All Those Dangerous Terrorists
May 13th, 2008 at 9:10 am by Susie
Who turned out to be not quite so dangerous or guilty:
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi at Guantanamo who was alleged to have been the so-called “20th hijacker” in the Sept. 11 attacks, his U.S. military defense lawyer said Monday.
Mohammed al-Qahtani was one of six men charged by the military in February with murder and war crimes for their alleged roles in the 2001 attacks. Authorities say al-Qahtani missed out on taking part in the attacks because he was denied entry to the U.S. by an immigration agent.
just how many “20th hijackers” are there? for a while it seemed like any arab detained by the u.s. was inevitably called the “20th hijacker.” kind of like how for several years every other brown person killed in iraq or afghanistan was called “3rd in command of al qaeda”