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Shakil Afridi Helped U.S. Get Osama—So Why Is He In Prison?
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| May 25, 2012
| Editor
Posted on 05/25/2012 7:08:08 PM PDT by Kaslin
Allies: The name Shakil Afridi may not mean anything to you, but it should. He's the Pakistani who bravely helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden. For his pains, he just got 33 years in a Pakistani prison.
Afridi, a Pakistani physician, believed enough in the U.S. mission and in bringing the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, to justice that he helped the CIA find the reclusive terrorist. He should be rewarded not punished.
Yet, a Pakistani court sentenced him to 33 years in prison for "treason" and, adding insult to injury, a fine of about $3,500.
Of course, we're told the court that found him guilty is actually a "tribal" court, applying highly idiosyncratic law that is both local and tribal. Had it been a Pakistani government court, he might well have been executed for the crime of treason.
That's small comfort, since he'll serve his term in Peshawar Central Jail a vile, corrupt hellhole in which he'll be a target for both the Taliban and al-Qaida. Afridi's chances of serving out his term alive are virtually nil.
What's especially upsetting about this is that Pakistan is nominally an ally with the U.S. We say nominally because it in fact acts routinely to undercut U.S. interests, and to aid the Taliban and other radical fundamentalist Islamist groups in the region. Some ally.
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posted on
05/25/2012 7:08:14 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
the United States must say....no conditions at all...he is out of prison, and here if he wants to be, and the discussion is over.
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posted on
05/25/2012 7:15:21 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(lurking, but well informed)
To: Kaslin
Is this a trick question? He’s in jail because Pakistan is *not* our friend,in spite of any claims that might be made by their government or ours.The Navy and the CIA had to keep the Pakistanis in the dark lest somebody tip Bin Laden off.
To: Kaslin
We are as impotent as a fag at a NAGs convention.
4
posted on
05/25/2012 7:16:28 PM PDT
by
depressed in 06
(6 November, 2012, the day our embarrassment is sent back to Kenya.)
To: Kaslin
simple - Obama gave him up so as to claim maximum credit for himself. It is a mystery to me why any operative in the intelligence field would take on a CIA assignment.
5
posted on
05/25/2012 7:20:06 PM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: Gay State Conservative
So I wonder who got the REWARD MONEY.
To: Kaslin
Because we have a pussy for President?
7
posted on
05/25/2012 7:21:52 PM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(Mitt Romney is the supreme exemplification of the word SMARMY.)
To: Kaslin
Why, you ask? The answer is very simple. No one in this entire administration has the balls of a cockroach and none of the Dems are willing to kick the Paki’s square in the nuts.
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posted on
05/25/2012 7:23:52 PM PDT
by
WellyP
(REAL)
To: Kaslin
And to think we send billions of taxpayer dollars to these scum each year.
9
posted on
05/25/2012 7:28:02 PM PDT
by
Gabrial
(The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the White House)
To: matthew fuller
They should lose all funding that we give them. This is like saying that they are not are ally when we have declared any country open game if they harbor terrorist. This needs to be addressed on every news outlet. Our president is a fool if he thinks this does not matter. Well he is a even bigger fool then he looks now.
10
posted on
05/25/2012 7:30:45 PM PDT
by
jimpick
To: elpadre
You're the first person on this thread to provide the correct answer.
The CIA didn't give him up. The Seals certainly didn't give him up.
It was some loose-lipped dumb bass in Obama’s administration that leaked this highly secret intel source.
The poor SOB was helping the U.S. His reward was the loss of his freedom and probably his life.
11
posted on
05/25/2012 7:34:24 PM PDT
by
2111USMC
(Not a hard man to track. Leaves dead men wherever he goes.)
To: Kaslin
So the “Citizen of the World” who calls himself POTUS can have it both ways....
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posted on
05/25/2012 7:41:31 PM PDT
by
Aria
( 2008 wasn't an election - it was a coup d'etat.)
To: Kaslin
So the hero goes to prison prison while Obama takes all the glory.
A true Hollywood story...
To: Kaslin
14
posted on
05/25/2012 7:57:59 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1221 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
To: null and void
I don’t think Obama is stupid enough to do that. He may desire to do it but I doubt he would/will. He has to know and understand he will have a lot less protection after he is out of office and he also has to know he would pi$$ off way to many of the wrong type of people.
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posted on
05/25/2012 8:05:54 PM PDT
by
WellyP
(REAL)
To: Kaslin
We aren’t sending the muck-mucks enough money.
16
posted on
05/25/2012 8:07:14 PM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: WellyP
I think he’s evil enough to do it.
17
posted on
05/25/2012 8:11:06 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1221 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
To: jimpick
I think that the proposal is to reduce the money 10%. The figure that I heard was 33 million, and Lindsie Graham said that the total was 330 million. That’s REALLY gonna get their attention (not!).
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posted on
05/25/2012 8:42:08 PM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(Mitt Romney is the supreme exemplification of the word SMARMY.)
To: Kaslin
Because the Pakistani government is trying to appease the more radical elements of it’s population?
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posted on
05/25/2012 8:52:31 PM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(...Was that okay?)
To: Kaslin
I’d like to know why the good doctor was charged with treason? Was Bin Laden a Pakistani?
BTW, if you’re wondering why Pakistan is remotely considered an “ally”, you can thank Condi Rice for a lot of that. Immediately after 9/11, Pakistan was left off of the list of enemies thanks to her insistence, “W” went with her recommendation.
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posted on
05/25/2012 8:58:09 PM PDT
by
Dartman
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