Leader of U.S.S Cole Attack Set Free

Treating terrorism as a law enforcement matter is a really, really bad idea. Especially in countries without the rule of law and who quite frankly are on the side of the terrorists.

SAN'A, Yemen - Yemen has set free one of the al-Qaida masterminds of the USS Cole bombing in 2000 that killed 17 American sailors, a senior security official said Thursday.

He and 22 others, mostly al-Qaida fighters, escaped from prison in 2004. But al-Badawi was granted his freedom after turning himself in 15 days ago and pledging loyalty to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

The official said police were told by the government to "stop all previous orders concerning measures adopted against al-Badawi."

The only way this is good news is if it’s a prelude to this bastard getting up close and personal with a Hellfire missile. It’s happened before in Yemen but since then it seems the CIA’s war on the Bush Administration and the Democrats fixation on terrorists rights and winning elections has really cut into our missile slinging activities. It seems like this is a good time to get our mojo back.

posted by DrewM. at 11:36 AM

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