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Photo Shows Bergdahl Smiling w/Top Taliban/Al Qaeda Commander
FrontPage Mag ^ | 07/10/2014 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 07/10/2014 7:33:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind


To understand how bad this chummy photo is, you have to understand how bad Badruddin Haqqani is. The Haqqani Network has done the most damage to the US in Afghanistan and Badruddin Haqqani was one of three brothers running it.

He was declared a terrorist and targeted by a drone strike. The Haqqani Network is something between Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Its Al Qaeda links have made it much deadlier than the ordinary Taliban and with Al Qaeda hardly present in Afghanistan even toward the end of Bush’s term, the Haqqani Network is the next best thing to it.

It is for all intents and purposes the top terrorist organization in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years, is seen in a new image mugging for a picture with a jolly jihadi who ­has his arm resting casually on Bergdahl’s shoulder.

The bro-hug was posted Wednesday to the Twitter ­account of someone associated with the Islamic Emirate of ­Afghanistan, according to Fox News.

The supposed captor was identified by The Middle East Research Institute as a since-slain Taliban commander, Badruddin Haqqani.

Bergdahl, who was taken prisoner when he mysteriously drifted away from his unit while on patrol in Paktika province, sports a grin in the photo.

The tweet accompanying the image gives a shout-out to the Army sergeant, who was freed in exchange for five Taliban soldiers released from captivity at Guantanamo Bay by the Obama administration.

Haqqani was killed in a US drone strike in August 2012.

The photo once again backs up the claims that Bergdahl was mostly on good terms with his captors. We have yet to see a photo of him armed, but it’s not impossible that the Taliban could release such a photo as well.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; bergdahl; bowebergdahl; desertion; gitmo; kenyanbornmuzzie; taliban
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1 posted on 07/10/2014 7:33:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

They just got finished making mad, passionate love.


2 posted on 07/10/2014 7:34:22 AM PDT by mothball
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To: SeekAndFind

If Obama had two sons ...


3 posted on 07/10/2014 7:35:29 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: SeekAndFind

And along with it, Badruddin Haqqani’s Facebook status was changed to “in relationship.”


4 posted on 07/10/2014 7:36:53 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind

No doubt who was just on top.


5 posted on 07/10/2014 7:42:42 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: SeekAndFind

He looks hungry & scared to me.


6 posted on 07/10/2014 7:42:53 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: SeekAndFind

If my murderous terrorist thug captors wanted me to smile for a photo, I just might oblige them. Not saying that he wasn’t glad to smile, just pointing out the obvious.


7 posted on 07/10/2014 7:44:16 AM PDT by all the best
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To: mothball

Pictures tell a lot...and the look on that guy’s face tells me he is truly happy and probably a poof!


8 posted on 07/10/2014 7:44:54 AM PDT by gr8eman (A good rant should have the word "crap" in it at least 4 times!)
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To: all the best

You’re not supposed to point that out. You’re supposed to cheer on Greenfield.


9 posted on 07/10/2014 7:46:44 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: SeekAndFind

Everything which CAN be proved and is factually certain about that kid spells out just HOW impressionable he is... how easily he could be influenced and led.

He looks compliant and content in this photo... because he was compliant and content...he was where he wanted to be, doing what he wanted to do!


10 posted on 07/10/2014 7:49:19 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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“Bergdahl, who was taken prisoner when he mysteriously drifted away from his unit while on patrol in Paktika province”

This is simply an out and out lie. Bergdahl was not taken prisoner. He voluntarily joined the Taliban and helped them kill Americans.

Bergdahl never “mysteriously drifted away from his unit”. Everyone who was there says he willfully deserted his unit.

The photo looks like a Taliban with his girlfriend. Bergdahl was probably gay. He probably had a sexual relationship with his Taliban friends.

11 posted on 07/10/2014 7:50:59 AM PDT by detective
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To: mothball

With each other or the Same Goat???????????


12 posted on 07/10/2014 7:54:06 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: SeekAndFind

Bowe Bergdahl:Obongo’s Kind Of Soldier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


13 posted on 07/10/2014 7:54:40 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: nuconvert
He looks hungry & scared to me.

He is clean shaven. Where is his beard ?

14 posted on 07/10/2014 7:55:47 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: nuconvert

“He looks hungry & scared to me.”

I agree.


15 posted on 07/10/2014 8:06:11 AM PDT by llmc1
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To: SeekAndFind

THIS EXPLOSIVE 6 MINUTE VIDEO may help explain some of this insane BS.
Hell, it explains ALL OF IT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysQl4aW7tME


16 posted on 07/10/2014 8:08:02 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: nuconvert

“You’re not supposed to point that out. You’re supposed to cheer on Greenfield.”

I know, I know. I was hesitant about spoiling the party. But I have this thing about truth. Guess I need help.


17 posted on 07/10/2014 8:11:19 AM PDT by all the best
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To: all the best

Who else has been captured by these guys and lived to smile about it - either an obliging or a genuine smile?


18 posted on 07/10/2014 8:13:55 AM PDT by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/)
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To: all the best

You two act like trolls paid to act as a team. I won’t tell you why, so you don’t learn what makes the identifiable scent.


19 posted on 07/10/2014 8:19:16 AM PDT by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/)
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To: butterdezillion

That’s funny. I guess the tell was my other post this morning in which I gave a link to contact RNC and let Priebus and Co. have it re McDaniel and Cochran. Now that you were so clever as to blow my cover, I will have to go underground and adopt a new name. By the way what is the going rate for trolls, just so I know not getting cheated.


20 posted on 07/10/2014 8:33:44 AM PDT by all the best
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