For Wednesday, February 22nd, I read a WikiLeak regarding the Spanish National Police (SNP) requesting via the Embassy that the United States authorize Spanish police access to interview two Guantanamo detainees. The two detainees were Omar Amer Deghayes and Jamil Abdul Latif Elbanna, and the SNP seeked to develop information regarding the detainees' training, recruitment, and deployment into Afghanistan. SNP desired this information because they believed that the detainees possessed a connection to Eddin Barakat Yarkas (aka Abu Dahdah). Yarkas is a Syrian born Spaniard who was eventually sentenced to a 27 year prison term in Spain for his involvement in the 9/11 attacks and membership in Al-Qaeda; however, Yarkas's sentence was eventually reduced to 12 years because it was determined that his participation in the 9/11 conspiracies was unprovable.
Questions that I asked during class were:
What does this show about the solidarity in the fight against terrorism? What should have happened to Yarkas? Is this justice in action or corruption in the legal system? Why was Yarkas trailed and imprisoned in Spain as opposed to the United States? What determines where international criminals or terrorists get trailed?
http://wiki.vaggi.org/en/wikileaks/cablegate/2004/02/04madrid583_guantanamo_detainees_-_spanish_police_seek_access
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