Four of the Five prisoners exchanged for Bowe Berghdahl occupy senior Taliban posts
Out of the five prisoners released from Guantanamo in exchange for Bowe Berghdahl, four will occupy high positions. Most of these former Guantanamo detainees have ties to Al-Qaeda. Their appointed offices include acting information minister, acting minister for tribal affairs, acting director of intelligence, and acting defense minister.
From Fox News:
According to the Afghan television network TOLOnews, the Taliban-formed government gave leadership positions to Khairullah Khairkhwa, Norullah Noori, Abdul Haq Wasiq, and Mohammad Fazl; all of whom were released in a 2014 deal between the Obama administration and the Taliban to free Bergdahl, whom the Taliban had held as a prisoner since 2009.
On Tuesday, the Taliban announced that Khairkhwa would serve as acting minister for information and culture, Noori would serve as acting minister of borders and tribal affairs, Wasiq would serve as acting director of intelligence, and Fazl would serve as deputy defense minister.
Wasiq will reprise his role as the Taliban’s intelligence director, previously serving in the role prior to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America. U.S. intelligence agencies determined that Wasiq had close tied to al Qaeda while he was serving in that position at the time.
Thomas Joscelyn, a senior fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), noted that Fazl will also return to his role as deputy defense minister. “U.S. officials found that Fazl worked with senior al Qaeda personnel, including Abdel Hadi al Iraqi, one of Osama bin Laden’s chief lieutenants,” Joscelyn wrote in a tweet. “Al Iraqi is still held at Guantanamo.”
Late last month, following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the Taliban announced that Mohammad Nabi Omari, another former Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (GTMO) detainee with close ties to al Qaeda, would govern Khost Province.
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Shocked! shocked, I say!!!
Berghdahl is the anal wart that keeps on giving.
Much like a shitty case of Herpes.
I heard Bowe Bergdahl regularly occupied senior Taliban posts, probably some Mid-level ones and even possibly some Junior posts too.
Are you saying he was working some Taliban poles with different positions? I am thinking he spent quite a bit of his time in downward dog when he was doing his yoga.
Did you say that Bowe “Lassie” Berghdal was the Taliban’s favorite doggy?
He had a position on their staffs, so to speak…
He headed some of them.
While internalizing their hardened dictums…
OK the other comments here “1. Meh 2. OK, giggle…” and then there’s this….you have to let it marinate for a second to really, *really* appreciate it.
3….
Yeah, reading thru this on evening last caused another spike in the blood pressure. Next story up will be the release of all the Gitmo ragrats for…reasons.
Is anyone here at all surprised. Once an Islamonazi, always an Islamonazi. The only cure for that mental illness and obsession with killing infidels is a base metal injection.
Four out of five prisoners formerly held the at Gitmo also recommend Dentine Gum after having sex with a goat.
Perhaps they’re doing it all wrong if they need to get the taste out of their mouth.
Is the New York City Government going to offer them a $300 a month stipend if they promise not to crash hijacked planes into city landmarks?
Nope, will be at least $1000/ mo. It isn’t pay off money, it is errr, good citizen money.
I see nothing wrong since the supreme ruler in the new Kremlin (WH) says that these tallibanana’s are nice peeps. /Sarc. Is the tallibanana jingle done by Imus in the morning still around.???????????????
President Obama’s defenders are still hammering out their talking points and contriving reasons to blame President Trump and his supporters for this turn of events.
I had a hunch…. (vindicated)
To top 1 of our best known cherry topped shit sundaes with sliced quince,
I went to the Fu of Google, searched [“Bowe Bergdahl” Elko]…
and look what came up !!!!
(Paste)
[“Those who were not present at the time of his disappearance
cannot and should not claim knowledge of an event they did not witness,”
—>>> said Les Brown, Northern Nevada state coordinator.
“OK. We’ve got a lot of speculation going on right now, a lot of rumors.
Is there anybody in this room that was there
at the time Sgt. Bergdahl disappeared?”]
[This summer (2014),
the group (ELKO POW*MIA Awareness Ass)
will participate in a “welcome home” event.]
(end pastes)
— Which brings us to nationally known Stolen Valor phony LES BROWN,
AND…. the patchy vesty clowny Elko POW*MIA Awareness Ass.
Was there anybody on EARTH that was there at the time:
– Les Brown pinned on E-6 SSG?
– Les Brown pinned on E-7 SFC?
– Les Brown pinned on E-8 MSG?
– Les Brown was presented the Combat Infantryman Badge?
– Les Brown was presented the Liberation of Kuwait (Saudi & Kuwait) Medals?
– Les Brown had a 20 year retirement ceremony, or even a retirement formation?
– Les Brown had to take cover under fire?
– Les Brown fired his weapon at something other than a paper or drop target?
There are more.
There are ALSO more news stories about the Elko POW*MIA Awareness Ass
bloviating on the topic of Bowe Bergdahl.
Well, the honorable veterans of Elko County have 1 more thing,
no, 4 more things,
to throw in the face of the ELKO POW*MIA Awareness Ass,
IF that Ass is foolish enough to (ever) attempt another Chili Feed.
[Nevada Group Calls for End to Bergdahl Gossip
By DYLAN WOOLF HARRIS
Elko Free Press Jun 4, 2014]
https://magicvalley.com/news/local/nevada-group-calls-for-end-to-bergdahl-gossip/article_e24349e2-eba5-11e3-966d-001a4bcf887a.html
The Fu of Google.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%9CBowe+Bergdahl%E2%80%9D+Elko
Anyone know what Bergdahl is doing now?
Winos down at the Greyhound bus station men’s room probably.
I hear that he has to take sloppy seconds from Phil “Phildo” Monkress.
AND I heard he does it for loose change for beer money…and he doesn’t even *LIKE* beer.
😁🤣
Thanks, Obama!!
4 out of 5 former prisoners say Bowe Bergdahl was the greatest of all time.
Huh? What? Oh… MY bad.
They said Bowe Bergdahl was BETTER than a goat. My apologies for the translation error.
If Obama had 4 sons…
I must say Franco Harris has aged well.
Everyone who has done something immaculate is blessed in life.
Ok, I gotta ask.. did ANYONE besides commissar NOT see this coming???
The only question to ask, sadly, is, are biden and his handlers really stupid enough that everything they’d F’d up so far is accidental, or is this, like covid, all a planned event???
I’m afraid the answer is the worse of the two, and will require a kinetic response before long..
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
Thomas Paine