Posted on 06/09/2014 3:38:28 AM PDT by bronxville
A field report made public through Wikileaks’ Afghan War Diaries disclosures provides a raw account of the first hours of the search for then-private Bowe Bergdahl, and includes initial Taliban and U.S. accounts of his behavior the night he was captured.
“Geronimo reported a B Co missing soldier after he did not show up for the 0900 morning roll call at Mest OP, grid 42SVB 59236 47877 Yahya Khail District, Paktika. A full search was ordered,” the report begins, noting that “all remaining units had reported 100% accountability.” Forty minutes later, “Pathfinder and tracking dog team arrived at Mest OP in support,” and the search was on.
Searchers first verified that Bergdahl was in fact off-post:
“All vehicles, latrines, bunders, and ANP facilities are to be searched. Both in Mest and Sharan.” Aircraft were soon mobilized when it was clear what the searchers were up against: “Also have reaper, shadow, predator, guardrail, AWT, and CAS enroute to assist in the search.”
Soon, low-level voice intercept (LLVI) yielded a cryptic glimpse into Bergdahl’s actions the hours before his capture. An American soldier with a camera had reportedly been wandering around off-base, behaving suspiciously: Guardianrail reports picked up LLVI traffic at Grid VB 6597 3366 that states…that an American soldier is talking and looking for someone who speaks English. Indicates American soldier has a camera.
On July 1st, a day after Bergdahl’s disappearance, LLVI picked up Taliban members talking about the Army private’s capture. Their account suggests that Bergdahl was unarmed, and captured in a somewhat vulnerable position:
“1- We were attacking the post he was sitting taking expletive he had no gun with him. He was taking expletive, he has not cleaned his butt yet. 2- What [shame] for them.”
The Taliban militants even seemed surprised at the scope of the search:
” 2-Yes look they have all Americans, [Afghan National Army] Helicopters the planes are looking for him. 1- I think he is big shot that why they are looking for him. 3-You guys make a video of him and announce it all over Afghanistan that we have one of the Americans. 1- We already have a video of him.”
Two days after Bergdahl’s capture, the Taliban communicated their terms of release, and American forces were assured that the captured soldier was alive:
“The Elders were asked by the Taliban to a Trade between the U.S. and Taliban. The Taliban [terms] are 15 of their Taliban Brothers in U.S. Jail and some money in exchange for PVT Bergdahl. The Elders assured me that is alive and that he is not being harmed.”
It would be another five years before the U.S. authorized a prisoner swap, exchanging five high-value Guantanamo Bay detainees for Bergdahl’s freedom.
Daniel Pearl was looking for AQ too.
But, but, but the Military and the NY times says there was no evidence that any soldiers died looking for Bergdahl and the MSM now says he was CIA so all those soldiers that were there must be lying.../s
I’m with you on this...I think it was planned by father and son prior to Bowe enlisting in order to get the Obama5 released for their terrorist friends. Al Qaeda and their many offshoots, Taliban, Haqqani, ISI or parts thereoff have merged - easier to make arrangements ahead of time. Though the cable leak abpve indicates they weren’t expecting him. So did the family do it on their own or undercover operatives who worked with obama et al...
Pearl was a journalist...not a USA soldier.
Remember, Obama is using Bergdahl's soldier status as the excuse to release those 5 bas*****.
Sooo, Obama screwed Taliban, he gave them only 5 brothers instead of requested 15. /s
I would say the other ten will be sent over there shortly. Maybe the so-called “reformed” ones who are doing yoga, reading peaceful books, and opening “milk and honey” farms.
Just for what it’s worth, since the ‘spin’ seems hinged on ‘the note’ never having existed...
I searched without browsing the dozens and dozens of posts on Bergdahl and didn’t see this:
Special Ops Maj. Rusty Bradley talks about how he received a report documenting ‘the note’ within 24 hours after receiving the ‘Redline’ message about a soldier missing.
I also believe he may be the NYT source, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t more than one...
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