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| Al-Qaeda offers prisoner swaps with 'any party' |
| 2007-05-26 |
| Al-Qaeda said in a video posted on the Internet on Friday that it was ready to consider exchanges of prisoners with Western nations and singled out a radical cleric under arrest in Britain. The cleric, Abu Qatada, has offered to play a role in helping to secure the release of BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who went missing in Gaza City on March 12. "Al-Qaeda al-Jihad Organization in Khorasan [Afghanistan] announces its readiness to receive any Muslim captive exchanged with any party by any party, whether he is from those with whom the prisons of the states of the Cross are choked, or one of those imprisoned in other states of infidelity and apostasy," Abu Laith al-Libi said in the video. "Foremost among these captives is the virtuous sheikh and caller Abu Qatada al-Filistini, who is being kept in one of the prisons of Britain," said Libi. The authenticity of the video could not be verified. Abu Qatada, once described as the spiritual head of the Al-Qaeda network in Europe, was arrested in Britain in August 2005 as part of a crackdown on Islamist extremism after 56 people were killed in London suicide bombings. He is currently fighting extradition to Jordan. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #7 How about something like the NFL Draft, Pelosi and two others to be named later? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-05-26 21:56 |
| #6 No, not 2000-1, just the top idiots, but no swapping back. Jim, the non-idiots in the donkey party can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Keep the 2000:1 ratio - I doubt A-Q has enough prisoners to make the deal worthwhile - to US! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-05-26 17:51 |
| #5 No, not 2000-1, just the top idiots, but no swapping back. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-05-26 15:35 |
| #4 Does that include the Democratic Party? We'll trade you 2000:1. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-05-26 11:08 |
| #3 Send em Rosie O'Donnell--one of our resident idiots. She doesn't think there is such a thing as terrorists. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-05-26 10:21 |
| #2 those with whom the prisons of the states of the Cross are choked, or one of those imprisoned in other states of infidelity and apostasy is a really long way to say "our enemies". How islamic. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-05-26 07:37 |
| #1 Al-Qaeda offers prisoner swaps with 'any party' trade 'em Oday and Qusay for the smell of it. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-05-26 02:02 |