Obama releases Gitmo Terrorist Due to “Mental Illness,” while Number of Released Gitmo Detainees Returning to Jihad Increases”

More anti-American activity from the pro-jihad Obama administration. Ibrahim Idris, an enemy combatant held at Guantanamo Bay, is going to be released after 11 years due to "mental illness."

Ibrahim Idris, from Sudan, with the enviable zebibah  "does not pose a security threat," according to his lawyers. Yeah, OK, and Islam is a religion of peace. 

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Idris was captured with al Qaeda fighters in 2001 by Pakistani forces.
His lawyers argue that his illness was so severe that he does not pose a security threat.
US District Judge Royce Lamberth issued a release order on Friday.

Bev Perlson, Leader of the Band of Mothers, demands answers. She writes me, "This is reckless and dangerous…… this is the insane "catch and release" policy that our Troops have been up against. All this as our Warriors, Michael Behenna, Michael Patrick Leahy (Illinois Warrior), John Hatley, Evan Vela, Derrick Miller, and the list goes on, continue to sit in Leavenworth. What an absolute slap in the face of every warrior who ever served this great country. Obama chains up our War Memorials to keep out the very heroes they honor and he keeps our sons locked up in Leavenworth as he releases the brutal enemies who have murdered and maimed so many of our sons and daughters! And as noted in the article below, the terrorists turn right around and return to the battlefield to kill more American!"

"Number of Released Gitmo Detainees Returning to Terrorism Increases" By Bill Gertz, Free Beacon, September 9, 2013 (thanks to Bev Perlson)

ODNI reports say three more released terrorists confirmed and three killed since January

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Senior leaders of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula / AP

BY: Bill Gertz Follow @BillGertz
September 9, 2013 5:35 pm

Three additional terrorists once held at the Guantanamo Bay prison
were confirmed as having returned to terrorism after their release, and
two others joined the ranks of those suspected of rejoining jihad
against the West, according to a U.S. intelligence report made public
last week.

The report
by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) also
reveals that three of the confirmed returning terrorists were killed
since January, when the last report to Congress was made public.

Of the 603 terrorists released from the prison, 100 are now
confirmed as having returned to terrorism. Of those, 17 are dead, 27 are
in custody, and 56 are free. Released detainees suspected of having
returned to terrorism number 74, including two that are dead, 25 that
are in custody, and 47 no longer being held.

By contrast, in January there were a total of 97 released prisoners
who returned to terrorism and another 72 who were suspected of
re-engaging in terrorism.

Thomas Joscelyn, a terrorism analyst with the Foundation for
Defense of Democracies, said releasing Guantanamo inmates increases the
danger they will return to jihad.

“Once a detainee is transferred from Guantanamo to his home
country, or a third country, there is no guarantee that appropriate
security measures will be put in place,” Joscelyn said in an email.
“Yet, the U.S. government frequently requires the receiving country to
enact such measures as part of the transfer agreement. Thus, even
detainees who are known to be very dangerous have rejoined the fight
after leaving Guantanamo.”

The ODNI report also warned against the unconditional release of
additional prisoners from the detention facility because of the risk
they will go back to terror attacks or insurgent activity.

“Based on trends identified during the past ten years, we assess
that if additional detainees are transferred without conditions from
GTMO, some will reengage in terrorist or insurgent activities,” the
report said. “Transfers to countries with ongoing conflicts and internal
instability as well as active recruitment by insurgent and terrorist
organizations pose a particular problem.”

President Barack Obama in May announced that he was lifting a ban
on the transfer of Guantanamo inmates to Yemen, where the al Qaeda
affiliate Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has emerged a major threat.
The group has orchestrated several attempted terrorist attacks,
including the attempted bombings of U.S. airliners and threats to attack
U.S. facilities overseas.

Obama announced May 23 that he was lifting the ban on transfers of
former prisoners to Yemen so that the inmates’ status can be reviewed on
a case-by-case basis. In a speech, he also announced a renewed push to
close the prison located at the U.S. naval base located on a
U.S.-controlled enclave of the communist-ruled island.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was formed by several former
Guantanamo inmates in 2009, including Nasser Al Wuhayshi, a former
secretary to Osama bin Laden, and Said Al Shihri, who was killed by a
U.S. drone in January.

Last month, the U.S. government ordered the closure of 19 embassies
over concerns that Yemen-based al Qaeda terrorists were plotting
attacks.

Additionally, the al Qaeda affiliate in Libya known as Ansar al
Sharia is led by a former Guantanamo inmate named Abu Sufian bin Qumu.

U.S. intelligence agencies in August discovered that Ansar al
Sharia is operating two terrorist training camps in Libya, at Benghazi
and Darna, where Qumu is based. The camps are being used to train Libyan
and foreign jihadists who are dispatched to al Qaeda-backed rebels in
Syria.

The ODNI report said increase in returning terrorists took place between Jan. 14 and July 15.

The names, nationalities and other details about the released
prisoners were not included in the two page report to Congress required
under a provision of the 2012 Intelligence Authorization Act.

The slight growth in the number of Guantanamo inmates who return to
terrorism could complicate efforts by Obama to close the controversial
facility that currently houses around 164 terrorists, including several
directly involved in plotting the Sept. 11, 2011 terror attacks, notably
Khalid Sheikh Mohammad.

“Former [Guantanamo] detainees routinely communicate with each
other, families of other former detainees, and previous associates who
are members of terrorist organizations,” the ODNI report said. “The
reasons for communication span from the mundane (reminiscing about
shared experiences) to the nefarious (planning terrorist operations). We
assess that some GTMO detainees transferred in the future also will
communicate with other former GTMO detainees and persons in terrorist
organizations.”

The House Armed Services Committee in June approved language in the
fiscal 2014 defense authorization bill that would prohibit the
president from closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Currently, more than 100 of the inmates are engaged in a hunger strike.

The Obama administration wants to transfer some 84 of the detainees
to their home countries. A total of 56 of the 84 approved detainees are
Yemeni nationals.

The defense bill also would prohibit the president from transferring detainees back to Yemen.

The Pentagon announced Aug. 29 that two detainees were transferred to Algeria.

The men were identified as Nabil Hadjarab, 34, and Motai Sayab, 37.
There are still 84 men at the facility in Cuba who have been cleared
for release or transfer. Currently, there are 164 men being held at
Guantanamo.

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