The Washington Re-Post

The story of Al Qaeda terrorist Abdallah Tabarak demonstrates weaknesses in the law enforcement approach to fighting terrorism.  According to the Post, Tabarak is either a top ranking terrorist leader or he is not. [1]

Even Tabarak’s lawyer admits that Tabarak was a member of Al Qaeda.  Further, the Bush Administration released him from Guantanamo to be prosecuted by the Morrocans, where he was released from custody pending trail.  Shocking in a country like Morroco that was the target of an Al Qaeda bombing.

Depending upon who is to be believed, either Tabarak as a bodyguard to Osama bin Ladin was critical in facilitating bin Ladin’s escapse from Tora Bora by leading American forces in the oppposite direction toward Pakistan, or he was not.

Depending upon who is to be believed, the detainees at Guantanamo considered Tabarak to be an emir at the prison, or he was not.

Depending upon whos is to be believed, Tabarak ran a smuggling operation to fund Al Qaeda activity, or he did not.

If we ignore the contradictions, we see that a member of Al Qaeda walks the streets of Casablanca today because the Bush Administation does not treat all members of terrorist organizations as an enemy to be executed.

[1] Craig Whitlock, “Al Qaeda Detainee’s Mysterious Release – Morrocan Spoke of Aiding Bin Laden During 2001 Escape,” The Washington Post, 1/30/2006, A01.

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