Posted on 05/31/2015 3:12:01 PM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON – Qatar has agreed to temporarily extend travel bans on five senior Taliban leaders released last year from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday.
The official said the ban would remain in place until diplomatic talks for a longer-term solution are completed. The restrictions had been due to expire on Monday under a May 2014 exchange for Bergdahl. U.S. officials said Friday the Obama administration was closing in on an agreement with Qatar to extend the restrictions for six months that could be announced this weekend. It was not immediately clear why that agreement had not been finalized.
The official said the U.S. remains in "close contact" with Qatari authorities "to make sure these individuals do not pose a threat to the United States." As a result of the talks to date, Qatar "has agreed to maintain the current restrictive conditions on these individuals as we continue these discussions," the official said.
The official said the former detainees are all currently in Qatar and remain subject to the travel ban and extensive monitoring. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly speak to the matter.
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ya.. I am ssssooooo sssssuuuuurrrreeeeee they are staying where they where told.
Just like Bergdahl did.
Six months? Six months is nothing. Before you know it, it will be New Years Eve, then this discussion will start all over again. Is it slowly dawning on the Obama Administration
that nobody wants these dangerous Gitmo ex-prisoners, except maybe another terrorist regime? Is the light coming on yet?
I think they need to spend some quality time with a Seal team at 20,000 ft over the Indian Ocean.
They could call it a “test” to see if they can fly out the door with no parachute, land alive in the middle of 1,000 sharks, and then swim 3,000 miles to Antartica!
Obama could take the test too.
They must be negotiating to see that Bergdahl does not rejoin the Islamists on the battlefield.
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