Obama frees al-Qaida explosives expert from Gitmo
LEO HOHMANN
WND.com
Jan. 21, 2016
The Obama administration announced Thursday the latest release of terrorists from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
One of the men, a Bosnian named Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al-Sawah, admitted to being a member of al-Qaida and developed explosives for the terror group to target U.S. military personnel and civilians, the Free Beacon reported.
The Hill first reported the release and transfer of al-Sawah back to Bosnia.
Al-Sawah developed explosives and trained al-Qaida operatives in how to use them, according to his file, which was published by the New York Times.
“Detainee is an admitted member of al-Qaida who developed special improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for use against U.S. military forces and civilians. These IEDs included the limpet mine to sink U.S. naval vessels and the prototype for the shoe-bomb used in a failed attack on a civilian transatlantic flight,” the Defense Department file read.
“Prior to detention, detainee admitted teaching explosives at the al-Qaida advanced training camp at Tarnak Farm, aka (Abu Ubaydah Camp), where Usama Bin Laden (UBL) personally praised detainee for his ‘good work.’”
Last week, WND reported that 10 terrorists had been released and sent to their native Yemen while an 11th had been sent to Saudi Arabia. The 11th had once threatened to kill Americans in Iraq.
Only 91 prisoners remain at Gitmo. It once held as many as 779 after being opened in 2002 following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the launching of President George W. Bush’s “war on terror.”
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