The AP and Bilal Hussein: Story is not over

By Michelle Malkin  •  April 9, 2008 03:03 PM

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The Associated Press is reporting:

An Iraqi judicial committee has dismissed terrorism-related allegations against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein and ordered him freed after nearly two years in U.S. military custody.

The decision by a four-judge panel says Hussein’s case falls under a new amnesty law and orders Iraqi courts to “cease legal proceedings.” The ruling says that Hussein should be “immediately” released if no other charges are pending.

The ruling is dated Monday but AP’s lawyers were not able to thoroughly review it until Wednesday.

There is more to this story, believe me. Amnesty does not equal absolution.

Stay tuned–and do not just rely on the conflict-of-interest-addled Associated Press for the news.

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  1. #282819
    On April 9th, 2008 at 3:11 pm, NeoConNews said:

    So slap a tail on this goon and follow him to find some terrorists. Worse things have happened.

  2. #282841
    On April 9th, 2008 at 3:44 pm, zorro said:

    Hopefully he’ll end up in Gitmo.

  3. #282843
    On April 9th, 2008 at 3:46 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    Weren’t known terrorists offered “amnesty” if they repented and stopped trying to kill Americans? Is that the “new law” that gives Bilal “amnesty”?

    Also, why is the GBU-39 now a taboo here?

  4. #282844
    On April 9th, 2008 at 3:46 pm, maurelius said:

    Al-Pazeera is likely to take it as a acquittal and put him back on the payroll.

  5. #282901
    On April 9th, 2008 at 5:08 pm, lgm said:

    Of course, there was little evidence against him either.

  6. #282906
    On April 9th, 2008 at 5:11 pm, Jim M. said:

    Amnesty is essentially a legislative pardon for a criminal act. To qualify for amnesty, one has to have been involved in the commission of a criminal act. Just wondering out loud what crime made him eligible for a pardon.

  7. #282908
    On April 9th, 2008 at 5:13 pm, almeehan said:

    Of course, there was little evidence against him either.

    You surely didn’t mean that did you?

  8. #283015
    On April 9th, 2008 at 7:10 pm, TexasTiger said:

    On April 9th, 2008 at 5:08 pm, lgm said:

    Of course, there was little evidence against him either.

    OK. If you say so. :roll:

  9. #283204
    On April 10th, 2008 at 3:49 am, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    Of course, there was little evidence against him either.

    Yeah, lgm, you know the AP journalists do what they do just for the good of mankind.
    They would NEVER protect one their own if he did something that might hurt the Bush administration, oh no, that wouldn’t be proper, and all of them are proper folk.

  10. #283362
    On April 10th, 2008 at 10:31 am, smellycat41 said:

    The pictures are enough for me! We should not have to worry about a terrorist “rights” As far as I am concerned the only “right this man has is the “right” to DIE AND GO TO HELL!!!

  11. #283554
    On April 10th, 2008 at 1:04 pm, huggybear said:

    the only “right this man has is the “right” to DIE AND GO TO HELL!!!

    Wow.

    The man was detained without charge for over a year. The courts reviewed his case and exonorated him. But he should die and go to hell, why exactly? Is there something you know the courts don’t? Perhaps being part of the Associated [with terrorists!] Press is reason enough?

    A study of the photos and examination of other witnesses bore out the account, and military investigators also acknowledged off the record that there was no real basis for charges. But they continued to raise them nonetheless — apparently because they were under relentless pressure to come up with some charges.

  12. #284149
    On April 11th, 2008 at 8:39 am, sfcmac said:

    Hey huggybear, you need to read something other than AP propaganda:

    Hussein was detained April 12, 2006 after marines entered his house in Ramadi to establish a temporary observation post and found bomb-making materials, insurgent propaganda and a surveillance photograph of a US military installation.

    Link: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hrXLdLkkrNX6TjsQ-Kp_qzn109wQ

    No real basis, my ass.

  13. #287907
    On April 15th, 2008 at 3:17 am, puhiawa said:

    We have lost this war. To Islamic nut cases. But are there any other type of Muslims?

  14. #308719
    On May 2nd, 2008 at 12:09 am, bayou22 said:

    Won’t be long now before he’s into the time-honored art of fabricating photos for propagandist purposes. Thanks undefined legal system! (The US is the bad guy… again… just like always!)

  15. #308876
    On May 2nd, 2008 at 7:35 am, kurthanson said:

    I’m sure he’ll be offered a teaching job at Columbia University school of journalism where he’ll be treated like a celebrity.

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