Due to its claimed use in terrorism, possession of the Casio F91W watch was listed in Combatant Status Review Tribunal reports and other government documents as a reason for these detainees’ continued detention. The watch was popular all over the Moslem world because it had great prayer alert features. Among those listed:
Abdullah Kamel Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari
* Told his Tribunal he had no idea that the watch was associated with terrorism
* Told his Tribunal that the four Muslim chaplains at Guantanamo all wore this model of watch.
* Described the features of his watch that signal the call to prayers to a devout Muslim.
* Told his Tribunal if he had known Casio watches were tied to terrorism: “I would have thrown (the watch) away.”
Read the rest: List of detainees accused of possessing Casio F91W watches – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
There’s actually something weird about this whole terror plot anyhow it seems. Holder is now saying that they’re sure he was trained and possibly funded by the Pakastani Taliban. My question however is: “Trained him to do what?” The man put together a bomb that is so inept I find it hard to see how he could have been was trained by anyone, anywhere. Funding? Sure, the price of gasoline is high, but….? And did someone actually teach him that the sturdy, reinforced propane tanks could be pierced by the shrapnel resulting from exploding firecrackers? Why didnt he at least open the tanks?
No, I’m not ready to say they arrested someone without cause, but there’s definitely something missing in this picture.