Indonesia Wants Guantanamo Inmate to Remain in U.S. Custody

nsnbc : Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan told the press on Tuesday, that Indonesian officials are discussing all necessary steps to ensure that Guantanamo inmate and alleged terrorist Hambali, a.k.a. Riduan Ismuddin remains in a U.S. prison.

PHOTO: CASSANDRA MONROE/U.S. NATIONAL GUARD

PHOTO: CASSANDRA MONROE/U.S. NATIONAL GUARD

Indonesian authorities plan to assure that Hambali stays in U.S.’ custody. The announcement comes as U.S. President Barack Obama’s plans to transfer about two-thirds of the current inmates at the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to the United States while sending the remaining inmates to foreign countries.

President Obama’s plan was rejected by the U.S.’s Congress last month. Republicans stressed that they would prepare legal challenges should Obama try to implement the plan. Obama ran his first election campaign, promising that he would close down the Guantanamo (Gitmo) prison.

The administration of former Indonesian President Bambang Yudhoyono had demanded that Hambali be transferred to Indonesia to be tried at home; A position that led to tensions between Indonesia and the United States.

The administration of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), however, reversed Indonesian policy and prefers that Hambali remains in U.S. custody should he be released from the prison facility at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Hambali, who has been accused of serious terrorism charges has never stood trial in a court of law. He has been accused of being the head of the Al-Qaeda associated Jemaa Islamiya. The organization is allegedly responsible for a string of bombings in Indonesia, including the 2002 attack on the holiday resort island Bali.

202 people were killed in that bombing. Most of them were foreign tourists. Experts raised serious questions about the attack. An explosives expert consulting for nsnbc international, for example, stressed that the blast damage that blasted concrete off of steel reinforcement was inconsistent with the low explosives that allegedly had been used in the attack.

Hambali allegedly also had ties to two of the alleged hijackers involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. He denies that he has played any role in the so-called 9/11 attacks. There has yet to be conducted an actual investigation into the likewise highly questionable 9/11 attacks as even ranking members of the 9/11 Commission insist that the commission had been “set up to fail”.

With regard to Hambali’s alleged contact to two of the hijackers it is noteworthy that several of them were living in the house of a FBI informant, others were frequenting a U.S. military base, while others of the alleged suicide hijackers are still alive.

Hambali was allegedly using a Spanish passport when he was arrested in Thailand in 2003. Muhammad Taufiqurrohman, an analyst from the Centre for Radicalism and De-radicalization Studies who works closely with Indonesian anti-terrorism officials, told the press that the administration of President Jokowi probably opted for leaving Hambali in U.S. custody because there were concerns that his return to Indonesia could give “a boost to militant groups in the region” if he was returned to Indonesia. Taufiqqurrohmand said: “Hambali could be a radical ideologist for other inmates in the hands of the Indonesian jail officers who have been fairly soft and corrupt in dealing with militants. … He could also become an icon for Indonesian extremists.”

Others again point out that a fair and transparent trial in Indonesia could reveal details about the Bali bombing and the 9/11 attacks that could be embarrassing for both Indonesian and for U.S. intelligence services. Several human rights organizations warned that Hambali could not expect a fair trail in the United States or in Indonesia.

CH/L – nsnbc 08.03.2016

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Indonesia Wants Guantanamo Inmate to Remain in U.S. Custody

nsnbc : Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan told the press on Tuesday, that Indonesian officials are discussing all necessary steps to ensure that Guantanamo inmate and alleged terrorist Hambali, a.k.a. Riduan Ismuddin remains in a U.S. prison.

PHOTO: CASSANDRA MONROE/U.S. NATIONAL GUARD

PHOTO: CASSANDRA MONROE/U.S. NATIONAL GUARD

Indonesian authorities plan to assure that Hambali stays in U.S.’ custody. The announcement comes as U.S. President Barack Obama’s plans to transfer about two-thirds of the current inmates at the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to the United States while sending the remaining inmates to foreign countries.

President Obama’s plan was rejected by the U.S.’s Congress last month. Republicans stressed that they would prepare legal challenges should Obama try to implement the plan. Obama ran his first election campaign, promising that he would close down the Guantanamo (Gitmo) prison.

The administration of former Indonesian President Bambang Yudhoyono had demanded that Hambali be transferred to Indonesia to be tried at home; A position that led to tensions between Indonesia and the United States.

The administration of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), however, reversed Indonesian policy and prefers that Hambali remains in U.S. custody should he be released from the prison facility at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Hambali, who has been accused of serious terrorism charges has never stood trial in a court of law. He has been accused of being the head of the Al-Qaeda associated Jemaa Islamiya. The organization is allegedly responsible for a string of bombings in Indonesia, including the 2002 attack on the holiday resort island Bali.

202 people were killed in that bombing. Most of them were foreign tourists. Experts raised serious questions about the attack. An explosives expert consulting for nsnbc international, for example, stressed that the blast damage that blasted concrete off of steel reinforcement was inconsistent with the low explosives that allegedly had been used in the attack.

Hambali allegedly also had ties to two of the alleged hijackers involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. He denies that he has played any role in the so-called 9/11 attacks. There has yet to be conducted an actual investigation into the likewise highly questionable 9/11 attacks as even ranking members of the 9/11 Commission insist that the commission had been “set up to fail”.

With regard to Hambali’s alleged contact to two of the hijackers it is noteworthy that several of them were living in the house of a FBI informant, others were frequenting a U.S. military base, while others of the alleged suicide hijackers are still alive.

Hambali was allegedly using a Spanish passport when he was arrested in Thailand in 2003. Muhammad Taufiqurrohman, an analyst from the Centre for Radicalism and De-radicalization Studies who works closely with Indonesian anti-terrorism officials, told the press that the administration of President Jokowi probably opted for leaving Hambali in U.S. custody because there were concerns that his return to Indonesia could give “a boost to militant groups in the region” if he was returned to Indonesia. Taufiqqurrohmand said: “Hambali could be a radical ideologist for other inmates in the hands of the Indonesian jail officers who have been fairly soft and corrupt in dealing with militants. … He could also become an icon for Indonesian extremists.”

Others again point out that a fair and transparent trial in Indonesia could reveal details about the Bali bombing and the 9/11 attacks that could be embarrassing for both Indonesian and for U.S. intelligence services. Several human rights organizations warned that Hambali could not expect a fair trail in the United States or in Indonesia.

CH/L – nsnbc 08.03.2016

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Indonesia Wants Guantanamo Inmate to Remain in U.S. Custody

nsnbc : Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan told the press on Tuesday, that Indonesian officials are discussing all necessary steps to ensure that Guantanamo inmate and alleged terrorist Hambali, a.k.a. Riduan Ismuddin remains in a U.S. prison.

PHOTO: CASSANDRA MONROE/U.S. NATIONAL GUARD

PHOTO: CASSANDRA MONROE/U.S. NATIONAL GUARD

Indonesian authorities plan to assure that Hambali stays in U.S.’ custody. The announcement comes as U.S. President Barack Obama’s plans to transfer about two-thirds of the current inmates at the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to the United States while sending the remaining inmates to foreign countries.

President Obama’s plan was rejected by the U.S.’s Congress last month. Republicans stressed that they would prepare legal challenges should Obama try to implement the plan. Obama ran his first election campaign, promising that he would close down the Guantanamo (Gitmo) prison.

The administration of former Indonesian President Bambang Yudhoyono had demanded that Hambali be transferred to Indonesia to be tried at home; A position that led to tensions between Indonesia and the United States.

The administration of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), however, reversed Indonesian policy and prefers that Hambali remains in U.S. custody should he be released from the prison facility at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Hambali, who has been accused of serious terrorism charges has never stood trial in a court of law. He has been accused of being the head of the Al-Qaeda associated Jemaa Islamiya. The organization is allegedly responsible for a string of bombings in Indonesia, including the 2002 attack on the holiday resort island Bali.

202 people were killed in that bombing. Most of them were foreign tourists. Experts raised serious questions about the attack. An explosives expert consulting for nsnbc international, for example, stressed that the blast damage that blasted concrete off of steel reinforcement was inconsistent with the low explosives that allegedly had been used in the attack.

Hambali allegedly also had ties to two of the alleged hijackers involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. He denies that he has played any role in the so-called 9/11 attacks. There has yet to be conducted an actual investigation into the likewise highly questionable 9/11 attacks as even ranking members of the 9/11 Commission insist that the commission had been “set up to fail”.

With regard to Hambali’s alleged contact to two of the hijackers it is noteworthy that several of them were living in the house of a FBI informant, others were frequenting a U.S. military base, while others of the alleged suicide hijackers are still alive.

Hambali was allegedly using a Spanish passport when he was arrested in Thailand in 2003. Muhammad Taufiqurrohman, an analyst from the Centre for Radicalism and De-radicalization Studies who works closely with Indonesian anti-terrorism officials, told the press that the administration of President Jokowi probably opted for leaving Hambali in U.S. custody because there were concerns that his return to Indonesia could give “a boost to militant groups in the region” if he was returned to Indonesia. Taufiqqurrohmand said: “Hambali could be a radical ideologist for other inmates in the hands of the Indonesian jail officers who have been fairly soft and corrupt in dealing with militants. … He could also become an icon for Indonesian extremists.”

Others again point out that a fair and transparent trial in Indonesia could reveal details about the Bali bombing and the 9/11 attacks that could be embarrassing for both Indonesian and for U.S. intelligence services. Several human rights organizations warned that Hambali could not expect a fair trail in the United States or in Indonesia.

CH/L – nsnbc 08.03.2016

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Indonesia Wants Guantanamo Inmate to Remain in U.S. Custody

nsnbc : Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan told the press on Tuesday, that Indonesian officials are discussing all necessary steps to ensure that Guantanamo inmate and alleged terrorist Hambali, a.k.a. Riduan Ismuddin remains in a U.S. prison.

PHOTO: CASSANDRA MONROE/U.S. NATIONAL GUARD

PHOTO: CASSANDRA MONROE/U.S. NATIONAL GUARD

Indonesian authorities plan to assure that Hambali stays in U.S.’ custody. The announcement comes as U.S. President Barack Obama’s plans to transfer about two-thirds of the current inmates at the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to the United States while sending the remaining inmates to foreign countries.

President Obama’s plan was rejected by the U.S.’s Congress last month. Republicans stressed that they would prepare legal challenges should Obama try to implement the plan. Obama ran his first election campaign, promising that he would close down the Guantanamo (Gitmo) prison.

The administration of former Indonesian President Bambang Yudhoyono had demanded that Hambali be transferred to Indonesia to be tried at home; A position that led to tensions between Indonesia and the United States.

The administration of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), however, reversed Indonesian policy and prefers that Hambali remains in U.S. custody should he be released from the prison facility at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Hambali, who has been accused of serious terrorism charges has never stood trial in a court of law. He has been accused of being the head of the Al-Qaeda associated Jemaa Islamiya. The organization is allegedly responsible for a string of bombings in Indonesia, including the 2002 attack on the holiday resort island Bali.

202 people were killed in that bombing. Most of them were foreign tourists. Experts raised serious questions about the attack. An explosives expert consulting for nsnbc international, for example, stressed that the blast damage that blasted concrete off of steel reinforcement was inconsistent with the low explosives that allegedly had been used in the attack.

Hambali allegedly also had ties to two of the alleged hijackers involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. He denies that he has played any role in the so-called 9/11 attacks. There has yet to be conducted an actual investigation into the likewise highly questionable 9/11 attacks as even ranking members of the 9/11 Commission insist that the commission had been “set up to fail”.

With regard to Hambali’s alleged contact to two of the hijackers it is noteworthy that several of them were living in the house of a FBI informant, others were frequenting a U.S. military base, while others of the alleged suicide hijackers are still alive.

Hambali was allegedly using a Spanish passport when he was arrested in Thailand in 2003. Muhammad Taufiqurrohman, an analyst from the Centre for Radicalism and De-radicalization Studies who works closely with Indonesian anti-terrorism officials, told the press that the administration of President Jokowi probably opted for leaving Hambali in U.S. custody because there were concerns that his return to Indonesia could give “a boost to militant groups in the region” if he was returned to Indonesia. Taufiqqurrohmand said: “Hambali could be a radical ideologist for other inmates in the hands of the Indonesian jail officers who have been fairly soft and corrupt in dealing with militants. … He could also become an icon for Indonesian extremists.”

Others again point out that a fair and transparent trial in Indonesia could reveal details about the Bali bombing and the 9/11 attacks that could be embarrassing for both Indonesian and for U.S. intelligence services. Several human rights organizations warned that Hambali could not expect a fair trail in the United States or in Indonesia.

CH/L – nsnbc 08.03.2016

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Indonesia Wants Guantanamo Inmate to Remain in U.S. Custody

nsnbc : Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan told the press on Tuesday, that Indonesian officials are discussing all necessary steps to ensure that Guantanamo inmate and alleged terrorist Hambali, a.k.a. Riduan Ismuddin remains in a U.S. prison.

PHOTO: CASSANDRA MONROE/U.S. NATIONAL GUARD

PHOTO: CASSANDRA MONROE/U.S. NATIONAL GUARD

Indonesian authorities plan to assure that Hambali stays in U.S.’ custody. The announcement comes as U.S. President Barack Obama’s plans to transfer about two-thirds of the current inmates at the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to the United States while sending the remaining inmates to foreign countries.

President Obama’s plan was rejected by the U.S.’s Congress last month. Republicans stressed that they would prepare legal challenges should Obama try to implement the plan. Obama ran his first election campaign, promising that he would close down the Guantanamo (Gitmo) prison.

The administration of former Indonesian President Bambang Yudhoyono had demanded that Hambali be transferred to Indonesia to be tried at home; A position that led to tensions between Indonesia and the United States.

The administration of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), however, reversed Indonesian policy and prefers that Hambali remains in U.S. custody should he be released from the prison facility at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Hambali, who has been accused of serious terrorism charges has never stood trial in a court of law. He has been accused of being the head of the Al-Qaeda associated Jemaa Islamiya. The organization is allegedly responsible for a string of bombings in Indonesia, including the 2002 attack on the holiday resort island Bali.

202 people were killed in that bombing. Most of them were foreign tourists. Experts raised serious questions about the attack. An explosives expert consulting for nsnbc international, for example, stressed that the blast damage that blasted concrete off of steel reinforcement was inconsistent with the low explosives that allegedly had been used in the attack.

Hambali allegedly also had ties to two of the alleged hijackers involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. He denies that he has played any role in the so-called 9/11 attacks. There has yet to be conducted an actual investigation into the likewise highly questionable 9/11 attacks as even ranking members of the 9/11 Commission insist that the commission had been “set up to fail”.

With regard to Hambali’s alleged contact to two of the hijackers it is noteworthy that several of them were living in the house of a FBI informant, others were frequenting a U.S. military base, while others of the alleged suicide hijackers are still alive.

Hambali was allegedly using a Spanish passport when he was arrested in Thailand in 2003. Muhammad Taufiqurrohman, an analyst from the Centre for Radicalism and De-radicalization Studies who works closely with Indonesian anti-terrorism officials, told the press that the administration of President Jokowi probably opted for leaving Hambali in U.S. custody because there were concerns that his return to Indonesia could give “a boost to militant groups in the region” if he was returned to Indonesia. Taufiqqurrohmand said: “Hambali could be a radical ideologist for other inmates in the hands of the Indonesian jail officers who have been fairly soft and corrupt in dealing with militants. … He could also become an icon for Indonesian extremists.”

Others again point out that a fair and transparent trial in Indonesia could reveal details about the Bali bombing and the 9/11 attacks that could be embarrassing for both Indonesian and for U.S. intelligence services. Several human rights organizations warned that Hambali could not expect a fair trail in the United States or in Indonesia.

CH/L – nsnbc 08.03.2016

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