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Rep. Peter King Blasts ‘Weasely’ Words of State Dept. on Blind Sheikh After Renewed Calls for Release

Jan. 14, 2013 11:42am

Last week TheBlaze reported that, in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said he wants President Barack Obama to release Omar Abdel-Rahman, better known as the “Blind Sheikh.” This is of course no small request considering the the Egyptian cleric is currently in U.S. custody after being convicted of masterminding the original 1993 World Trade Center bombing as well as other terrorist attacks.

Responding to the pressure being brought to bear by the Muslim Brotherhood leader, ever-outspoken Rep. Peter King offered a piece of advice to the president while on Fox News this weekend: Tell Morsi that the Blind Sheikh is not going anywhere and will “die in an American prison.”

The congressman added that “we won’t impress anyone in the Middle East by equivocating on the Blind Sheikh,” and insisted that the administration adopt stronger language than it has in the past concerning the terrorist-icon. King of course was referring to the State Department’s saying it had “no plans” to release the cleric. The controversial Republican insinuated that such language does not “rule out” a release-date in the future and said he found the words to be “loyalite” and “weasely.”

There has been talk that Morsi is slated for a White House visit before March — and King believes Obama should make it clear to the Brotherhood leader beforehand that, in no uncertain terms, we will not release the “terrorist and murderer.”

Morsi claims he wants Abdel-Rahman returned to Egypt based on his alleged poor heath, but is well-aware that a U.S. granted release would have more than a simply humanitarian connotation to the Arab Street as the Blind Sheikh is a cultural icon among jihadists.

“I want him to be free,” Morsi said, “but I respect the law and the rule of law in Egypt and the Untied States. What I am talking about isn’t a violation…There could be things like visitation, assistance, his children, his family, assisting him.  He is an old sheikh and sick and blind.”

In addition to the seven killed and more than a thousand injured in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, through his jihadist-affiliates Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya and Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the Blind Sheikh is responsible for the slaughter of 58 tourists — including women and children — at Deir el-Bahri in Luxor.

Obama issuing an unequivocal and resounding “no” to those bent on the Blind Sheikh’s release could signal to the Islamic world that there are unforgiving and dire consequences for massacring innocent civilians.

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Comments (27)

  • edie1945
    Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:01pm

    Let’s vote: I vote yes, the man who should not be named will release the “blind sheik”. I feel it is a done deal. If not sometime in the next 4 years our despot will release the evil sheik at the end of his term.

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  • Babysmooth44
    Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:50am

    Let’s take away his other 4 senses and then send him back.

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  • Yakov-Yurovsky
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:25pm

    These “Blind Sheikhs” really freak me out-lol Especially when they mastermind acts of terror!

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  • toto
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 6:03pm

    The failed intended Benghazi kidnapping of Stevens to be traded for the Blind Sheik did not change Morsi’s determination to get him back. Make no mistake, Obama is trying to make it happen. I weep for a country that has become so stupid and feckless.

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  • jhrusky
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 3:14pm

    It would not surprise me that Obama pardons him before leaving office (assuming he ever does leave office).

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  • SquidVetOhio
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 3:00pm

    When last we heard from Rep. King, he was begging for some of Obama’s stash. Just sayin…..

    ( And Republicans wonder why conservatives don’t show up on election day. )

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  • Fitzzz
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 2:37pm

    Remember the Lockerbie Bomber ?
    Obama did have to sign off on his release,
    He has tried to deny that fact, but he did
    He was on his death bed, send him home to die
    , but he went on living for a few more years, and was hailed a hero by the terrorist
    I would bet the Blind Sheik , will be released ,put on a plane, and be gone before anyone knows anything
    and Obama will ll say his now famous words because it was the right, and the fair thing to do

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  • michaelmoron
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 1:26pm

    Since I am Extremely Politically Correct, I suggest we blow his head off with a .44 magnum and save the American Taxpayers a lot of Federal Reserve Private Bank I.O.U.s.

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  • mrunner
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 1:26pm

    We absolutely should agree to release the blind Sheik. He should be released as soon as he is done serving his sentence, not a minute sooner- or a minute longer.

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  • jackact
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 1:22pm

    Once you crawl (or whore, for lack of a better word) on your belly for federal funds – all bets are off.
    Hope the blind sheik dies a miserable death in jail.
    But Rep. King can kiss my federal income taxpaying ass for not having the common sense (balls) to demand that the federal government immediately reduce its scope and size.
    Northeastern and West Coast politicians CANNOT be trusted with your liberty.
    Don’t forget that.

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  • ONLY4UANDME
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 1:13pm

    One world order that they are all in on. I don’t think for a second any part of the money that we “give” to foreign countries gets in the hands of the people. I feel like all the heads of state are playing one huge game of poker with our money.

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  • Uechi
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 1:08pm

    Of course why wouldn’t release an Islamic terrorist animal that was responsible for the first World Trade Center bombing? Every moring I wake up hoping I have been dreaming for the last four years and every morning I am left with certainty that country has a terminal illness called Progressivism.

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  • ProudCapitalist
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 1:02pm

    Had he been promptly terminated, this would not be an issue. However, it is not too late…

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  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 12:51pm

    If he is released then all involved in the decision will find that their life will not as full of peace as they had hoped. They want to get rid of legal guns to be used for personal safety and then they are thinking of releasing a worse criminal shows they are not fit for a position in politics.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 12:48pm

    The Benghazi incident if investigated like it should be,……will show that we have a president that is actually working with and abetting the Moslem Brotherhood and their desire for a caliphate. Our president is a traitor.

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  • DaveIn84
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 12:41pm

    I agree – release him – from the 22nd floor.

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  • dustbunnieskill
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 12:24pm

    By all means ,Bow to the Eyptians,they will led the U.S. into a new world order.Their religious tolerance and human rights record is a lesson for us all.

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  • Frodo RinosBane
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 12:23pm

    Send him to Egypt after surgically removing his cochlia and testicles.

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  • Patriot760
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 12:13pm

    I’d say send Morsi what this murderer doesn’t need, but then again, I’m against freeing any part of this bastard.

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  • zetuff
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 12:03pm

    The Washington Examiner, quoting retired Four-Star Admiral James Lyons, writes: “the attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi… was the result of a bungled abduction attempt…. the first stage of an international prisoner exchange… that would have ensured the release of Omar Abdel Rahman, the ‘Blind Sheik’…”

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  • gyro
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:59am

    if obama pardens him it is the end of the usa credability

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:55am

    My nieces husband was in the WTC in 93.And 2001. He, by the grace of God made it out safe both times.He has been assaulted twice by Muslim Terrorists. Why are Muslim Terrorists coddled by OUR representatives? Omar is a Murderer, much like our president(who murdered our ambassador), and our Atty Gen holder(Fast and Furious).

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