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Obama Administration Agrees To Release 4 Taliban Leaders
NEWSMAX ^ | Sunday, 26 Aug 2012 02:47 | Patrick Hobin

Posted on 08/26/2012 2:44:19 PM PDT by maddog55

The Obama administration has tentatively agreed to release four Taliban leaders from Guantanamo prison and allow them to resettle in Afghanistan, Paul Sperry of the Hoover Institution wrote in the New York Post. Sperry, the author of the book “Infiltration,” said that Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants to free some top Taliban commanders who led deadly attacks on American troops when the United States invaded Afghanistan after 9/11. Among the prisoners are some of the “most dangerous detainees remaining at Gitmo,” and include a former Taliban deputy intelligence chief, former interior minister, defense chief and military commander, Sperry wrote. “Shockingly, the Obama administration has tentatively agreed to release the four suspected terrorists if Karzai can certify they no longer pose a threat,” he said. “They must disavow terrorism and any allegiance to al-Qaida.” Karzai claims his government obtained such assurances in a recent trip to Gitmo, according to Sperry. He noted that a recent intelligence report found that more than one in four of the 600 former Guantanamo detainees rejoined the jihad. The agreement comes as there appears to be rampant infiltration of Taliban insurgents in the Afghan national army and police, he wrote. The Obama administration agreed to the deals, according to Sperry, in order to help stabilize Afghanistan ahead of the 2014 withdrawal of troops. “They also help Obama fulfill his 2008 campaign pledge to empty and shutter Gitmo,” he wrote. “Antiwar activists among his base are upset he’s freed just 70 detainees, leaving 168. The White House last month confirmed the president still plans on closing the prison camp.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: enemywithin; holder; obama; wot
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To: maddog55

“...if Karzai can certify they no longer pose a threat,”

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Is Mr. Obama smarter than a 5th....no...Wait...

Is Mr. Obama smarter than a 3rd grader?


21 posted on 08/26/2012 3:08:26 PM PDT by SumProVita
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To: maddog55
Here's a link to the NY Post source article (which claims Karzai demands -yes, demands- 18 not 4 Taliban are to be released):

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/blow_back_PELQA0gRdv2Z63PHT7GuWM

22 posted on 08/26/2012 3:09:57 PM PDT by Moltke ("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
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To: tomkat

I would assume his Indonesian passport would dispelled that notion.


23 posted on 08/26/2012 3:10:02 PM PDT by mazda77 ("Defeating the Totalitarian Lie" By: Hilmar von Campe. Everybody should read it.)
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To: maddog55

Obama has something up his sleeve and you can bet it’s not going to go in America’s Favor !


24 posted on 08/26/2012 3:11:25 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (Any man may make a mistake ; none but a fool will persist in it . { Latin proverb })
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To: maddog55
and America takes another one in the........


25 posted on 08/26/2012 3:11:32 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: maddog55

Our peerless Agent of Chaos continues to reek havoc on the US population from the inside.


26 posted on 08/26/2012 3:11:54 PM PDT by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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To: maddog55
The Obama administration agreed to the deals, according to Sperry, in order to help stabilize Afghanistan ahead of the 2014 withdrawal of troops

This statement leaves me speechless.

27 posted on 08/26/2012 3:14:55 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum
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To: maddog55

Obama figures the muslims aren’t killing enough of our guys fast enough so he is sending in the reinforcements.


28 posted on 08/26/2012 3:15:55 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." - Ayn Rand)
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To: Brilliant; vette6387; rodguy911; Doogle; Foolsgold; ExSoldier; MamaDearest; freekitty; Nachum; ...

Send them to live with Pelosi and Reid. They will welcome them like long lost relatives, don’t ya think? Or, perhaps Kerry will want one.


29 posted on 08/26/2012 3:16:15 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: The Sons of Liberty
He has so much American blood on his hands now that more won't matter.And so have the bastards that voted for him in '08.

He is not stupid. He is pure evil and every decision he makes is calculated to destroy America and Americans.

30 posted on 08/26/2012 3:17:21 PM PDT by sport
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To: maddog55; All

this is way beyond the point of Obama being naive. He is the enemy within.


31 posted on 08/26/2012 3:17:50 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eat my dog!)
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To: maddog55

“Gutsy call!”


32 posted on 08/26/2012 3:21:03 PM PDT by newfreep (Breitbart sent me...)
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To: maddog55
Okay mitt, I'm giving you one more chance. Say something about this in the next day or so and I will agree hold my nose and vote for you in November. Here's your opportunity to prove that you're worthy of being the Commander in Chief.
33 posted on 08/26/2012 3:21:33 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (Goode over evil. Voting for mitt or obie is like throwing your country away.)
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To: maddog55
can you just imagine who he will release and FREE come Jan.19th,2013

the guy is a first class jerk...HE IS NOT A REAL AMERICAN

34 posted on 08/26/2012 3:22:06 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: maddog55

SUrprised he isn’t releasing them into NYC.


35 posted on 08/26/2012 3:22:55 PM PDT by theDentist (FYBO/FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: maddog55
Absolutely despicable.And absolutely predictable.
36 posted on 08/26/2012 3:23:05 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Watch "Obama's America" And You'll Vote Romney!!)
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To: Brilliant
But first they will be given extensive training in our weapons and tactics with special attention our weaknesses so that the “playing field” will be more level.

They should be set free about 100 clicks off of Gitmo and allowed to swim home.

37 posted on 08/26/2012 3:24:35 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again.")
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To: newfreep

Do they get in-state tuition and voter ID?


38 posted on 08/26/2012 3:24:50 PM PDT by KC Burke (Plain Conservative opinions and common sense correction for thirteen years.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Can we lay odds on how long it will take them to reappear and kill Americans?
The blood will be on Hussein 0bama's hands!

Among his crowd that will be considered a resume enhancement.


39 posted on 08/26/2012 3:25:34 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." - Ayn Rand)
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To: KC Burke
Do they get in-state tuition and voter ID?

And food stamps?

40 posted on 08/26/2012 3:30:13 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum
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