A terrorist was locked up on Guantanamo. After four years, we released him. Whereupon he went back to Iraq and became a suicide bomber, killing 13 Iraqis. Now it would seem from that, in hindsight, that this fellow deserved to have been locked up and that releasing him was a mistake. Well, according to a series in the Washington Post, imprisoning him at Guantanamo CAUSED him to become a suicide bomber.
he headline and subhead state the spin: From Captive To Suicide Bomber: Accused of Being Little More Than a Low-Level Taliban Fighter, Abdallah al-Ajmi Was Held by the U.S. for Nearly Four Years. After His Release, He Blew Up an Iraqi Army Outpost. Did Guantanamo Propel Him to Do It?.
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