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US soldier freed from captivity in Afghanistan
ap ^ | 5/31/14 | JULIE PACE

Posted on 05/31/2014 9:51:48 AM PDT by ColdOne

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is back in U.S. custody after nearly five years of captivity, U.S. officials said Saturday.

The officials said the Taliban agreed to turn over Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The transfers happened after a week of intense negotiations mediated by

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bergdahl; bobbergdahl; bowebergdahl; gitmo; taliban; taliban5; talibanfive
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To: ColdOne

These are the five Guantanamo Bay terrorists Obama set free..they have been called “The worst of the worst”

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/taliban-five-guantanamo_736892.html


61 posted on 05/31/2014 1:39:41 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: vox_freedom

Bump.


62 posted on 05/31/2014 1:40:01 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: EEGator
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63 posted on 05/31/2014 1:40:07 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: dfwgator; All

Yep, you nailed it...

I wonder who the informational challenged people will credit for this release???

Nahhhhh, not even going to solicit guesses from anyone...Nope, not gonna...;-)

I will bet a dollar to a donut hole that the Marine in Mexico will be released by Tuesday this next week...Much to the disappointment of the administration...


64 posted on 05/31/2014 2:13:47 PM PDT by stevie_d_64 (It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
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To: 4everontheRight

>>VA scandal

That’s one word and one abbreviation.


65 posted on 05/31/2014 2:36:16 PM PDT by Lisbon1940
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To: ColdOne

The Taliban Five
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/taliban-five-guantanamo_736892.html?nopager=1

Mullah Mohammad Fazl (Taliban army chief of staff): Fazl is “wanted by the UN for possible war crimes including the murder of thousands of Shiites.” Fazl “was associated with terrorist groups currently opposing U.S. and Coalition forces including al Qaeda, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), and an Anti-Coalition Militia group known as Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami.” In addition to being one of the Taliban’s most experienced military commanders, Fazl worked closely with a top al Qaeda commander named Abdul Hadi al Iraqi, who headed al Qaeda’s main fighting unit in Afghanistan prior to 9/11 and is currently detained at Guantanamo.

Mullah Norullah Noori (senior Taliban military commander): Like Fazl, Noori is “wanted by the United Nations (UN) for possible war crimes including the murder of thousands of Shiite Muslims.” Beginning in the mid-1990s, Noori “fought alongside al Qaeda as a Taliban military general, against the Northern alliance.” He continued to work closely with al Qaeda in the years that followed.

Abdul Haq Wasiq (Taliban deputy minister of intelligence): Wasiq arranged for al Qaeda members to provide crucial intelligence training prior to 9/11. The training was headed by Hamza Zubayr, an al Qaeda instructor who was killed during the same September 2002 raid that netted Ramzi Binalshibh, the point man for the 9/11 operation. Wasiq “was central to the Taliban’s efforts to form alliances with other Islamic fundamentalist groups to fight alongside the Taliban against U.S. and Coalition forces after the 11 September 2001 attacks,” according to a leaked JTF-GTMO threat assessment.

Khairullah Khairkhwa (Taliban governor of the Herat province and former interior minister): Khairkhwa was the governor of Afghanistan’s westernmost province prior to 9/11. In that capacity, he executed sensitive missions for Mullah Omar, including helping to broker a secret deal with the Iranians. For much of the pre-9/11 period, Iran and the Taliban were bitter foes. But a Taliban delegation that included Kharikhwa helped secure Iran’s support for the Taliban’s efforts against the American-led coalition in late 2001. JTF-GTMO found that Khairkhwa was likely a major drug trafficker and deeply in bed with al Qaeda. He allegedly oversaw one of Osama bin Laden’s training facilities in Herat.

Mohammed Nabi (senior Taliban figure and security official): Nabi “was a senior Taliban official who served in multiple leadership roles.” Nabi “had strong operational ties to Anti-Coalition Militia (ACM) groups including al Qaeda, the Taliban, the Haqqani Network, and the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), some of whom remain active in ACM activities.” Intelligence cited in the JTF-GTMO files indicates that Nabi held weekly meetings with al Qaeda operatives to coordinate attacks against U.S.-led forces.


67 posted on 05/31/2014 2:57:10 PM PDT by Valin (I'm not completely worthless. I can be used as a bad example.)
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To: Valin

These guys will lead the opposition to the current government in Afghanistan. Once the US leaves in 2016, the Taliban will takeover again.


68 posted on 05/31/2014 3:14:57 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Valin

The kenyan was going to release them anyway. This is just cover.


69 posted on 05/31/2014 3:16:04 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: mosaicwolf

Good one! LOL


70 posted on 05/31/2014 3:22:20 PM PDT by mulder1 ("The past is prologue")
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To: Valin; rodguy911; SandRat; JoeProBono

This disgusting POS Obama uses the parents of this POW during his presser for a PHOTO OP!!!


71 posted on 05/31/2014 3:26:49 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

AND our dear leader says,” We will leave No one behind!!!”

Benghazi!!


72 posted on 05/31/2014 3:27:54 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: vox_freedom

YES, would you rather have American servicemen held prisoner indefinitely?


73 posted on 05/31/2014 3:28:35 PM PDT by mulder1 ("The past is prologue")
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To: ColdOne

This is illegal in the US, is it not?


74 posted on 05/31/2014 3:29:41 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: ColdOne

“Old Shoe” is coming home....


75 posted on 05/31/2014 3:31:58 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: ColdOne

I saw the “photo op” announcement that Obama did with the “captive’s” parents. A question that came to my mind was whether the father is Muslim. He has a long Muslim-type beard and said some words in Arabic meant for his son.

It’s just a question in my mind.


76 posted on 05/31/2014 3:47:33 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: House Atreides

His hair is very long too. I think I heard that he was letting everything grow until his son came home.


77 posted on 05/31/2014 3:49:14 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: mosaicwolf

I like that plan... unfortunately, Mexico doesn’t want their citizens back.


78 posted on 05/31/2014 3:52:45 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: 4everontheRight

I heard the phony president on the radio announcing this. He really didn’t sound happy or excited. Maybe, he just doesn’t have a persona for radio.


79 posted on 05/31/2014 3:55:21 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: mulder1

The five Taliban leaders, who have blood on their hands for the murder of hundreds of Americans, have been set free to pursue their aims to kill again. And in trade for an Army deserter who walked away from his post.
So you like the deal Obama made, YES?


80 posted on 05/31/2014 4:38:52 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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