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Former Gitmo Inmate Leading Fight Against U.S. in Helmand
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Posted on 07/07/2009 4:12:44 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Former Gitmo Inmate Leading Fight Against U.S. in Helmand As U.S. forces are pushing ahead with the massive Operation Khanjar in the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand, Mullah Zakir is leading the Taliban fight against them.

FOXNews.com

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

A former Guantanamo Bay inmate is leading the fight against U.S. Marines in the Helmand province of Afghanistan, a senior U.S. defense official confirmed to FOX News on Tuesday.

Mullah Zakir, also known as Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, surrendered in Mazar-e-Sharif in Northern Afghanistan in 2001, and was transferred to Gitmo in 2006. He was released in late 2007 to Afghan custody.

Now as the United States is pushing ahead with the massive Operation Khanjar in the southern province of Afghanistan, Zakir is coordinating the Taliban fighters. Some 4,000 U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan forces have faced some resistance as they sweep across the province, reclaiming control of districts where Zakir and his comrades were running a shadow government.

Zakir was released from Afghan custody around 2008

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Just wonderful.........
1 posted on 07/07/2009 4:12:44 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

I pray they kill the POS this time. Take no prisoners. The only moderate Taliban is a dead Taliban.


2 posted on 07/07/2009 4:22:25 PM PDT by fishergirl (My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
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To: Sub-Driver

TAKE NO PRISONERS!


3 posted on 07/07/2009 4:22:37 PM PDT by guardian_of_liberty (We must bind the Government with the Chains of the Constitution...)
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To: Sub-Driver

I am sure BO wants him Mirandized if he gets caught.

What has become of the once great USA.


4 posted on 07/07/2009 4:30:59 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey (It tells alot about a persons character when they make jokes about the Special Olympics.)
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To: Typical_Whitey

“”What has become of the once great USA.””

I am convinced we need to do away with WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and WHY questions! There aren’t any answers anymore! None that we like or easliy accept, that is.


5 posted on 07/07/2009 4:56:14 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Sub-Driver

No prisoners No mercy kill them all.


6 posted on 07/07/2009 4:59:59 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Cheetahcat

Now well rested from Guantanamo ....


7 posted on 07/07/2009 5:26:35 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (fffffFRrrreeeeepppeeee-ssed!)
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To: Leo Carpathian
“Now well rested from Guantanamo ....”

Yes and Not to make Past mistakes,like a cockroach working up immunity to bug poison.

8 posted on 07/07/2009 6:53:03 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Sub-Driver

Is he reading Americans their right in the battle field first?


9 posted on 07/09/2009 9:52:12 AM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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