Terrorists Have A High Rate Of Return

Return to their old terrorist ways, that is. Here's a follow up to yesterday's post about the Obamessiah's pledge to close Gitmo:

Former Gitmo detainee Abdallah Salih al-Ajmi recently exploded in Iraq.

Abdallah Salih al-Ajmi was released from Gitmo in November 2005.

The WaPo reported that Ajmi left a lengthy martyrdom audio recording before his death. Ajmi implored people to take part in suicide bombings and to attack Americans. He blew himself up in Mosul in the summer of 2008 and was able to take a few Iraqis with him.

And, don't forget Monhammed Nayim Farouq:

Monhammed Nayim Farouq from Afghanistan, is named on a "most wanted" poster issued by the Defense Intelligence Agency. He was released in July 2003 but quickly renewed his association with Taliban and al-Qaida members and has since become re-involved in anti-Coalition militant activity.

And, of course, there are the other terrorists who after leaving Club Gitmo went out and attacked the Russian pipeline, the Russian city of Nalchik, Pakistani forces, Morocco, etc.

In fact there are at least 61 former Gitmo detainees who returned to terror.
Barack Obama wants to close Gitmo.
Reuters reported:

The Pentagon said on Tuesday that 61 former detainees from its military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appear to have returned to terrorism since their release from custody.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said 18 former detainees are confirmed and 43 suspected of "returning to the fight."

He said the figures, updated at the end of December, showed a higher rate of recidivism than seen in a previous report showing 37 former detainees as active militants.

He provided no details about the detainees or their countries of origin.

"The overall known terrorist re-engagement rate has increased to 11 percent" from about 7 percent, Morrell said.

The numbers were generated by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency based on fingerprints, photographs and intelligence reports, he said.

President-elect Barack Obama, who takes office on Tuesday, is expected to issue an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, possibly within his first week in office.

About 255 men are still held at the U.S.-run naval base in Cuba, a symbol of aggressive interrogation methods that exposed the United States to allegations of torture.

Once again: if Obama closes Gitmo, what's he going to do with those other 255 men? I'd say it's a pretty good chance that if we bring them into the U.S. for trial, they'll go from international terrorists to domestic terrorists, don't you agree?

But hey, don't worry. Once Obama takes office, the entire world will love the U.S., even radical Islamic terrorists.

Uh...wait a second...that's not supposed to happen...

Hope! Change! Unity! Uh...maybe they're just not hearing the mantra loud enough... HOPE!!! CHANGE!!! UNITY!!!

Uh...uh...

There's my two cents.