Taliban's Mullah Omar celebrates prisoner-swap 'victory'

BBC News ^ | June 1, 2014

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has issued a rare public statement hailing the exchange of five Guantanamo Bay detainees for a Taliban-held US soldier as a "big victory".

Mullah Omar, who has made no public appearances or speeches since fleeing Afghanistan in 2001 when US-led forces toppled the Taliban after the 9/11 attacks in the US, said: "I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the entire Afghan Muslim nation."

Sources close to the Taliban say that the deal took so long to negotiate because of a US desire to widen the scope of the talks. They say that this precise deal was on the table three years ago, but the negotiations failed because the US wanted to extend the talks into areas beyond a prisoner swap.

[GeronL]

He is right, this was a huge victory for them

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3162404/posts

[boycott]

There should be no negotiation if we won. We won the war ......... but then the liberal politicians took over.

Obama just likes to prove he’s a freakin’ traitorous idiot.

[kingattax]

the queer-in-chief is unfamiliar with the word “victory”

[Diogenesis]

As if the 20,000 MANPADS, open borders,
freed terrorists and Colebombers, sarin and SAMS
were not enough for the ENEMY of the American people.

[Old Yeller]

I’m sure Barry is celebrating too.

[musicman]

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[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Of course it’s a victory for them. Wonder if they promised Ohomo he could be head of the organization when ol’ Omar bites the big one.

[AU72]

Obama would make a great professional league GM.

[windsorknot]

King Barry bends.....Forward for the Taliban.

[tennmountainman]

Why is he still alive?

[SpaceBar]

Why is he still alive?

I asked myself that very question just before clicking on the thread, and the best answer I can come up with is that "the war in Afghanistan" is largely a proxy war with Pakistan, and becomes of that, enemy combatants find succor within the borders of Pakistan, a country we are supposedly at peace with. In Germany we just rounded up nazis since there were few places to go. This is more like Vietnam where the real instigator was China.

[Sacajaweau]

I see more POW's in our future.

These guys are going to go hunting for them now.

[lightman]

Bathhouse Barry gives aid and comfort to the enemy.

[GregB]

He is the enemy!!!

[beethovenfan]

Isn’t there a drone with his name on it?

[don-o]

bump