US approves release of oldest Guantanamo prisoner — a 73-year-old man from Pakistan

[VCheng]

They didn't find anything to charge him to begin with, how come he would be a threat after 16 years?

The Board was looking at establishing grounds for his release, not his detention.

Yes Sir, that is why I wrote for brother @VCheng that "jiski laathi uski bhees" ...

133 Saudis:

List of Saudi detainees at Guantanamo Bay - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Adecypher]

133 Saudis:

List of Saudi detainees at Guantanamo Bay - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Thanks man for the link let me read it mean while Afghanistan was "carpet bombed" ... and SA got arms deal....LOL

 

[Vapnope]

The Board was looking at establishing grounds for his release, not his detention.

You didn't get my point. He was arrested 16 years ago and he wasn't even charged then. This case seems a like a case where they (US) made a poor judgement and threw the guy into detention otherwise they would have charged him with something like they did with Afia Siddiqui.

 

[VCheng]

Thanks man for the link let me read it mean while Afghanistan was "carpet bombed" ... and SA got arms deal....LOL

And that list does not include what the Saudi government did inside its own jurisdiction after 9/11.

You didn't get my point. He was arrested 16 years ago and he wasn't even charged then. This case seems a like a case where they (US) made a poor judgement and threw the guy into detention otherwise they would have charged him with something like they did with Afia Siddiqui.

I am sure his lawyers argued all of that as well.

 

[Vapnope]

I am sure his lawyers argued all of that as well.

The fact remains, he was imprisoned without a charge.

 

[VCheng]

The fact remains, he was imprisoned without a charge.

The fact remains that he has been cleared for release.

 

[Vapnope]

The fact remains that he has been cleared for release.

Yeah after 16 years without a charge. No disagreement there.

 

[VCheng]

Yeah after 16 years without a charge. No disagreement there.

After admitting to transferring funds to the 9/11 hijackers.

 

[Adecypher]

And that list does not include what the Saudi government did inside its own jurisdiction after 9/11.

Lets talk about WHY this man had to be released because US on the onset of failed "War on Terror" have their terror threat assessment to such a high level that "suspicion" equated to "conviction" which is really does not provide you any significance results in combating and conquering the "heart and minds" of the subject populace (i.e. in this case Afghanis and Pakistanis).

Please read the following paragraph:

Complete Article is here:

Unfortunately because of such "inflated assessment" Iraq was invaded and very unfortunate lives on both sides were lost. No one "exactly knows" in what circumstance the "admission of guilt" is given...Ex Bush Official stated that most of these detainees were innocent.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/most-guantanamo-detainees-are-innocent-ex-bush-official-1.804550

So my original statement stands..."jiski laathi uski bhees"....

 

[VCheng]

Lets talk about WHY this man had to be released because US on the onset of failed "War on Terror" have their terror threat assessment to such a high level that "suspicion" equated to "conviction" which is really does not provide you any significance results in combating and conquering the "heart and minds" of the subject populace (i.e. in this case Afghanis and Pakistanis).

LOL. The predictable deviation into whataboutery will achieve nothing here. Let his case be an illustration of the dangers of the hundi hawala system. The end.

 

[Adecypher]

LOL. The predictable deviation into whataboutery will achieve nothing here. Let his case be an illustration of the dangers of the hundi hawala system. The end.

Not the first time and NOT the last time I know I will be seeing such a come back

 

[Vapnope]

After admitting to transferring funds to the 9/11 hijackers.

Statement taken in Gitmo... plausible very plausible. They didn't do it to Afia or the others who were given sentence but somehow in this case they didn't bother to charge him and then released after 16 years And no one can question it.

 

[VCheng]

Statement taken in Gitmo... plausible very plausible. They didn't do it to Afia or the others who were given sentence but somehow in this case they didn't bother to charge him and then released after 16 years And no one can question it.

Question it all you want. It does nothing to change the process and the outcome.

 

[Vapnope]

I mean who is going to question USA. They can bomb a country on suspicion of WMDs and then blame faulty intelligence on others while UN says the carnage in Iraq reminds of Halagu Khan siege of Baghdad.

Question it all you want. It does nothing to change the process and the outcome.

Correct. No one give him back 16 years of his life and no one is bringing back those who died for the much touted WMDs.

 

[Areesh]

PDF's resident Mir Jafar's trying their best to defend this inhumane incarceration of this poor guy and that too for 16 years