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	<title>Comments on: Rate of suicide bombs rises in Iraq.</title>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/29/suicide-bombs-rise-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4208451</link>
		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by Manslagt â€” December 29, 2007 @ 3:32 pm

Pro AQ? You mean like our &quot;Glorious Leader&quot; who attacked an innocent third party when there was still a chance of wiping AQ out? You mean like our &quot;great friend&quot; Musharraf who hasn&#039;t been able/willing to contest their resurgence in a country he rules? You mean like our other &quot;great friend&quot;, Saudi Arabia (Home of most of the 9/11 criminals), who are unable/unwilling to cut the flood of arms, money, and fighters to AQ and countless other terrorist organizations?

Perhaps I&#039;ve missed something, but, are not &quot;liberal&quot; blogs the only media voices who call out the enablers of AQ? Is ANYONE, allied with the Right, currently criticizing Bushco for abandoning the fight against AQ?

If there is a pro AQ vein, at TP, I fail to see it. On the contrary, most of us call loudly, and often, for a reallocation of resources away from Iraq. Fighting AQ, and other terrorist organizations, is impossible while our military is being pinned down by a handful of fanatics in Iraq.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comment by Manslagt â€” December 29, 2007 @ 3:32 pm</p>
<p>Pro AQ? You mean like our &#8220;Glorious Leader&#8221; who attacked an innocent third party when there was still a chance of wiping AQ out? You mean like our &#8220;great friend&#8221; Musharraf who hasn&#8217;t been able/willing to contest their resurgence in a country he rules? You mean like our other &#8220;great friend&#8221;, Saudi Arabia (Home of most of the 9/11 criminals), who are unable/unwilling to cut the flood of arms, money, and fighters to AQ and countless other terrorist organizations?</p>
<p>Perhaps I&#8217;ve missed something, but, are not &#8220;liberal&#8221; blogs the only media voices who call out the enablers of AQ? Is ANYONE, allied with the Right, currently criticizing Bushco for abandoning the fight against AQ?</p>
<p>If there is a pro AQ vein, at TP, I fail to see it. On the contrary, most of us call loudly, and often, for a reallocation of resources away from Iraq. Fighting AQ, and other terrorist organizations, is impossible while our military is being pinned down by a handful of fanatics in Iraq.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208451', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Peter Pointer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter Pointer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;If you have never read this then please read it&lt;/b&gt;

911 and pakistan

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/essay.jsp?article=essaysaeed</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>If you have never read this then please read it</b></p>
<p>911 and pakistan</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/essay.jsp?article=essaysaeed" rel="nofollow">http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/essay.jsp?article=essaysaeed</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208408', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/29/suicide-bombs-rise-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4208403</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#44 had enough

Our own government cannot be trusted, and the dearth of investigative journalists who cannot even dig out the relative interview films leave this kind of information hanging out on the web where it will probably just fade away.
Why has no one in the msm even mentioned this comment?  
Weren&#039;t CNN and MSNBC looking to fill their 24/7 broadcasts with Bhutto tapes?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#44 had enough</p>
<p>Our own government cannot be trusted, and the dearth of investigative journalists who cannot even dig out the relative interview films leave this kind of information hanging out on the web where it will probably just fade away.<br />
Why has no one in the msm even mentioned this comment?<br />
Weren&#8217;t CNN and MSNBC looking to fill their 24/7 broadcasts with Bhutto tapes?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208403', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: had enough</title>
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		<dc:creator>had enough</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by Gatsby
A form of eugenics may be the victory plan from the powers that be = multi national corporations.</description>
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A form of eugenics may be the victory plan from the powers that be = multi national corporations.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208398', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gatsby</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gatsby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What victory in Iraq? Over what? This is so pathetic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What victory in Iraq? Over what? This is so pathetic.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208394', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: had enough</title>
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		<dc:creator>had enough</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Comment by Marie
here is that video:
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Benazir Bhutto: Bin Laden Murdered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Comment by Marie<br />
here is that video:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg" rel="nofollow">Benazir Bhutto: Bin Laden Murdered</a></strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208391', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah when everything fails, blame Bushâ€¦
Comment by Frank M â€” December 29, 2007 @ 12:17 pm

If it weren&#039;t for that foolhardy, swaggering cowboy, we wouldn&#039;t be where we are today -- so who should be blamed?  
OF COURSE, Bush is ultimately responsible -- this is his quagmire, and we&#039;re all in it with him, the stubborn, stupid jackass.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah when everything fails, blame Bushâ€¦<br />
Comment by Frank M â€” December 29, 2007 @ 12:17 pm</p>
<p>If it weren&#8217;t for that foolhardy, swaggering cowboy, we wouldn&#8217;t be where we are today &#8212; so who should be blamed?<br />
OF COURSE, Bush is ultimately responsible &#8212; this is his quagmire, and we&#8217;re all in it with him, the stubborn, stupid jackass.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208389', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: evil_framers_of_the_constitution</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/29/suicide-bombs-rise-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4208351</link>
		<dc:creator>evil_framers_of_the_constitution</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don&#039;t forget about the objectively pro-fascist trolls. They haven&#039;t given in either.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t forget about the objectively pro-fascist trolls. They haven&#8217;t given in either.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208351', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DigDug</title>
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		<dc:creator>DigDug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;By watching this, I guess the chances are 1:100000 Musharraf has been the mastermind of the attack vs Bhutto

Comment by ccokz 
&lt;/em&gt;

How so?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>By watching this, I guess the chances are 1:100000 Musharraf has been the mastermind of the attack vs Bhutto</p>
<p>Comment by ccokz<br />
</em></p>
<p>How so?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208313', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry to be off topic but I just saw a video clip of Benazir Bhutto interviewed by David Frost about 7 weeks ago, in it she nearly offhandedly mentions those who would want her killed - members of the ISI, and the &quot;man who murdered Osama bin Laden.&quot;

As Mike Molloy pointed out, CNN and MSNBC producers would scour the files for anything related to her in order to fill their air time, but no one pulled this recent video interview.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry to be off topic but I just saw a video clip of Benazir Bhutto interviewed by David Frost about 7 weeks ago, in it she nearly offhandedly mentions those who would want her killed &#8211; members of the ISI, and the &#8220;man who murdered Osama bin Laden.&#8221;</p>
<p>As Mike Molloy pointed out, CNN and MSNBC producers would scour the files for anything related to her in order to fill their air time, but no one pulled this recent video interview.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208288', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: evil_framers_of_the_constitution</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/29/suicide-bombs-rise-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4208272</link>
		<dc:creator>evil_framers_of_the_constitution</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>oops, you are right RUC...I confused serving 5 years in Gitmo without a trial as part of his sentence...I was wrong. But he didn&#039;t blow up anything in Iraq in October.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oops, you are right RUC&#8230;I confused serving 5 years in Gitmo without a trial as part of his sentence&#8230;I was wrong. But he didn&#8217;t blow up anything in Iraq in October.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208272', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bilbobaggins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/29/suicide-bombs-rise-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4208269</link>
		<dc:creator>bilbobaggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;#24: Yeah when everything fails, blame Bush. 
Comment by Frank M &lt;/em&gt;

You know Francine, progressives are different than right wingers in that they will blame Bush for things that he is responsible for.  Whereas the right wingers blame everyone but Bush for things that Bush and Company have done.  The progressives believe in accountability.  The right wingers believe in giving a &quot;get out of jail free&quot; card to any of their ilk who is caught doing something wrong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>#24: Yeah when everything fails, blame Bush.<br />
Comment by Frank M </em></p>
<p>You know Francine, progressives are different than right wingers in that they will blame Bush for things that he is responsible for.  Whereas the right wingers blame everyone but Bush for things that Bush and Company have done.  The progressives believe in accountability.  The right wingers believe in giving a &#8220;get out of jail free&#8221; card to any of their ilk who is caught doing something wrong.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208269', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bilbobaggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>bilbobaggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;And try to provide some evidence this time.
Comment by DigDug&lt;/em&gt;


Haaaa haaaaaaaa!  You are asking Francine to provide evidence.  Good luck on that one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>And try to provide some evidence this time.<br />
Comment by DigDug</em></p>
<p>Haaaa haaaaaaaa!  You are asking Francine to provide evidence.  Good luck on that one.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208267', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bilbobaggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>bilbobaggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Um, Hicks served nine months of a seven year sentence, and part of his early release agreement was to keep his mouth shut for a yearâ€¦
Comment by RUCerious &lt;/em&gt;

The only reason why Bush let Hicks go is because he is trying to kiss up to the new Australian PM.  With Howard gone, he has lost his poodle and he is trying to make the new PM into his newest poodle.  I doubt it will work, though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Um, Hicks served nine months of a seven year sentence, and part of his early release agreement was to keep his mouth shut for a yearâ€¦<br />
Comment by RUCerious </em></p>
<p>The only reason why Bush let Hicks go is because he is trying to kiss up to the new Australian PM.  With Howard gone, he has lost his poodle and he is trying to make the new PM into his newest poodle.  I doubt it will work, though.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208265', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bilbobaggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>bilbobaggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Enlist, Frank, so you can be suicided.
Comment by Lefty Patriot&lt;/em&gt;

Francine can&#039;t enlist.  As he said, it&#039;s not in his own best interest to put himself in a place where he may get hurt.  He&#039;s fine with sending everyone else&#039;s sons and daughters into that slaughter house, just not him.  He&#039;s back to Francine.  He lost his balls again by proving that he is a total chickensh&#124;t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Enlist, Frank, so you can be suicided.<br />
Comment by Lefty Patriot</em></p>
<p>Francine can&#8217;t enlist.  As he said, it&#8217;s not in his own best interest to put himself in a place where he may get hurt.  He&#8217;s fine with sending everyone else&#8217;s sons and daughters into that slaughter house, just not him.  He&#8217;s back to Francine.  He lost his balls again by proving that he is a total chickensh|t.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208263', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DigDug</title>
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		<dc:creator>DigDug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;
weâ€™re releasing dangerous terrorists because of your constant whinging over the rights of the Gitmo prisoners and demands for shutting it down

Comment by Frank M
&lt;/em&gt;

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16227791/
&lt;em&gt;
&quot;The Bush administration wants to be able to say that these are dangerous terrorists who are going to be confined upon their release ... &lt;strong&gt;although there is no evidence against many of them&lt;/strong&gt;,&quot; he said.&quot;
&lt;/em&gt;

Also from the same article:
&lt;em&gt;
Detainees are held at Guantanamo Bay because a military panel classifies them as an &quot;enemy combatant,&quot; which refers not only to armed fighters but to anyone who aids enemy forces. &lt;strong&gt;Every year, each gets a hearing to determine whether he remains a security threat to the United States or has intelligence value.&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;

Hmm...  no mention of pressure from liberals yet...

&lt;em&gt;
Using those hearings as guidance, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England decides whether to keep the detainee at Guantanamo, release him, or send him to another country for detention.

This year, through Nov. 20, he had ruled on 149 prisoners. He decided that 106 should be held, 43 should be transferred to custody of other countries and none should be released outright.

Azmy, the New Jersey lawyer, said the distinction between release and transfer is largely a fiction because recipient countries are under no obligation to imprison the returnees. &lt;strong&gt;The United States doesn&#039;t even ask them to.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;

Doesn&#039;t even ask them to...   interesting. 

And still no mention of pressure from the &quot;far-left&quot;.


The fact of the matter Frank is that it&#039;s all happenning according to due process. A process that your beloved leader oversees and approves of.

So, now, tell me how any of this is our fault?

And try to provide some evidence this time.</description>
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weâ€™re releasing dangerous terrorists because of your constant whinging over the rights of the Gitmo prisoners and demands for shutting it down</p>
<p>Comment by Frank M<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16227791/" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16227791/</a><br />
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&#8220;The Bush administration wants to be able to say that these are dangerous terrorists who are going to be confined upon their release &#8230; <strong>although there is no evidence against many of them</strong>,&#8221; he said.&#8221;<br />
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<p>Also from the same article:<br />
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Detainees are held at Guantanamo Bay because a military panel classifies them as an &#8220;enemy combatant,&#8221; which refers not only to armed fighters but to anyone who aids enemy forces. <strong>Every year, each gets a hearing to determine whether he remains a security threat to the United States or has intelligence value.</strong><br />
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<p>Hmm&#8230;  no mention of pressure from liberals yet&#8230;</p>
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Using those hearings as guidance, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England decides whether to keep the detainee at Guantanamo, release him, or send him to another country for detention.</p>
<p>This year, through Nov. 20, he had ruled on 149 prisoners. He decided that 106 should be held, 43 should be transferred to custody of other countries and none should be released outright.</p>
<p>Azmy, the New Jersey lawyer, said the distinction between release and transfer is largely a fiction because recipient countries are under no obligation to imprison the returnees. <strong>The United States doesn&#8217;t even ask them to.</strong></em></p>
<p>Doesn&#8217;t even ask them to&#8230;   interesting. </p>
<p>And still no mention of pressure from the &#8220;far-left&#8221;.</p>
<p>The fact of the matter Frank is that it&#8217;s all happenning according to due process. A process that your beloved leader oversees and approves of.</p>
<p>So, now, tell me how any of this is our fault?</p>
<p>And try to provide some evidence this time.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208257', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DigDug</title>
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		<dc:creator>DigDug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;
weâ€™re releasing dangerous terrorists because of your constant whinging over the rights of the Gitmo prisoners and demands for shutting it down

Comment by Frank M
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The only time the Bush administration releases anyone from Gitmo is when they&#039;ve determined that they don&#039;t have enough evidence to try them for anything.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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weâ€™re releasing dangerous terrorists because of your constant whinging over the rights of the Gitmo prisoners and demands for shutting it down</p>
<p>Comment by Frank M<br />
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<p>The only time the Bush administration releases anyone from Gitmo is when they&#8217;ve determined that they don&#8217;t have enough evidence to try them for anything.</em><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208243', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They can&#039;t declare victory - if they did, they&#039;d have to send the troops home, leaving the bases, and the oil fields in the hands of Iraqis.
We and the rest of the world know this was a power/land/oil grab perpetrated by the US, under the cover of lies, fabrications and subterfuge.  It&#039;s only the rightwing nuts who can&#039;t see the truth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They can&#8217;t declare victory &#8211; if they did, they&#8217;d have to send the troops home, leaving the bases, and the oil fields in the hands of Iraqis.<br />
We and the rest of the world know this was a power/land/oil grab perpetrated by the US, under the cover of lies, fabrications and subterfuge.  It&#8217;s only the rightwing nuts who can&#8217;t see the truth.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208237', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
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		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And David Hicks served out his sentence, by the way. We didnâ€™t release him early, or under pressure. IDIOT.

Um, Hicks served nine months of a seven year sentence, and part of his early release agreement was to keep his mouth shut for a year...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And David Hicks served out his sentence, by the way. We didnâ€™t release him early, or under pressure. IDIOT.</p>
<p>Um, Hicks served nine months of a seven year sentence, and part of his early release agreement was to keep his mouth shut for a year&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208225', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jurassicpork</title>
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		<dc:creator>jurassicpork</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yet, a top military commander recently said that, thanks to Bush&#039;s surge, 75% of al Qaida in Iraq (not to be confused with the real al Qaida) has been &quot;crushed&quot;. More like &quot;dispersed&quot;, as in &quot;to the four winds&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yet, a top military commander recently said that, thanks to Bush&#8217;s surge, 75% of al Qaida in Iraq (not to be confused with the real al Qaida) has been &#8220;crushed&#8221;. More like &#8220;dispersed&#8221;, as in &#8220;to the four winds&#8221;.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4208212', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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