KSM Mass Murderer

The left and the MSM are dismissing KSM as a braggert and a victim of coercion. But his statement dovetails with independent evidence. He is brutally credible to an honest observer. Rivkin and Lowry, via RCP:

Indeed, KSM, while complaining about his prior treatment, specifically and repeatedly told the tribunal that he was describing his activities voluntarily and without any coercion being applied. Moreover, a number of his key factual assertions could be verified based upon independent physical evidence.

For example, at the time he was apprehended in Pakistan, a number of computer disks containing details of his various al Qaeda activities were seized. And his involvement in specific al Qaeda attacks, both actual and planned, has been corroborated by other detainees.

Significantly, Sheik Mohammed did not claim that he was the leader of every single al Qaeda plot he described during the hearing. He did not allege, for instance, that he played a major role in the scheme to assassinate Pope John Paul II in the Philippines. This delineation of his various roles does not support the notion that he is a serial exaggerator, prone to boast about non-existent exploits.

Those on the left want KSM to be given a trial in our country. If he were tried in US courts, as evidence was obtained overseas, it would be difficult to get a conviction. Yet we know he is a serial mass murderer, an unlawful enemy combatant who is determined on jihad against the West:

In other circumstances, humanitarian groups and international-law mavens understand perfectly well the symbolic importance of charging individuals with grave violations of international law and laws of war. Indeed, they have insisted that individuals ranging from Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to senior leaders in Rwanda or Darfur be charged with genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes, rather than being slapped with national-law violations, such as murder, assault or robbery. The same logic should, of course, apply to Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his al Qaeda cohorts.

Keep KSM penned up at Gitmo. Try him there. Who calls to unleash him on our country? He doesn't even deserve our jails, and we shouldn't put our country at further risk by bringing him here.

We are still fighting the war on terror, or rather, the terrorists are still fighting a war with us, whether we like it or not. So far most of the carnage they have wrought has been overseas.

A little snippet in Saturday's Tribune.

So far.

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