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Taliban's Mullah Omar Celebrates Prisoner-Swap 'Victory'
The BBC ^ | Sunday, June 1, 2014

Posted on 06/01/2014 9:12:23 AM PDT by kristinn

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has issued a rare public statement hailing the exchange of five Guantanamo Bay detainees for a Taliban-held US soldier as a "big victory".

Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, 28, was handed to US forces in Afghanistan on Saturday.

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has defended the exchange amid criticism Congress was not given 30 days' notice before the detainees were released.

He said the US had to act quickly to save the soldier's life.

Sgt Bergdahl, who is said to be in good condition and has been flown to Germany for more treatment, was the only US soldier being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

"I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the entire Afghan Muslim nation," said Mullah Omar, who has made no public appearances or speeches since fleeing Afghanistan in 2001 when US-led forces toppled the Taliban after the 9/11 attacks in the US.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; awol; bergdahl; bobbergdahl; bowebergdahl; deserter; gitmo; mullahomar; nationalsecurity; obamaforeignpolicy; obamascandals; secdefhagel; taliban5; terroristnegotiation; waronterror
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To: TigersEye

What’s his muslim name?


41 posted on 06/01/2014 9:55:23 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Mike Darancette
Doing the math, I would say your hypothesis looks to be headed toward law. Is no longer a hypothesis or theory where zer0 is going next.
42 posted on 06/01/2014 9:56:02 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: kristinn

Again, the U.S. Is made to look weak. All according the President Jarretts plan.


43 posted on 06/01/2014 10:01:01 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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To: TigersEye; Mr. Peabody

Oops, you’re correct!


44 posted on 06/01/2014 10:03:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: dfwgator

Imam alKerry?


45 posted on 06/01/2014 10:03:40 AM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: kristinn

Damnit, I wish there was a real Mitch Rapp who could get into the WH and end this terrible nightmare.


46 posted on 06/01/2014 10:03:41 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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To: Uncle Chip

And they even promised him he’d be on the real waiting list, not the fake one...


47 posted on 06/01/2014 10:09:02 AM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead...)
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To: kristinn; Jim Robinson

Word from the DOD ranks is that the Dirka-Dirkas will soon be enjoying a serving of Obama’s favorite dessert: drone strikes. We had eyes-on during the exchange and still do. This was supposedly an op to follow the rats to their hiding places.

Don’t know if it’s true - we shall see - but it comes from someone with access to strategy discussions. Obama does love to use his drones.


48 posted on 06/01/2014 10:09:55 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

I don’t believe it.


49 posted on 06/01/2014 10:10:28 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SADMILLIE
This is a cover for something else.

See #48.

50 posted on 06/01/2014 10:13:41 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: kristinn

This episode puts an exclamation point at the end of the abject failure of the Obama administration’s foreign policy and the administration in general. This feels like it did at the end of the Carter administration and the “Desert One” debacle.


51 posted on 06/01/2014 10:20:36 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: dfwgator

It’s difficult to believe Obama would come up with it anyway. If it is true, the plan probably came from military leaders. That I could believe and support. Lie to ‘em. Then hit ‘em where they live. Peace out, Mohammed. Enjoy your virgins.


52 posted on 06/01/2014 10:22:29 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

What a load of horseshit... on so many levels.


53 posted on 06/01/2014 10:32:47 AM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: Bluestocking

I’ve never seen an organization so easily make the argument: “It was inconvenient for us to follow the law, so we didn’t ... “ and have it accepted by the rest of the country, than the Obamanites.
You see the same thing in their attitude towards `undocumented immigrants’: “We don’t like the law, so we’re ignoring it.”


54 posted on 06/01/2014 10:41:00 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: AAABEST

Probably. I’m just passing it on. I made note of it and will be following up on it to see if it pans out.


55 posted on 06/01/2014 10:43:19 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: kristinn

When the five terrorists re-surface and return to slaughtering Americans, Obama can manufacture another fantasy about videos or some other equally ridiculous cover-up, and the media will dutifully back him up. There’s absolutely no down side for him when he’s caught lying, and he doesn’t even try to dress up his falsehoods.


56 posted on 06/01/2014 10:46:07 AM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: Truth29

This whole thing seems like a collusive setup; from the way he walked away from his post, leaving his gun and kit, his emails saying he was ashamed to be an American, the report that he was training the Taliban in ambush techniques and bomb making, his father giving thanks in Arabic, and the exchange of five high ranking Taliban from Gitmo for this probable deserter. This seems like a deal cooked up between Obama and his advisors and the terrorist leadership.


BINGO


57 posted on 06/01/2014 10:48:33 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: kristinn

Lame duck Obama doesn’t even try to make an appearance of competence.


58 posted on 06/01/2014 10:49:32 AM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: kristinn

Brings to mind the high-level Soviet guy who, when asked about Russia not being directly involved in Middle East talks, said they didn’t need a representative, Kissinger was their man.


59 posted on 06/01/2014 10:50:55 AM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: kristinn

It WAS a victory for terrorists. He has every right to celebrate...

My question is, ‘When has Obama ever delivered a ‘victory’ for the United States?’ Will that ever happen? And why did Obama care so much more about this man than about the dead SEALS of Benghazi?


60 posted on 06/01/2014 10:52:17 AM PDT by GOPJ (ObamaCare - like buying a pig in a poke...)
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