Comments on: Top al-Qaida Operative Escapes

By: Plains Feeder

Plains Feeder — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 03:11:29 +0000

Omar al-Faruq was to spy on al Qaeda

Nobody wants to "out" Omar for the duplicitous, double-crossing traitor that he is, because both sides want to believe he still belongs to them.

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:05:12 +0000

Look at the good side: 'Top Al Qaida guys' seem to be pretty common on the ground. We'll probably pick up a six-pack of them this week, maybe a dozen or so.

By: dfsdf

dfsdf — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:08:27 +0000

So, not only do we let this clown escape but we don't let our ally, who turned him over to us in the first place, know about it so that they can prepare for his return and/or help recapture him? Amazing.

With the revelation of the CIA secret prison system, the probable scenario is that the al-Farouq escape is a hoax. He is likely still in US custody, but now doesn't have to testify in the torture case.

The notion that a high-profile prisoner can escape from a US POW camp is absurd. This is cleary a psyops.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:03:07 +0000

Let's see: we can't use our regular prisons, but have to create secret CIA prisons ... so that we can hold our prisoners in absolute security?

Something tells me that if this joker had been at Leavenworth, or next door to the Unabomber, he'd still be in custody.

By: Laurence Simon

Laurence Simon — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:15:23 +0000

This is what happens when you don't follow the Geneva Conventions and try them in the field, and then execute them.

By: A Knight’s Blog » Uh, Oh.

A Knight’s Blog » Uh, Oh. — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:41:51 +0000

[...] As James Joyner notes, this looks very bad. Either the military cannot guard it’s prisoners, or somebody(ies) intentionally let this prisoner escape to keep him from testifying. [...]