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Oliver North: I Know a Ransom of $5-6 Million Was Paid to Free Bergdahl
Breitbart TV ^ | June 3, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 06/03/2014 4:42:07 PM PDT by Rufus2007

Tuesday on NewsMax TV, former U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oliver North said U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was not a prisoner of war because he was actually being held "hostage" by the Haqqanis, a terrorist group separate from the Taliban and associated heavily with al Qaeda.

North said he knew there was at least a $1 million dollar ransom being demanded for Bergdahl some time ago so he estimated the price paid to release the hostage must be close to $5-6 million now.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; bergdahlransom; bowebergdahl; gitmo; haqqanis; kenyanbornmuzzie; military; olivernorth
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To: Rufus2007

It was established a long time ago that you don’t negotiate with terrorists. You don’t pay ransoms.

But with the current administration, everything has changed.


81 posted on 06/03/2014 6:14:48 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Ray76
Correction
Five Taliban leaders, six fourteen dead US soldiers....

But who's counting?

82 posted on 06/03/2014 6:16:52 PM PDT by llevrok (Straight. Since 1950.)
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To: dfwgator

Col. North was certainly not engaged in treason, like the subject of this thread.


83 posted on 06/03/2014 6:19:25 PM PDT by Segovia
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To: Rufus2007
I suspect they had a couple million left over the ransom of Steves that did not work out the way they wanted it to.
84 posted on 06/03/2014 6:26:53 PM PDT by mware
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To: Paladin2

Hopefully those bunnies have implanted GPS to make them easy hunting for drones They do have a one year head start which is only sporting !


85 posted on 06/03/2014 6:31:11 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: RitaOK

All those are good points. There is another possible warped motivation for Obama to do this. Obama wants to close Gitmo. These five dangerous high ranking terrorists have been an impediment. Can’t just let them go right? well he finds a way to just let them go under the guise of a phony swap. The Haggani got nothing out of this. The whole thing is either phony or he laundered money to Haggani. But either way now that the five baddest ones are gone it makes it easier for Obama to just release the rest of them & let em all go.


86 posted on 06/03/2014 6:33:00 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Segovia

Of course not. But for those who aren’t as Conservative as we, they don’t see him as a good figure.


87 posted on 06/03/2014 6:37:42 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: equalator
I can’t believe that Obama would take tax money away from feeding millions of illegal Mexican kids and use it to free a fellow-muslim. What is this country coming to?

It's sweet of you to be concerned - but NOT TO WORRY...

Democrats will raise YOUR taxes equalator to cover all Obama's 'charity'...There's plenty for radical Muslims AND illegals that way... but you might want to think about getting a second job equa....

88 posted on 06/03/2014 6:46:26 PM PDT by GOPJ (ObamaCare - like buying a pig in a poke...)
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To: skeeter

one disgusting sob,he has declared wAr on the usa, one huge traitor..


89 posted on 06/03/2014 6:54:14 PM PDT by aces (Jesus Saves not Society)
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To: GOPJ; maggief; WildHighlander57; crosslink; LucyT

Guest on Mehgen Kelly (author from the Blaze). Said those who held BB have no connection to the five teleban released but were more like the sopranos.-— interested in money


90 posted on 06/03/2014 7:03:17 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: cripplecreek
I’m sure Ollie North has contacts on the inside.

You know he does.

91 posted on 06/03/2014 7:09:54 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: plain talk

I do not recall.


92 posted on 06/03/2014 7:10:45 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: equalator
I can’t believe that Obama would ...

Really? Are you sure about that?

93 posted on 06/03/2014 7:15:24 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: Rufus2007

bttt


94 posted on 06/03/2014 7:16:42 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: BuckeyeTexan

I saw Ollie North and Ehud Barack together on a show talking about black ops some years ago. Lots of spooky sounding inside jokes were passed back and forth between them.


95 posted on 06/03/2014 7:22:33 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: hoosiermama

There were 7 lawyers in zero’s admin working on getting a bunch of guys out of Gitmo. Then there was VJ working on getting the blind sheik out of NY via Benghazi.

Then Bowe’s dad consecrated the WH for Islam with his allam whatever bs.

Lawyers in Love with Muslims.


96 posted on 06/03/2014 7:23:21 PM PDT by txhurl (Trump/Cruz '16, and everybody else for Cabinet members.)
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To: combat_boots

True dat


97 posted on 06/03/2014 7:28:21 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: cripplecreek
Lots of spooky sounding inside jokes were passed back and forth between them.

Now I kinda feel left out.

;p

98 posted on 06/03/2014 7:29:58 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Barak did speak about a palestinian that they ended with a tiny explosive charge in his phone. They called him in the middle of the night and blew his head off. LOL


99 posted on 06/03/2014 7:35:45 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: cripplecreek

So a reverse 3:00 AM phone call?


100 posted on 06/03/2014 7:38:00 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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