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Bergdahl says he was tortured by Taliban captors
AP ^ | 6/8/2014 | Lolita C. Baldor

Posted on 06/08/2014 10:28:56 AM PDT by mojito

U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has told people treating him at an American military medical facility in Germany that he was tortured, beaten and held in a cage by his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after he tried to escape, a senior U.S. official said Sunday.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss what Bergdahl has revealed about the conditions of his captivity. The New York Times first reported on the matter.

The official said it was difficult to verify the accounts Bergdahl has given since his release a week ago.

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Military doctors at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center say that while Bergdahl is physically able to travel he's not yet emotionally prepared to be reunited with his family. He has not yet spoken to his family.

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; bergdahlnarrative; bergdahltaliban; bergsahlhealth; obama; taliban
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Let the stories of poor little Bo begin.
1 posted on 06/08/2014 10:28:56 AM PDT by mojito
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To: mojito

Like great granny used to say.

If you go looking for trouble, you’ll usually find it.


2 posted on 06/08/2014 10:30:04 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: mojito

Fire up The Narrative!


3 posted on 06/08/2014 10:30:18 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Can Juan Williams possibly be that stupid?)
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To: clintonh8r
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss what Bergdahl has revealed about the conditions of his captivity.

This is one leaker that has nothing to fear.

4 posted on 06/08/2014 10:31:54 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: mojito

Then he speaks English?

I heard some stories saying his English speaking ability had deteriorated during his five years away. But apparently he can communicate to us.


5 posted on 06/08/2014 10:32:02 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (et o)
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To: mojito
"....A senior US official...."

One of the Regime's Dudes, no doubt....

6 posted on 06/08/2014 10:32:16 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Can Juan Williams possibly be that stupid?)
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To: mojito

The carefully leaked story heralds
that any real investigation is over.

The fix is in. => al Qaeda inside


7 posted on 06/08/2014 10:32:35 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: clintonh8r

NYT? They made that up.


8 posted on 06/08/2014 10:32:45 AM PDT by fulltlt
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To: mojito

This guy is so delusional that he probably figured the Talban would allow him to wander around like the U.S. Army did!


9 posted on 06/08/2014 10:33:02 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: mojito

From what I surmised and the message that should be out there is that Bergdahl could have walked away from he Taliban at any time.


10 posted on 06/08/2014 10:33:04 AM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: mojito
yeah, right...

11 posted on 06/08/2014 10:33:54 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: mojito

taquia


12 posted on 06/08/2014 10:34:06 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: mojito

He should not have deserted. I also find it interesting that this is leaked after we supposedly heard from a shadowy type group that he was kept in a cage and such.

I think perhaps a narrative has been cooked up by the government.

We really have no rel way to know the truth when he was with these terrorists.


13 posted on 06/08/2014 10:34:39 AM PDT by dforest
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To: mojito

Get into bed with wolves, wake up with fleas.


14 posted on 06/08/2014 10:34:46 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: mojito
while Bergdahl is physically able to travel he's not yet emotionally prepared to be reunited with his family. He has not yet spoken to his family.

In other words, his liberal-hippie parents brainwashed him for years about the noble savage and our complicity in his oppression, but now he's met the underdog personally and he's realized his parents set him up for a really bad fall for their own political ends.

15 posted on 06/08/2014 10:35:30 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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He was tortured?

How?

They wouldn’t let him watch Internet Porn?

Gimme a break....

Effing loser...


16 posted on 06/08/2014 10:35:50 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: mojito

That is exactly what I thought would be the perfect defense for Dr. Baltar during his trial on Battlestar Galactica.


17 posted on 06/08/2014 10:36:36 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Jack Hammer
Get into bed with wolves, wake up with fleas.

From the looks of his unkempt-looking parents, I'm pretty sure they are quite familiar with having fleas.

They both look like they smell like a goat.

18 posted on 06/08/2014 10:37:48 AM PDT by digger48
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To: mojito

Not enough imo


19 posted on 06/08/2014 10:37:53 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: mojito

He violated his oath.

How can we trust anything Bergdahl says, ever?


20 posted on 06/08/2014 10:37:55 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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