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Bergdahl says he was tortured by Taliban captors
AP ^ | 6/8/2014 | Lolita C. Baldor

Posted on 06/08/2014 10:28:56 AM PDT by mojito

U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has told people treating him at an American military medical facility in Germany that he was tortured, beaten and held in a cage by his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after he tried to escape, a senior U.S. official said Sunday.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss what Bergdahl has revealed about the conditions of his captivity. The New York Times first reported on the matter.

The official said it was difficult to verify the accounts Bergdahl has given since his release a week ago.

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Military doctors at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center say that while Bergdahl is physically able to travel he's not yet emotionally prepared to be reunited with his family. He has not yet spoken to his family.

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; bergdahlnarrative; bergdahltaliban; bergsahlhealth; obama; taliban
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To: ozdragon

If they didn’t examine his rectum they may never know....

Probably the first thing he offered as proof of his desire to serve...


81 posted on 06/08/2014 11:20:24 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: leapfrog0202

Where did he get the money to go to France? Are there any Muslims in France?? ;-)


82 posted on 06/08/2014 11:20:52 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: digger48

Yuck.

I’m drinking an American Drink right now, with Lemon.

Diet Coke and a slice of lemon...


83 posted on 06/08/2014 11:21:08 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: RIghtwardHo

There’s a bunch of soldiers who are revealing facts. And there’s plenty of facts in his emails.


84 posted on 06/08/2014 11:23:23 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Salamander

because the only thing he was good at, besides being a wretch, is wretching in volumes?


85 posted on 06/08/2014 11:24:09 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: leapfrog0202

There was criteria that he couldn’t meet. It was pretty simple stuff. So I think the trip was a “door” to the Taliban.


86 posted on 06/08/2014 11:25:02 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: mojito

I hear there is an expected surge in the sale of swampland very soon.


87 posted on 06/08/2014 11:27:58 AM PDT by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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To: mojito

Not tortured enough.
Deserter is still alive.


88 posted on 06/08/2014 11:28:43 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: Sacajaweau

We want all the details from him and only him. Remenber when “They”told us the private Lynch (woman) was a “heroin” in Iraq? “She fought them off for hours before capture”. Total lie.


89 posted on 06/08/2014 11:29:19 AM PDT by SADMILLIE
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To: leapfrog0202
Thank you for that link. I found this bit from the article a little hard to believe:

"He was absolutely devastated when the French Foreign Legion didn't take him," Bob says. "They just didn't want an American home-schooled in Idaho. They just said no way."

Yeah, the Foreign Legion happily accepted former SS troops, but no way to home-schooled Americans from Idaho.

90 posted on 06/08/2014 11:29:34 AM PDT by Flag_This (Liberalism: Kills countries dead.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Does anyone think he wasn’t tortured?

At a minimum, I'm sure he was a$$ raped numerous times. But frankly, I'm surprised that he wasn't the star of one of those Taliban special beheading home movies. The anger here comes from the fact that these stories are being spun by a compliant media to provide cover for the Mufti-in-Chief by portraying Bergdahl as a victim, when he brought his misfortunes entirely upon himself by an act of desertion and probably collaboration.

91 posted on 06/08/2014 11:31:17 AM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: mojito

They probably made him listen to middle eastern music.


92 posted on 06/08/2014 11:36:47 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: mojito

The only things I’ll believe regarding this guy are things said by his platoon mates.


93 posted on 06/08/2014 11:37:46 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party Policy:Lie,Deny,Refuse To Comply)
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To: mojito

I’m curious: what language are they using to communicate with him?

Remember: he “doesn’t remember how to speak English”!


94 posted on 06/08/2014 11:40:32 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Does anyone think he wasn’t tortured?”

Define “torture.” While you’re at it, define “cage,” as it applies to this guy.

Define the following list of words and phrases:

Honor, distinction, desertion, hero, captivity, convert to Islam, Stockholm Syndrome, treason.

The Left will have a field day helping us define these terms in a way useful to them, Clintonizing and parsing and re-framing every last one of them.


95 posted on 06/08/2014 11:40:51 AM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: mojito

“after he tried to escape”

The key words here....not like he was captured and tortured. So after he realized he made a big mistake he tried to escape and hense his value to his “captors” was reduced.


96 posted on 06/08/2014 11:41:26 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: mojito

I’m sure he was tortured. As was said above, he’s lucky he still has his head. But the REAL torture will begin when he stands before the Lord, and standing beside God will be at least six real heroes waiting for an explanation. My faith says I must pray for and forgive him. I hope he repents before his judgement.


97 posted on 06/08/2014 11:45:15 AM PDT by W.Lee (After the first one, the rest are free.)
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To: mojito

Now we know why he is not allowed/does not want to speak to his family on the phone yet.....they have to get him on board with the phony ass story they are concocting to cover Obama and this deserting asshole.


98 posted on 06/08/2014 11:45:20 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (I am the Tea Party bully who took Mitch McConnell's milk money.)
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To: mojito

Doctors say.bowe is physically able to travel.

I thought rice said he was at death’s door.


99 posted on 06/08/2014 11:45:47 AM PDT by what's up (sun)
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To: mojito
He was forced into the Soft Chair

And beaten with the Comfy Pillows.

And it was administered by a Special Taliban Torture Squad, who laughed with diabolical laughter...


100 posted on 06/08/2014 11:47:00 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Ob)
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