January 28, 2009

Video: Former Gitmo Detainee Blows Self Up in Iraq

Here's a good idea, let's send all those soon to be released Gitmo prisoners back to the Middle East.

I saw this "Islamic State of Iraq" video over at Liveleak last September of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Omar al-Kuwaiti blowing himself up in the process of an attack on a base. I'll post the original video below, but it only shows the end results: a very large explosion of what looks like a fuel truck.

The self-explosion actually came back in May of last year and was reported at the time, although not widely. Remember way back to last May? When al Qaeda in Iraq was still a threat and may a Democrat -- including his Oneness -- still doubted the ultimate success of the surge? Context, people.

NEFA has a longer version of the video I post below, but with English subtitles. Their version includes al-Kuwaiti's "martyr" video. In it, he claims he was tortured by the U.S. in Gitmo and urges Iraqis to accept al Qaeda leader Omar al-Baghdadi as the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq.

Here's their description of the video:

The NEFA Foundation has released English-subtitled excerpts from the final video-recorded will of Kuwaiti national Abdullah al-Ajmi (a.k.a. Abu Juhaiman al-Kuwaiti). Al-Ajmi was a former detainee at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who was freed from American custody and, undeterred, subsequently joined Al-Qaida's "Islamic State of Iraq" (ISI). In April 2008, al-Ajmi allegedly executed a suicide truck bombing on behalf of Al-Qaida targeting local Iraqi security forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Footage of Al-Ajmi reading his will and carrying out his suicide mission were later distributed by the official media wing of Al-Qaida in Iraq. The Kuwaiti is shown addressing the camera and declaring, "I thank Allah… who freed me from Guantanamo Bay prison and, after we were tortured, connected me with the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI). And it is the gift of Allah to follow the path of this country, the Islamic State of Iraq... You may not see us again after this meeting because we are headed for Allah, and Allah-willing, we will enter the dens and the neighborhoods of those who have abandoned Islam."

Original video below.

UPDATE: Yeah, it would solve a lot of problems if released Gitmo detainees would all just blow themselves up. If. But check out this Fox News report on the same video:

Last April he blew himself up in a homicide attack that killed 12 people in Mosul, Iraq.

Video still below