red states rule
01-27-2009, 04:47 PM
Here is the answer to one the main issues the Obama administration has to solve
Only 9 have tried to rejoin Al Qaeda - yet it only takes a few to kill thousands of Americans like on 9/11
'Jihadi rehab' possibility for post-Gitmo
CNN) -- U.S. lawmakers considering the closure of the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention center will likely be looking at a rehabilitation program in Saudi Arabia that focuses on religious re-education for captured jihadists.
President Barack Obama last week issued executive orders relating to Guantanamo, including one requiring that the facility at a U.S. Naval base in Cuba be closed within a year.
Now some analysts are asking not only if intelligence agencies will be able to get the information they need to keep America safe -- but also where the prisoners will eventually end up.
The answer to the second part of this question may lie partly in the Saudi rehab program that analysts in that country say has helped deal a big blow to al Qaeda.
Since the 2003 bombings in Riyadh that killed dozens there have been no major attacks in the kingdom, they point out.
Libya is using a similar philosophy of religious re-education -- moving away from brutal treatment of militants in jails -- and Pakistan is also looking at it.
The program focuses on religious re-education for young men -- all in their late teens to their early 30s -- captured while engaged in terrorist activities.
Of the 218 people who have taken part, only nine have since been rearrested after trying to rejoin al Qaeda, Saudi officials told CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/27/saudi.jihadi.rehab/index.html
Only 9 have tried to rejoin Al Qaeda - yet it only takes a few to kill thousands of Americans like on 9/11
'Jihadi rehab' possibility for post-Gitmo
CNN) -- U.S. lawmakers considering the closure of the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention center will likely be looking at a rehabilitation program in Saudi Arabia that focuses on religious re-education for captured jihadists.
President Barack Obama last week issued executive orders relating to Guantanamo, including one requiring that the facility at a U.S. Naval base in Cuba be closed within a year.
Now some analysts are asking not only if intelligence agencies will be able to get the information they need to keep America safe -- but also where the prisoners will eventually end up.
The answer to the second part of this question may lie partly in the Saudi rehab program that analysts in that country say has helped deal a big blow to al Qaeda.
Since the 2003 bombings in Riyadh that killed dozens there have been no major attacks in the kingdom, they point out.
Libya is using a similar philosophy of religious re-education -- moving away from brutal treatment of militants in jails -- and Pakistan is also looking at it.
The program focuses on religious re-education for young men -- all in their late teens to their early 30s -- captured while engaged in terrorist activities.
Of the 218 people who have taken part, only nine have since been rearrested after trying to rejoin al Qaeda, Saudi officials told CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/27/saudi.jihadi.rehab/index.html