Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Afghan

[Wehrwolfen]

By AWR Hawkins
29 Jul 2013


Without an official announcement or any publicity, the Obama administration released five members of the Taliban from Gitmo in order to open peace talks in Afghanistan.

"a top U.S. official said the prisoners were released under the condition that they will not engage in any violent activity."

The terror activity of those released is not in question. Rather, their release is intended as a gesture to get peace talks rolling between the U.S., Afghanistan, and the Taliban.

Although this release is a stark departure from the standing U.S. policy of zero tolerance [of] negotiations with terrorists and releasing of prisoners.

One thing is for certain--the more prisoners Obama can release from Gitmo in a piecemeal fashion the quicker he can justify asking Congress to cut off funding for the prison altogether.


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Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Afghanistan

Hmm... no mention of the prisoner swap? Are Americans so ignorant they don't see what's happening.


Bowe Bergdahl, Captive American Soldier, Involved In Taliban ...

www.huffingtonpost.com/...taliban-captive-prisoner-swap_n_1504108.html

May 09, 2012 · Bowe Bergdahl, Captive American Soldier, Involved In Taliban Prisoner Swap Negotiation

 

[specklebang]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

It's about time, don't you think?

 

[Grand Mal]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

It's about time, don't you think?

'Way past due. Gitmoe is just barely justifiable as a naval base but as a prison? It's the US version of Devils Island and if you don't execute everyone there you'll be returning heroes and martyrs to their cheering public.

 

[specklebang]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Let them have the heroic moment in the sun. They've already done some hard time. Now they can enjoy resort life in Funkistan or wherever. I really want to see Bergdal back home.

'Way past due. Gitmoe is just barely justifiable as a naval base but as a prison? It's the US version of Devils Island and if you don't execute everyone there you'll be returning heroes and martyrs to their cheering public.

 

[Wehrwolfen]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

It's about time, don't you think?

Why no mention of the prisoner swap to the public?

 

[specklebang]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

A) Maybe it's classified
B) Maybe it's not happening
C) Maybe they feel they can handle it without the guidance of DP (although I don't see how that's possible).

Why no mention of the prisoner swap to the public?

 

[Grand Mal]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Let them have the heroic moment in the sun. They've already done some hard time. Now they can enjoy resort life in Funkistan or wherever. I really want to see Bergdal back home.

D'accord.

 

[Wehrwolfen]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

A) Maybe it's classified
B) Maybe it's not happening
C) Maybe they feel they can handle it without the guidance of DP (although I don't see how that's possible).

I'm sure that if Bowe Bergdahl was captured during the Bush administration there would be a big to do over this. Since it occurred on Obama's watch, it'll be kept quiet. I don't give a rat's patooty about the turban heads. They can tie 5 inch shells to their ankles and drop them in the Caribbean for all I care. I most interested in getting our POW back. I guess most of you missed that point.

 

[Rainman05]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Close Gitmo.

 

[American]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

A) Maybe it's classified
B) Maybe it's not happening
C) Maybe they feel they can handle it without the guidance of DP (although I don't see how that's possible).

Hold on a goddam minute. No guidance from DP??? Why that's blasphemy!! :lol:

 

[American]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Close Gitmo.

Close Chick-fil-A!!!!

 

[shrubnose]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

]Close Chick-fil-A!!!!

[/QUOTE]




Open more Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen!

 

[specklebang]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Bueno

D'accord.

So we agree or disagree?

I'm sure that if Bowe Bergdahl was captured during the Bush administration there would be a big to do over this. Since it occurred on Obama's watch, it'll be kept quiet. I don't give a rat's patooty about the turban heads. They can tie 5 inch shells to their ankles and drop them in the Caribbean for all I care. I most interested in getting our POW back. I guess most of you missed that point.

I put that disclaimer there because I know they'll check with us first.

Hold on a goddam minute. No guidance from DP??? Why that's blasphemy!! :lol:

 

[Wehrwolfen]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Taliban offers to swap American POW for five Gitmo detainees -​

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usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/20/19055634-taliban-offers-to-swap...

The Afghan Taliban has offered to hand over the only known American prisoner of war from the conflict in Afghanistan in exchange for five senior operatives held at ...


Shhhh....., America doesn't pay ransom for kidnapped or captured soldiers.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Good. Close GITMO, get rid of all those prisoners and return them home, and get this man home where he belongs (hey just bring all those troops home why they are at it).

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

All I can find are references to the one ynet article which provides no sourcing.
:shrug:

US releases prisoners from Guantanamo - Israel News, Ynetnews

 

[Wehrwolfen]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Will the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl be announced by the Obama White House soon, or will things go silent?

 

[fmw]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Glad to see we're engaging in a big show of weakness.

 

[Heebie Jeebie]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Close Gitmo.

Are you volunteering to take in those they release?

 

[davidtaylorjr]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

By AWR Hawkins
29 Jul 2013


Without an official announcement or any publicity, the Obama administration released five members of the Taliban from Gitmo in order to open peace talks in Afghanistan.

"a top U.S. official said the prisoners were released under the condition that they will not engage in any violent activity."

The terror activity of those released is not in question. Rather, their release is intended as a gesture to get peace talks rolling between the U.S., Afghanistan, and the Taliban.

Although this release is a stark departure from the standing U.S. policy of zero tolerance [of] negotiations with terrorists and releasing of prisoners.

One thing is for certain--the more prisoners Obama can release from Gitmo in a piecemeal fashion the quicker he can justify asking Congress to cut off funding for the prison altogether.


(Excerpt)

Read more:
Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Afghanistan

Hmm... no mention of the prisoner swap? Are Americans so ignorant they don't see what's happening.


Bowe Bergdahl, Captive American Soldier, Involved In Taliban ...

www.huffingtonpost.com/...taliban-captive-prisoner-swap_n_1504108.html

May 09, 2012 · Bowe Bergdahl, Captive American Soldier, Involved In Taliban Prisoner Swap Negotiation

Not engage in violent activity. Obama and his band of brothers are complete idiots. What assurances do they have that they will not engage in violent activity? What an idiot.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Will the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl be announced by the Obama White House soon, or will things go silent?

Other than that one story by Ynet [and the other derivative stories which cite that one as a source], there's not anything out there which says this has happened.

Apparently, releasing these guys would violate "legal restrictions imposed by Congress."

Maybe Ynet jumped the gun.

 

[Rainman05]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

Are you volunteering to take in those they release?

I think they can be released back in the wild.

 

[Heebie Jeebie]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

I think they can be released back in the wild.

If there is no Nation that will accept them can they crash at your place?

 

[TheNextEra]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

If there is no Nation that will accept them can they crash at your place?

Oh I'm sure there are some nations that will accept them. Let's try. If we aren't going to try and convict them, they should be released. The war on terror is a joke. Either they commited a crime or they didn't. There is no oficial declaration of war, no official country we are at war with, so they need to be convicted or released to whatever country will take them.

 

[Rainman05]

Re: Obama Admin Quietly Releases Taliban Inmates From Gitmo To Open Peace Talks In Af

If there is no Nation that will accept them can they crash at your place?

I'm sure a lot of nations in the ME and Africa would take them in when you release them in the Serengeti wild.