Friday, February 26, 2010

Pakistani High Court Buys The Plea Of An Al Qaeda-linked Lawyer To Stop Extradition of Taliban's Baradar and 4 Other Taliban Commanders


This really sucks, folks. Big time. The mamsy, pamsy courts of Pakistan strike again as top Taliban prize, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, and four other senior Taliban commanders were stopped from being extradited to Afghanistan to face charges for their part in the War in Afghanistan - a slick, al Qaeda backing lawyer's plea to the court to stop the extradition was upheld.

Here's some of the details from The Long War Journal:



The Lahore High Court blocked the transfer of Baradar and the four senior Afghan Taliban leaders after receiving a petition from Khalid Khawaja, a self-described humans rights activist with deep ties to the Taliban, al Qaeda, and a host of terrorists groups operating on Pakistani soil. Khawaja is a former Squadron Commander in the Pakistani Air Force who fought alongside al Qaeda and reportedly Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in the 1980s. He has also been linked to the murder of Wall Street Journal Daniel Pearl.

In his petition to the Lahore High Court, Khawaja said the "the detention of the six [sic] persons mentioned above is without lawful authority, in an unlawful manner and of no legal effect."

The Lahore High Court has ruled in the favor of terror groups in the past. In June of 2009, the court ordered Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and its successor front group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, to be released from house arrest. In October 2009, the court said the government has no legal standing to place Jamaat-ud-Dawa on the list of banned terror groups and dismissed charges against Saeed.
So, what this basically amounts to is this terrorist lawyer is arguing that the Taliban jihadis captured in a joint Pakistani/American operation actually have diplomatic immunity while in Pakistan - this fucking putz actually thinks that the Taliban are still governing Afghanistan and unbelievably, the courts believed it or at least allowed it.

But, before we cast too many stones...let's consider if Khalid Sheikh Muhammed were to indeed be tried in New York City in a civilian trial - and consider the judge in that case ...I would be willing to BET you that there are dozens of liberal judges in this land that would do everything possible to see that KSM was released. These courts in Pakistan are infiltrated with dozens of terror apologists and supporters and no where is that more evident than in this ruling.

After one of the biggest captures in the war on terror in five years, all of the work...all of the planning...all of the risk is shot out the window because of some asswipe judge in a black robe whose nephew is an islamic radical. Spit.



Pakistani court blocks transfer of Mullah Baradar and four senior Taliban leaders to Afghanistan

One of Pakistan's top courts has blocked the extradition of five senior Afghan Taliban commanders to Afghanistan, the United States, or any other country.

The Lahore High Court has prohibited the Pakistani government from transferring Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghan Taliban's second in command, and four other members of the Quetta Shura to foreign custody after receiving a petition from a lawyer with known links to the Taliban and al Qaeda.

Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency, aided by the CIA, detained Mullah Baradar, Maulvi Abdul Kabir, the leader of the Peshawar Regional Military Shura, Mullah Abdul Salam, the shadow governor of Kunduz, and Mullah Mir Mohammed, the shadow governor of Baghlan province, and Mohammed Younis, the former shadow governor of Zabul province, during raids throughout the country over the past two months.

The Lahore High Court blocked the transfer of Baradar and the four senior Afghan Taliban leaders after receiving a petition from Khalid Khawaja, a self-described humans rights activist with deep ties to the Taliban, al Qaeda, and a host of terrorists groups operating on Pakistani soil. Khawaja is a former Squadron Commander in the Pakistani Air Force who fought alongside al Qaeda and reportedly Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in the 1980s. He has also been linked to the murder of Wall Street Journal Daniel Pearl.

In his petition to the Lahore High Court, Khawaja said the "the detention of the six [sic] persons mentioned above is without lawful authority, in an unlawful manner and of no legal effect." [See Threat Matrix report, "Khawaja's petition blocks extradition of Mullah Baradar" for the full text of his petition to the Lahore High Court]

Khawaja also stated that Bahadar and his deputies are "are presumed to be innocent" and that they represent the legitimate governemnt of Afghanistan.

"[T]hey being party in the Taliban Government and having some governing position in the Government may not be considered to be offenders," Khawaja's petition read.

Khawaja also launched into conspiracy theories over the US' desire to "to rule over the whole world" and "overcome Muslims."

The Lahore High Court has ruled in the favor of terror groups in the past. In June of 2009, the court ordered Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and its successor front group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, to be released from house arrest. In October 2009, the court said the government has no legal standing to place Jamaat-ud-Dawa on the list of banned terror groups and dismissed charges against Saeed.

Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jamaat-ud-Dawa , and Saeed have been directly implicated by the US and India in carrying out the November 2009 terror assault in Mumbai, Inida. More than 170 people killed as the Lashkar-e-Taiba assault teams were able to shut down the city for more than 60 hours.

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