Jihad Airlines Making a Pickup at Gitmo?
Charles Johnson
Thu May 18, 2006 at 8:52 am PDT • Views: 824
Here’s some interesting news (unconfirmed at this writing) at Airliners.net, where they’ve noticed that a 747 is on its way from Saudi Arabia to Guantanamo Bay. (Hat tip: woodstock.)
UPDATE at 5/18/06 9:01:40 am:
Saudi Says 16 to Be Freed From Guantanamo.
The United States will release 16 Saudi Arabian nationals this week from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for suspected terrorists, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said Wednesday.
An estimated 100 Saudis are being held at the U.S. military prison in Cuba, some of them for more than four years. Their detention has been an irritant in the otherwise improving relationship between the Bush administration and the Saudi kingdom, which U.S. officials say has been helpful in tracking and stopping terrorism since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Most of the 19 hijackers were Saudi.
“It took us how many years to get them back?” Saud told reporters. “It hasn’t been easy.”
Frank says: