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US, Qatar launch talks on fate of Taliban leaders swapped for Bergdahl
washingtonpost ^ | April 30, 2015 | Missy Ryan and Karen DeYoung

Posted on 04/30/2015 9:29:55 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

Edited on 04/30/2015 10:20:56 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

U.S. and Qatari officials began talks Wednesday about extending security assurances for five senior Taliban members who were released from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and whose transfer to Qatar triggered an outcry on Capitol Hill.

The talks could lead to an extension of at least some aspects of a one-year arrangement that required Qatar to keep the former prisoners under supervision and ban them from leaving. They could also lead to the former detainees being transferred to another country, according to individuals familiar with the discussions. The agreement expires at the end of May.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 201504; 20150430; deserterbergdahl; qatar; taliban; taliban5

1 posted on 04/30/2015 9:29:55 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; Defender2; ...

Bergdahl ping.


2 posted on 04/30/2015 9:30:30 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar
How about we give them Bergdahl back, they return the terrorists and the $50 million gift and we promise not to carpet bomb their country?


3 posted on 04/30/2015 9:47:35 PM PDT by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Harvard wants to know when they’ll be able to accept their adjunct endowed chairs.


4 posted on 04/30/2015 10:40:48 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Another hallmark of the left....the do-over. Whenever they screw something up, and poop doesn’t turn into sunshine and roses based on intentions alone, then they call a do-over. That what this is. They are approaching Qatar from a very weak position on this.


5 posted on 05/01/2015 12:17:38 AM PDT by BRK
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who believes they are still there in the first place and what did qatar do with the $5 billion they got paid along with the transfer... oh i forgot, qatar is funding isis...so obama fuked us thrice.. we get a traitor, we release 5 taliban leaders, and we fund isis....sweet deal for TRAITORS AND ENEMIES... we got one in the white house, we get another one back and we re-fund isis.... we supplied them with 650 tons of weapons shipped from libya by the dead ambassador via east europe and turkey and al baghdadi got #30 million when he was released from prison in iraq to fund isis. then we trained them in qatar, jordan and set them loose... JUST THINK...ALL THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED EXCEPT THE TRAITOR IN CHIEF LEFT IRAQ WITH NO STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT IN HIS RUSH TO LEAVE AND LET THE CHAOS LOOSE THAT WE SEE TODAY.... great job by a libtard idiot/traitor. oh and as an added bonus he let iran into iraq... remember we supported iraq in the iran/iraq war?? As an added bonus saudi is now buying nukes from pakistan and iran has their own bomb... so its a matter of time before the fireworks start... OBAMA’S LEGACY


6 posted on 05/01/2015 4:07:18 AM PDT by zzwhale
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