Biden Releases 11 Yemeni Prisoners

The Biden administration on Monday released 11 Yemeni prisoners who had long been held in Guantánamo Bay. Two had allegedly been bodyguards for 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.

Why it matters: This is the latest example of President Joe Biden’s leniency for criminals. It illustrates the radical left’s disdain for law enforcement.

• This release happens even as Iran’s terrorist proxy in Yemen increases its attacks on Israel, a close ally of the United States.

Details: The prisoners will be moved from Guantánamo Bay to Oman, Yemen’s next-door neighbor.

• Much of Oman’s rehabilitation process is unknown, but U.S. officials claim it is “well rounded,” according to the New York Times.

Each prisoner was detained in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

• One prisoner, Ahmed al-Alwi is an alleged al Qaeda soldier and bin Laden bodyguard. A 2016 document said he made several statements indicating he “maintains an extremist mindset.” When in prison, he committed multiple disciplinary infractions.
• The other alleged bodyguard, Anam al-Sharabi, trained in Afghanistan before 9/11 and “may have been associated with an aborted 9/11-style hijacking in Southwest Asia led by al Qaeda external operations chief Khalid Shaikh Mohammed,” according to a 2020 document.
• Shaqawi al-Hajj, another prisoner, engaged in multiple hunger strikes to protest his arrest and was hospitalized multiple times.

Biden sought their release in October 2023 but was stopped by Congress.

Prophesied lawlessness: The Bible prophesied that in the end time, Israel (the descendants of which settled primarily in the U.S. and Britain) would hate the rule of law. Stories like this one support the validity of Bible prophecy.

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