Shaker Aamer released from Guantanamo

[Notters]

Valid point this.

What Charity was he with?

A Saudi Arabian charity according to the BBC. Is it a valid point? How do we know the charity didn't proclaim his innocence? They probably did.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4245517.stm

 

[WhingForPresident]

All the articles about him say he was a 'charity worker' or that he was 'working for an Islamic charity', but fail to mention which one it was..

 

[Brian Fantana]

He was working for an educational charity, which was focussed on building school buildings and digging wells for girls' schools in Afghanistan.

 

[Mowgli37]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...uantanamos-last-british-detainee-1914791.html

According to this he was building schools in areas that lacked adequate educational facilities.

Funny how some on this thread seem to regard normal Afghans as undeserving of charity.

 

[alfredmizen]

He was working for an educational charity, which was focussed on building school buildings and digging wells for girls' schools in Afghanistan.

Righto Saudi charity was it ?

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Another thread that's going to end up like a Alfred sounding like Danny Vinyard from American History X..

He isn't a skinhead, he's THE skinhead you picked the wrong cracker boy.

 

[Brian Fantana]

Righto Saudi charity was it ?

You realise that education in Saudi is not quite as backward and draconian as you might believe? More girls graduate from university than boys over there.

 

[Dorset Seagull]

Whatever happens this bloke is going to be viewed by many as a terrorist which will probably make his life a little uncomfortable upon his return. The bottom line is there appears to be little evidence to suggest he is a terrorist so he should be given the benefit of the doubt which is what we would expect of any person who was held without trial

 

[WhingForPresident]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...uantanamos-last-british-detainee-1914791.html

According to this he was building schools in areas that lacked adequate educational facilities.

Funny how some on this thread seem to regard normal Afghans as undeserving of charity.

Who has said that?

 

[knocky1]

Who has said that?

Those who seem to regard us being at war with NGOs.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

A Saudi Arabian charity according to the BBC. Is it a valid point? How do we know the charity didn't proclaim his innocence? They probably did.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4245517.stm

I'm curious as to why the Saudis would imprison or torture him if he returned there? That's in the link you've posted. If he was working for a Saudi charity he wouldn't have done anything wrong in Saudi Arabia.

 

[daveinprague]

I'm curious as to why the Saudis would imprison or torture him if he returned there? That's in the link you've posted. If he was working for a Saudi charity he wouldn't have done anything wrong in Saudi Arabia.

Says in the link
'illegally' marrying a foreign citizen... without permission, and for leaving the country without government consent'

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Says in the link
'illegally' marrying a foreign citizen... without permission, and for leaving the country without government consent'

How could he leave the country without government consent, when it was a Saudi charity? Was the charity illegal?

 

[GT49er]

Says in the link
'illegally' marrying a foreign citizen... without permission, and for leaving the country without government consent'

Yes, I read that in the link too. Didn't even realise those things were illegal in Saudi - geez, what a sh1thole!

 

[daveinprague]

How could he leave the country without government consent, when it was a Saudi charity? Was the charity illegal?

Im guessing its when he left to marry in UK.
I dont think the charity is the reason.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Im guessing its when he left to marry in UK.
I dont think the charity is the reason.

You'd think he'd lose his job with the charity in that case. There's a lot of unanswered questions.

 

[daveinprague]

Yes, I read that in the link too. Didn't even realise those things were illegal in Saudi - geez, what a sh1thole!

Different laws for different countries though isnt it. Saudi is the home of Islam. Its going to have wierdness going on.
I find things weird here. Police go mental if Im stopped for document checks (where else does that happen in Europe) and im not carrying ID, and end up paying a bribe, yet ive been smoking a joint in the street, and an officer has come to me to ask me if the car I was standing by was mine, completely ignoring the fact that me and my mate are standing there smoking joints.

 

[symyjym]

Whatever happens this bloke is going to be viewed by many as a terrorist which will probably make his life a little uncomfortable upon his return. The bottom line is there appears to be little evidence to suggest he is a terrorist so he should be given the benefit of the doubt which is what we would expect of any person who was held without trial

It really depends (in bold) how he uses his time when he is out. I would like to think there is a possibility that he could be an inspiration for restraint against radicalisation. From the article posted http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...e-1914791.html he sounds like a rational and intelligent person.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

so we're all supposed to be pleased that shaker aamer , a saudi arabian who was captured in afghanistan whilst ''working for an islamic charity'' (course he was !!) is being released from guantanamo and sent back here , am i ****ing missing something here ?? We must be the biggest mugs in the world to take him back , he's no different from omar deghayes , another one in afghanistan for ''innocent'' reasons , who's 2 nephews have since been killed in syria fighting for isis., send him back to saudi arabia where he belongs .

exactly, along with some of the other traitors dossing in this country

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

do you wake up and scan the news to find what you're going to be angry about that day.

SO YOU'RE HAPPY ABOUT IT" voroshilov"
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DR