Official: Yemen Releases 170 Al-Qaida Suspects

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Clearly none of you seen to be men of your word. If I made this promise I would be bound by it unconditionally. These folk are probably going to have to swear before Allah.

What if Allah told them through there Sheik that needed to break that promise though Moon :Q

You will have to ask Allah. He will know if the promise has been broken, no?

I'm sure than answer will be reassuring to any people they eventually kill.

 

[KlokWyze]

Originally posted by: theflyingpig

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Look you unoriginal chump, the name and the avatar are what they are because I have known for a very long time how imbeciles like you react to cold hard facts about their condition. Your ignorance, of course, in not your fault. You yourself were assassinated. It's why you think like you do. Careful now, don't laugh yourself to death.

You remind me of a man I met as I walked along the foot paths of the Appalachians. He was a tall, skinny fellow who would walk along with other hikers and explain the universe to them. Most people would tolerate him for about half an hour before they grew tired of his mindless ramblings.

He walked along with me for about ten minutes before I told him to leave. I explained to him that he was a complete fool, and that his views were so naive, even a child would dismiss them. He grew angry, and proceeded to "analyze" me in much the same way you have. He began spouting the same nonsense you regurgitate in nearly all of your useless posts. I just smiled and began walking away. I almost felt sorry for him.

That is how I see you moonbeam. That is why your posts make me laugh. Every time I read your posts, I'm reminded of that crazy fool.

:laugh:

 

[DealMonkey]

You'll have to excuse much of this entire thread as I was really pumped up on testosterone from watching "Generation Kill" all weekend. A great series by the way. :thumbsup:

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: theflyingpig

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Look you unoriginal chump, the name and the avatar are what they are because I have known for a very long time how imbeciles like you react to cold hard facts about their condition. Your ignorance, of course, in not your fault. You yourself were assassinated. It's why you think like you do. Careful now, don't laugh yourself to death.

You remind me of a man I met as I walked along the foot paths of the Appalachians. He was a tall, skinny fellow who would walk along with other hikers and explain the universe to them. Most people would tolerate him for about half an hour before they grew tired of his mindless ramblings.

He walked along with me for about ten minutes before I told him to leave. I explained to him that he was a complete fool, and that his views were so naive, even a child would dismiss them. He grew angry, and proceeded to "analyze" me in much the same way you have. He began spouting the same nonsense you regurgitate in nearly all of your useless posts. I just smiled and began walking away. I almost felt sorry for him.

That is how I see you moonbeam. That is why your posts make me laugh. Every time I read your posts, I'm reminded of that crazy fool.

lol, excellent.

On topic, it's worth noting that like Pakistan, Yemen often "fights terrorism" by fulfilling a head count of poor rural folk whose only crime was looking at an official the wrong way. The government wouldn't be letting actual terrorists go - not because they're anti-terrorism in general, but because those people tend to also be anti-government as well. They'd have simply killed them.

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: theflyingpig

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Look you unoriginal chump, the name and the avatar are what they are because I have known for a very long time how imbeciles like you react to cold hard facts about their condition. Your ignorance, of course, in not your fault. You yourself were assassinated. It's why you think like you do. Careful now, don't laugh yourself to death.

You remind me of a man I met as I walked along the foot paths of the Appalachians. He was a tall, skinny fellow who would walk along with other hikers and explain the universe to them. Most people would tolerate him for about half an hour before they grew tired of his mindless ramblings.

He walked along with me for about ten minutes before I told him to leave. I explained to him that he was a complete fool, and that his views were so naive, even a child would dismiss them. He grew angry, and proceeded to "analyze" me in much the same way you have. He began spouting the same nonsense you regurgitate in nearly all of your useless posts. I just smiled and began walking away. I almost felt sorry for him.

That is how I see you moonbeam. That is why your posts make me laugh. Every time I read your posts, I'm reminded of that crazy fool.

As well you should be. You see yourself everywhere you look. I told you after no time at all that your views on assassination were so naive that even a child would dismiss them and you grew angry and proceeded to analyze me in much the way you fancied he did. You come off in the same stupid childish and crass form as you do in many of your posts, an emotionally troubled psychopath concealing your pettiness behind a phony laugh. 'You may think you're a one-eyed jack, dad, but I seen the other side of your face', and I seen it a long time ago. And that guy is still walking with you. You were not able to make him leave.

 

[Jhhnn]

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: Jhhnn

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: LumbergTech

Originally posted by: RichardE
They deserve it because someone poured water on their face.

Can we water board you for a bit and then shake it off with some hugs?

Do I get to go free even after killing people if I sign a piece of paper and promise to be good?

Nice hyperbole. From the article-

Yemen released 170 men it had arrested on suspicion of having ties to al-Qaida

Shucks, even flimsier grounds than the accusations against most of the gitmo captives...

Yemen is the kind of place where they'll arrest you if they feel like it, let you go on the same premises, and they've been sucking up mightily to the Bush Admin, getting paid for it, no doubt...

How did I know you would support letting terrorists go, surprise surprise :roll:

So, uhh, anybody arrested by any govt anywhere in the world for supposedly harboring radical sentiments is automagically a "Terrarist!", right?

None of those released were ever accused of actually performing any specific act of "Terrarism!", but rather of having raised the suspicion of their govt, whatever that means.

It seems clear that many of the respondents in this thread have zero understanding of Yemeni society, at all. It's one of the poorest and most backward places on the planet, where the govt rules essentially through consent of tribal leaders. It's also a place where a blood oath really means something, particularly when made to the leader of one's tribe. That's essentially what's happened. The now released suspects were released into the custody of their tribal leaders, who have offered their own honor to vouchsafe the conduct of these guys, who are essentially probationers at this point. Their families will lose their homes and businesses if these guys screw up badly. Additionally, if they dishonor the leader of their tribe, they'll have their throat slit, and nobody who matters will shed a tear. Rather, tribe members will eagerly volunteer to do the job themselves, so as to gain favor and honor within the tribe...

The Yemeni govt also gains allegiance of tribal leaders in the process, binding them by their word in support of the govt's anti terror policy...

http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=26404

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35836.htm

It's obviousl not an easy place to govern, at all, and Saleh has shown himself to be quite astute wrt walking the tightrope between western demands and the sentiments of many of his countrymen. He's made mistakes, but he's not stupid. If anybody understands how to deal with the situation in Yemen, it's him, not the hardliners of the Right in this country, that's for sure...

 

[cwjerome]

It's a minor miracle that Jhhnn brings up honor regarding the Yemeni situation. In the post-honor Western world we are often confused and surprised by the actions of these people, yet the prism of honor brings puzzling elements of Muslim culture (and the terror problem) into sharper focus.

If things are as they seem to be, this release is not the disaster it appears to be.