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Gitmo prisoner traded for Bergdahl reaching out to Taliban
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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 doesn’t necessarily mean return to the battlefield, we take it all seriously.

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1 posted on 01/29/2015 5:42:20 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

When, oh when, will our military take Obama into custody?


2 posted on 01/29/2015 5:43:07 PM PST by RoosterRedux (WSC: The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end...)
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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.


3 posted on 01/29/2015 5:44:51 PM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: RoosterRedux

Doh! Who woulda thunk it.


4 posted on 01/29/2015 5:45:35 PM PST by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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5 posted on 01/29/2015 5:48:02 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: RoosterRedux

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).


6 posted on 01/29/2015 5:52:36 PM PST by sagar
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To: RoosterRedux

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


7 posted on 01/29/2015 5:55:53 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: RoosterRedux

Thanks, Barack! You A**hole!


8 posted on 01/29/2015 5:56:11 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“Hey remember, the Taliban isn’t a terrorist group, according to Obama’s cronies.”

In the spirit of compromise, let’s take back the Taliban and send Obama to Pakistan. It would be a win win.


9 posted on 01/29/2015 6:35:04 PM PST by haroldeveryman (t)
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To: RoosterRedux

Just as Obama intended.


10 posted on 01/29/2015 7:06:12 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: haroldeveryman

If Obama were not President, he would most likely be a member of the Taliban, or ISIS


11 posted on 01/29/2015 7:11:59 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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