Jackson Jambalaya

Two items of interest concerning terrorism and our efforts to stop it.

Once again, another detainee released from Gitmo makes his way to the battlefield over in Iraq where he carried out a suicide bombing:
"DUBAI (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti man released from the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay in 2005 has carried out a suicide bombing in Iraq, his cousin told Al Arabiya television on Thursday. A friend of Abdullah Saleh al-Ajmi in Iraq informed his family that Abdullah carried out the attack in Mosul, his cousin Salem told the Dubai-based television channel. ..." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080501/ts_nm/iraq_kuwait_guantanamo_dc

This is not the first time that a detainee (most of which were captured on the field of battle in Afghanistan) has been released only to fight against us after returning home. I'd love for our friends over at Folo to explain this one away while they are whining about Gitmo. I would ask what Tom Head thought about this one, but since he is now a self-proclaimed member of the CAIR fan club, he has lost credibility since CAIR engages in blatant propaganda and can not be believed any more than the old Pravda correspondents were in the days of the cold war.

So much for catch and release programs.

Meanwhile, over in Yemen, The Washington Post reports the mastermind of the plot to blow up the U.S.S. Cole and his accomplices have been released by the government:
"ADEN, Yemen -- Almost eight years after al-Qaeda nearly sank the USS Cole with an explosives-stuffed motorboat, killing 17 sailors, all the defendants convicted in the attack have escaped from prison or been freed by Yemeni officials.
Jamal al-Badawi, a Yemeni who helped organize the plot to bomb the Cole as it refueled in this Yemeni port on Oct. 12, 2000, has broken out of prison twice. He was recaptured both times, but then secretly released by the government last fall..."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/03/AR2008050302047_4.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2008050400049

This is a great justification for the death penalty. Badawi was sentenced to death. However, the government commuted his sentenced after he promised to help them find other Al Qaida operatives. Now he has been released. If he had been executed, we would not have to worry about him planning more attacks against Americans at home or abroad. Although I can understand the arguments against the death penalty made by its opponents here at home, I think that if nothing else, the death penalty should remain for cases of national security and times of war (including war crimes). When terrorists such as Badawi or Abu Nidal are merely imprisoned, there is always the chance they will either escape, be released, or be the objects of future "swaps". There is also the possibility that future acts of terror will be committed with the demand that said terrorists will be released after hostages are taken. Remember, the only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.