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U.S. transfers four Guantanamo prisoners to Afghanistan
WAPO ^ | Dec. 20, 2014 | Adam Goldman

Posted on 12/20/2014 7:45:56 AM PST by PROCON

Four detainees held for more than a decade at the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been transferred to Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Saturday.

The Afghan detainees were released late Friday at the request of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani — an indication, one senior administration official said, “of the confidence we have in the new government” in Kabul. Ghani’s request, the official added, was made in October, shortly after he was sworn into office.

The United States and Afghanistan have not started serious discussions about repatriating the remaining eight Afghans still held at Guantanamo Bay, said the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the transfers.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gitmo; guantanamo; islamofascism; renditions; wot
Hmmm...it appears the Taliban or perhaps ISIL/ISIS contacted the white house seeking new leadership on the battlefield in order to kill more Americans.
1 posted on 12/20/2014 7:45:56 AM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON

..and Hussein promptly complies..


2 posted on 12/20/2014 7:48:08 AM PST by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe..)
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To: PROCON

The last ones released raped, enslaved, tortured,
and beheaded HUNDREDS if not thousands.

Of course, these were released, too.
Probably with weapons.


3 posted on 12/20/2014 7:49:40 AM PST by Diogenesis
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To: PROCON

All makes sense to me...

It just depends on whose side you’re on.


4 posted on 12/20/2014 7:56:58 AM PST by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: PROCON

Obama will empty Gitmo just before he visits Cuba so he can return it to his Hero Fidel


5 posted on 12/20/2014 7:57:05 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: PROCON

Listen, these guys are highly trained terrorists and opium exporters. We need their contacts to keep the Drug War Profits up. If a few innocent Soldiers have to die to keep the opium flowing out of Afghanistan, then so be it. We have a REAL war on drugs here in the US to fight, and without a free flow of Drugs, well we can’t really have a war can we.


6 posted on 12/20/2014 8:27:41 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: PROCON

...as long as somebody yells “Pull!” when they run off the plane.


7 posted on 12/20/2014 8:53:20 AM PST by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: PROCON

Another impeachable moment.


8 posted on 12/20/2014 9:20:58 AM PST by Boardwalk
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To: PROCON

“The Afghan detainees were released late Friday at the request of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani — an indication, one senior administration official said, “of the confidence we have in the new government” in Kabul.”

Pure unadulterated bullshit aka; spin. Obama is one of them.


9 posted on 12/20/2014 9:24:03 AM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: molson209

That’s what I think it’s all about. The base was originally for refueling...but in todays world, there are plenty of alternatives.


10 posted on 12/20/2014 9:32:29 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: PROCON

In previous wars, haven’t we tended to wait until all hostilities are concluded before releasing prisoners of war?

What part of that is too difficult for Obama to comprehend?


11 posted on 12/20/2014 10:38:38 AM PST by savedbygrace (But God!)
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To: PROCON; All

In one of his appearances on TV recently he said he would shut down Gitmo early next year.

I have no doubt he is in close contact with the Castros, as well as every other two bit commie dictator that exists, as he emulates them and is envious that the American people won’t allow him to have the same level of control.

I believe Cuba has already started the negotiations with their buddy Obama for taking over the United States owned area on the island as has been mentioned already on this thread.

Venezuela economy is crumbling what with the low oil prices, so they cannot prop up Cuba as well as they used to.

Same with the Russians. Although they must be busily preparing to put more spying (high tech) facilities in Cuba and also won’t miss this opportunity to get some of their missiles there so to better be prepared to nuke us.

Obama was quite upset that that spoof movie wasn’t put in theaters, told Sony they should have asked his advice (they tried to but could only talk to white house underlings) but was not put through to our little führer-in-training

Obama was excited at the possibility of seeing his
buddy Lil’ Kim Un bomb a few theaters. More killing of the Americans Obama hates by a crazy deranged white American Tea Party type. Well that’s who it would be blamed on anyway.

Impeachment needs to start next month in the House. Oh right, the Republicans have a majority but they love to do what ever Obama wants. Don’t want to be called racist!


12 posted on 12/20/2014 10:54:10 AM PST by Syncro (Syncro, settng the record straight! Jesus is The Word, He is Life, The Way and The Truth :>)
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To: Syncro

In a nutshell, we could be doomed and if it all plays out as the won wants we will be.


13 posted on 12/20/2014 11:35:51 AM PST by Boardwalk
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To: Boardwalk

It’ll be interesting if the Senate being majority Republican changes anything. I doubt if much will be accomplished, so many in congress (both houses) are in lock step with Obama.

Hopefully someone in the House will have the guts to start impeachment.


14 posted on 12/20/2014 11:43:03 AM PST by Syncro (Syncro, settng the record straight! Jesus is The Word, He is Life, The Way and The Truth :>)
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To: savedbygrace
11 In previous wars, haven’t we tended to wait until all hostilities are concluded before releasing prisoners of war? What part of that is too difficult for Obama to comprehend?

I know I am going to sound like Rand Paul on this, even though I have no use for him. I was always bothered by the indefinite incarceration of the Talis at Gitmo when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2003. Even then, I could not see an end to Islam's war against the West. Yes, we probably got some good intel from the POWs, but at some point, with the leftist MSM, their continued incarceration became more of a liability to the U.S.'s public will to prosecute the war against the jihadis. And I sure didn't want the POWs brought into the U.S. justice system and incarcerated on the U.S. mainland. And here we are 11 years later ...

The U.S. population has never had the stomach for a prolonged war. We were mentally exhausted after nearly 4 years by the end of WWII - imagine what our Euro allies must have felt like who had been fighting for 6+ years and had their backs to the sea. I think 1 of Truman's reasons for dropping the bomb on Japan was because he realized the American public had grown weary of war. And the population back then was involved - either in the military, or enduring rationing, buying war bonds, or re-cycling war materials, e.g., fat and scrap metals. We barely prevailed against the Dhimmicrat Party during the 44 year long Cold War. In both conflicts we were a ~ 90% white population. We are now a 62 % white population. We no longer have national unity to stand against an external enemy. Indeed, many individuals in U.S. history have predicted we will succumb from within than to a foreign invader, e.g., Lincoln, MacArthur. And we are now about to start the 4 Qtr. of BHO's reign - the true enemy from within. But he is just a reflection of a majority in the country.

15 posted on 12/20/2014 12:28:04 PM PST by MacNaughton (" ...it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism." Whitaker Chambers)
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I was always bothered by the indefinite incarceration of the Talis at Gitmo

Should have just put a bullet in their heads right there on the spot.

16 posted on 12/20/2014 12:29:08 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: PROCON
Mr "I have a pen and phone" is bound and determined to keep his promise to his left wacko supports to shut Gitmo, notwithstanding any laws, or the ongoing war against terrorists (which he also denies).
17 posted on 12/20/2014 1:20:54 PM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: PROCON

With implanted trackers, so we might be able to pop them like a bunch of pimples???

Televise the hit??? Like some futuristic game show, primetime???

Nahhhhhhh, it’ll never happen...

;-)


18 posted on 12/20/2014 1:45:02 PM PST by stevie_d_64 (I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
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To: Feckless

Kinda like this??? But not???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUDVMiITOU

At time 1:16


19 posted on 12/20/2014 1:48:56 PM PST by stevie_d_64 (I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
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To: molson209
Obama will empty Gitmo just before he visits Cuba so he can return it to his Hero Fidel

God, there's an ugly thought. Who'd have thought a "bottom" would have had the brass or the cojones to pull something that so overtly injurious to the People of the United States?

It'd be just shy of Carter's t/o of the Panama Canal..... Which btw is now being run by the Chinese.

20 posted on 12/25/2014 3:10:16 AM PST by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house, the Left would root for Lthe termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
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