Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Barker's Newsbites: Wednesday, December 7, 2011


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William R. Barker said...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204903804577082383203542526.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

[T]he Iraq war is the first conflict in modern history where the U.S. - having complied with the laws of war by promptly prosecuting American troops believed to have violated those laws - did not bring to justice a single one of the hundreds of captured enemy combatants who have killed Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and contractors.

In the early evening of Jan. 20, 2007, in the city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, five black SUVs approached the location of a regular meeting between U.S. and Iraqi military officers. Inside the vehicles, which mimicked U.S. transports (to avoid heightened scrutiny), were a dozen individuals dressed in U.S. military uniforms and bearing U.S. weapons. Their drivers spoke English. Upon reaching their target, the occupants opened fire on the Americans. One U.S. soldier was killed on the spot. Four others were kidnapped, tortured and executed.

The mastermind of this brutal attack? Ali Musa Daqduq, a Lebanese national and Hezbollah commander.

U.S. forces captured him in March 2007, and, in interrogation, he allegedly provided a wealth of information on Iran's role in fomenting, training and arming Iraqi insurgents of all stripes.

* QUESTION: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DOZEN TERRORISTS WHO PULLED OFF THE ATTACK?

With U.S. troops set to exit Iraq at the end of December, all detainees in American custody there have been transferred to the Iraqis except for Daqduq. He is set to be turned over in a matter of weeks. Based on past experience with released detainees who were in Iranian employ, U.S. officials know that Daqduq will promptly re-emerge in Iran, shaking hands with dignitaries and leading parades, before rejoining his Hezbollah colleagues.

(*MIGRAINE HEADACHE*)

There is [a better] solution: Transfer Daqduq from Iraq to Guantanamo Bay to be tried by a military commission there.

(*CLAP-CLAP-CLAP*)

A successful prosecution of Daqduq would be relatively easy. He killed American soldiers and, as an unprivileged belligerent, has no combatant immunity.

Earlier this year, the administration considered bringing Daqduq into the U.S. to face trial in a civilian court. In response, six Republican senators wrote President Obama, warning against trying Daqduq in federal court, and urging the president to refer him to a military commission.

* FAIR ENOUGH.

The administration briefly flirted with the idea of a military commission, perhaps in Charleston, S.C. or at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. That idea seems to have been dropped after a Nov. 8 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told Attorney General Eric Holder that if the administration were to bring Daqduq to the U.S. for a civilian or military trial, "all hell would break loose."

* I TRULY DETEST LINDSEY GRAHAM.

[T]he U.S. has him in physical custody. ... [We] don't need an extradition treaty with Iraq to transfer Daqduq, a Lebanese citizen captured by American forces in a war zone. Since his capture occurred when the U.S. and other coalition members were the occupying power in Iraq, there is ample basis in existing international law for the American exercise of legal jurisdiction over him.

Having dithered for nearly three years, the Obama administration has only a few weeks to bring to justice a Hezbollah terrorist who slaughtered five U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2007. Allowing Daqduq to go unpunished [would be] both inexcusable and dangerous.

December 7, 2011 at 9:04 AM
William R. Barker said...

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/12/06/morning-bell-illegal-aliens-in-state-tuition-and-the-law/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell

Today, 12 states allow individuals who are in the United States illegally to pay the same in-state tuition rates as legal residents of the state without providing the same rates to others in the country who are here legally.

* TOUGH LUCK FOR YOU AND YOUR KIDS!

Consider it an illegal fringe benefit for illegal immigrants.

(*SMIRK*)

And those states are doing it in direct contravention of federal law.

* FUNNY HOW HOLDER'S DEPARTMENT OF "JUSTICE" ISN'T SUING ANY OF THESE STATES, HUH?

(*SNICKER*)

[I]n 1996, Congress passed - and President Bill Clinton signed into law - the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.

Under Section 1623 of the law, state colleges and universities are prohibited from providing in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens “on the basis of residence within the State” unless the same in-state rates are offered to all citizens of the United States.

* THE FOLLOWING STATES ARE IN OPEN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW:

California, Texas, New York, Utah, Washington, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, Maryland, and Connecticut.

* ERIC HOLDER SHOULD BE IMPEACHED.

December 7, 2011 at 2:16 PM

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