Five Americans Reportedly Held in Pakistan on Terror Charges Mark Hosenball

Five young men from the Washington, D.C., area are reported to have been detained by authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab region in connection with an investigation into possible terrorism. Information about the arrests has been reported by Sami Yousafzai, a NEWSWEEK correspondent in the region, and by at least one Pakistani media outlet. A U.S. government official, who asked for anonymity when discussing sensitive information, confirmed that U.S. federal agencies are aware of the case and had already been investigating the individuals in question

According to the Pakistani news report, five foreigners—described as one U.S.-born Pakistani, two Yemenis, one Egyptian, and one Swede—were arrested by a Pakistani anti-organized-crime squad during a raid in the town of Sargodha at the residence of an activist involved in Jaish-e-Muhammad, an Islamic extremist group alleged to have links to Al Qaeda that has been banned by Pakistani authorities. Jaish is also listed by the U.S. State Department as a foreign terrorist organization.

The Investigative Project on Terrorism, an American group that monitors Islamic extremism, reports that the five men were last seen in the U.S. on Nov. 29 and that there is concern that they “may have been sent abroad to train for jihad.” The project says that one of the men, Ramy Zamzam, is a dental student at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The project also identifies Zamzam as the president of the D.C. council of the Muslim Students Association (MSA).

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2009/12/09/five-americans-reportedly-held-in-pakistan-on-terror-charges.aspx

Today’s Gallup Poll shows the Voting Present President at 47% approval, lower than any other recent President at this point in their careers.

The blinders are coming off, and the wheels are coming off the bus.

THEY want the kudos , not the justice system. Could that be it?

But that doesn’t play into the anti-Obama message.

Same with Afghanistan. Obama has already doubled troop levels there since January and will have tripled them in another 8 months. But his focus on the very real threat that took us there to begin with doesn’t play into the anti-Obama message either.

“It begs this question: who does it serve to have this trial in New York?”

It doesn’t serve the families. It certainly doesn’t serve the dead. Or the cops and firemen and medical personnel who fought so hard to save as many as they could. It doesn’t serve NYC with the wall of security the city will need to prevent another disaster.

We’ve been told that this serves to showcase our justice system. But how is that when the Attorney General and the POTUS make public statements saying these terrorists will be found guilty and ultimately executed?

What in God’s name does that showcase?

In my mind, it only serves the arrogance of the decision makers, who I can only guess thought they’d be applauded for a bad and stupid idea.

My former college roomate is a native New Yorker. I wouldn’t even repeat the language she used when discussing this. And she’s a Democrat.

Who does it serve? As far as I can tell only the terrorists, who will have the world stage.

The decision is insane and disgusting.

So understand my statements are not anti american but just not American.

Of course this KSM person could admit to planning it all. That way he would be credited to pulling off the most pincer attack in the whole history of warfare.