Posted on 01/29/2015 5:42:20 PM PST by RoosterRedux
One of the five Taliban fighters traded last year for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is trying to make contact with the Taliban once again, Fox News has learned.
A U.S. official confirmed to Fox News that the former Guantanamo prisoner has been intercepted making telephone calls to the Taliban.
The development comes amid rising concerns over former Guantanamo detainees returning to the battlefield, and over the nature of the Bergdahl-Taliban trade itself last year, which was negotiated with the involvement of the Qatari government.
Despite the apparent outreach by one of the traded prisoners, all five of the so-called Taliban 5 are still accounted for in Qatar, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News.
"There are no indications that they are a risk right now, another defense official said.
In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity to be aired at 10 p.m. ET Thursday, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said, "first of all, we take all allegations of re-engagement very seriously. There are different ways of considering re-engagement. It doesnt necessarily mean return to the battlefield, we take it all seriously.
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When, oh when, will our military take Obama into custody?
The terrorists, like the Cole murderers,
were released PRECISELY because they would murder
more Americans and others.
The EXEMPT US Congress is complicit. 100% complicit.
Doh! Who woulda thunk it.
The Taliban is not America’s problem anymore. Pakistan will pay. The next battleground well be Pakistan where the good guys(Taliban) will fight the bad guys (ISIS).
Hey remember, the Taliban isn’t a terrorist group, according to Obama’s cronies..so this guy was probably just trying to get a good banana cream pie recipe, they are not too easy to come by..yeah that’s it, a banana cream pie recipe
Thanks, Barack! You A**hole!
“Hey remember, the Taliban isnt a terrorist group, according to Obamas cronies.”
In the spirit of compromise, let’s take back the Taliban and send Obama to Pakistan. It would be a win win.
Just as Obama intended.
If Obama were not President, he would most likely be a member of the Taliban, or ISIS
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