Ex-Gitmo prisoner carries out suicide attack; right-wing fallout expected

The Associated Press reported yesterday that a former Gitmo detainee from Kuwait carried out a recent suicide attack in Iraq.

According to the article, "The U.S. transferred al-Ajmi to Kuwaiti custody from Guantanamo in 2005. A Kuwaiti court later acquitted him of terrorism charges."

Now I'm waiting for the right-wingers to jump on this. I can hear it now:

"See? This is what happens when you let people out of Gitmo!"

"See? They truly are the worst of the worst."

Never mind the fact that many Gitmo detainees have been released and have not subsequently killed anyone.

And never mind the fact that a study by Seton Hall University found that:

• 55 percent of Gitmo detainees are not determined to have committed any hostile acts against the United States or its coalition allies;

and

• only eight percent were characterized as al-Qaeda fighters;

and

• 40 percent of the remaining detainees have no definitive connection with al-Qaeda at all, and 18 percent have no definitive affiliation with either al-Qaeda or the Taliban.

Never let the facts get in the way of your fear mongering.