US court charges al-Qaida spokesman on 9/11 crimes

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By LARA JAKES

WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior al-Qaida leader and member of Osama bin Laden's inner circle was charged Thursday with conspiring to kill Americans in his role as the terror network's top propagandist who lauded the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 - and warned there would be more.

Officials said Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was born in Kuwait and was bin Laden's son-in-law, was captured in Jordan over the last week. He will appear Friday in U.S. federal court in New York, according to a Justice Department statement and indictment outlining the accusations against Abu Ghaith.

"No amount of distance or time will weaken our resolve to bring America's enemies to justice," Attorney General Eric Holder said in the statement. "To violent extremists who threaten the American people and seek to undermine our way of life, this arrest sends an unmistakable message: There is no corner of the world where you can escape from justice because we will do everything in our power to hold you accountable to the fullest extent of the law."

The case marks a legal victory for the Obama administration, which has long sought to charge senior al-Qaida suspects in American federal courts instead of holding them at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But it immediately sparked an outcry from Republicans in Congress who do not want high-threat terror suspects brought into the United States.

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This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by U.S. intelligence officials, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a "very significant victory" in the ongoing fight against al-Qaida. A Jordanian security official confirmed that al-Ghaith was handed over last week to U.S. law enforcement officials under both nations' extradition treaty. He declined to disclose other details and spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. (AP Photo)

[WinkyDink]

1. How was "our way of life" threatened, when there was zero follow-up to these attacks?

[olddad56]

2. I'm waiting for the US to charge Bush, Cheney, Rumsfield and the other murders for their part in 911

it was an inside job.

[The Magistrate]

3. Good, Sir: This Is The Proper Course

Where the civil authority of the United States can be exercised, it should be the means employed.

[WheelWalker]

4. Hear, hear !!

[Recursion]

5. Well said (nt)

[whatchamacallit]

6. So... does he get a trial?

Bullet in the face? What's customary these days?

[Alamuti Lotus]

7. the details of his last few months would be a fascinating read..

he has been under arrest in Iran for the last decade, who view al-Qai'dah as an abhorrent criminal gang and ideological enemies. He is observed kicking around Turkey a bit (probably released by land through Kurdistan) and is captured in the reactionary police state of Jordan, allegedly on his way towards Kuwait (another reactionary police state!). That implies travelling through Syria (a popular "tourist" destination these days), and then in the future through Anbar province (another popular "tourist" destination), across the rest of Iraq (the ruling party of which also views al-Qai'dah as an enemy) and finally into Kuwait. A bizarre tale, even for these times.

It is my opinion that Iran dumped this guy off in order to be caught, but such goodwill gestures are so few and far between lately!