USArmy MajGen Hank Taylor, calling it "a Herculean effort"
Says there will be +4,000 in #Kabul by the end of Tuesday
Says there will be +4,000 in #Kabul by the end of Tuesday
Happening now: White House - #China - #hackers
"We are actually elevating & taking steps to not only speak out publicly but top certainly take action...as we have from #Russia as well" per @PressSec
"We are actually elevating & taking steps to not only speak out publicly but top certainly take action...as we have from #Russia as well" per @PressSec
Thread: #Rumsfeld is dead. I don’t know about y’all, but among his stunning list of WTFs, I like to especially ponder how he was “personally involved” in the #interrogation of #alQahtani aka #prisoner063, and was “personally briefed” weekly. In the logs,
brought to you by @adamzagorin content.time.com/time/2006/log/…, although unlikely to be complete, we learn how al-Qahtani is subjected to the entire range of tactics explored and exploited by the @CIA under
.@USAfricaCommand Gen Thomas Waldhauser & @Southcom Adm Craig Faller about to testify before the #SASC
Lawmakers already asking about growing influence of #Russia #China in their regions, as well as need to keep the pressure up on terrorism
Lawmakers already asking about growing influence of #Russia #China in their regions, as well as need to keep the pressure up on terrorism
"Overall US strategic interests in #Africa are very clear" per @USAfricaCommand's Gen Waldhauser "Prevent the undermining of our alliances or destabilization of African nations,counter violent extremist organizations,decrease the potential for Africa to become a failed continent"
"Persistent pressure on #alShabaab #ISIS & #alQaida associated groups remains necessary to prevent this destabilization" per @USAfricaCommand's Gen Waldhauser
Hi @RBReich!
🚨Trump will blatantly LIE during his #SOTU shit-show tonight.
👉I've therefore written a COMPLETE speech for Donald, in his voice. It's raw satire. Grounded in researched facts, while cutting deeply into the fetid flesh of #TheRegime.☠️
medium.com/@jblackmgmt/st…
🚨Trump will blatantly LIE during his #SOTU shit-show tonight.
👉I've therefore written a COMPLETE speech for Donald, in his voice. It's raw satire. Grounded in researched facts, while cutting deeply into the fetid flesh of #TheRegime.☠️
medium.com/@jblackmgmt/st…
1} A long, quiet applause from the empty suits in an empty room. Trump's meds are working so far. Republican's are spread into a relatively empty chamber audience of very, very, very, very almost exclusively WHITE people! Ugh!
