Gitmo alum arrested for recruiting for al Qaeda group

Washington Times:
A former Guantanamo detainee has been arrested in Spain for operating a terrorist cell that recruited fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Spanish police said.

Lahcen Ikassrien, a 46-year-old Moroccan, and seven others were arrested in Madrid recently as part of a dozen raids in the Spanish capital, conservative watchdog Judicial Watch reported, based on Spanish news reports.

Ikassrien, who spent four years at Guantanamo, reportedly recruited and sent jihadists to Iraq via Turkey to fight for ISIL, an offshoot of al Qaeda that seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate in the Middle East.

The arrest comes as the Obama administration fields criticism for its decision to release five Taliban operatives in exchange for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
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Why does Obama insist on letting the enemy return to the battle space?  Will he ever figure out that letting the enemy go is not going to make them stop hating us?

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