[ April 24, 2024 ]
This is an absolute disgrace. Just add this to the long list of acts of treason by the Taliban sympathizer in the White House.
Bergdahl was a traitor and a deserter. Six US soldiers died searching for the turncoat Bergdahl. He should faced a firing squad. Instead, Obama “negotiates” for his release and frees senior Taliban commanders.
Taliban touts Bergdahl swap as key ‘achievement’
By Thomas Joscelyn | The Long War Journal, April 22, 2016 (thanks to Christian):Story continues below advertisementThe Taliban says the exchange of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five top Taliban commanders in 2014 was a major “achievement” in its war against the West and its allies. The claim was made in a lengthy video released on the Taliban’s official website, Voice of Jihad, earlier this month.
Footage from the exchange is shown early on in the production. The scenes include Bergdahl as he is about to be transferred to American forces and the five Taliban leaders being warmly greeted after their arrival in Qatar. Screen shots can be seen below.
As The Long War Journal has reported, all five of the Taliban commanders exchanged for Bergdahl had ties to al Qaeda prior to their detention in Cuba. [See LWJ report, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl exchanged for top 5 Taliban commanders at Gitmo.]
Norullah Noori and Mohammad Fazl were both senior Taliban military commanders in Afghanistan. Khairullah Khairkhwa was the governor of the Herat province and one of Mullah Omar’s trusted lieutenants. Abdul Haq Wasiq was a senior Taliban intelligence official. And Mohammad Nabi Omari was allegedly part of a joint Taliban and al Qaeda cell that targeted US and Coalition forces. Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), which oversees the detention facility, deemed all five jihadists to be “high” risks to the US, its interests and allies.
Bergdahl was initially taken into custody by Taliban fighters after he wandered off an American outpost in the Paktika province in June 2009. He was then held for years by the Haqqani Network, which is part of the Taliban coalition and closely allied with al Qaeda. Siraj Haqqani, who leads the network, is one of the Taliban’s top two deputies and has also worked with senior al Qaeda leaders. Siraj has even held a seat on al Qaeda’s elite shura (advisory) council.
The Taliban’s video is intended to highlight the jihadists’ progress in Paktika, a province in southeastern Afghanistan on the border with Pakistan. The people of Paktika have long resisted foreign “invaders,” according to the Taliban, including the Soviets in the 1980s and the Americans beginning in late 2001.
The propaganda production highlights footage of “martyrdom” operatives training, a class on how to build improvised explosive devices, and a suicide bomber detonating a car packed with explosives.
A brief montage of the “infidels’” alleged crimes against the “Islamic nation” is also shown. A photo of American soldiers inside a mosque is included, as is an image of Florida pastor Terry Jones, who made a name for himself by burning Korans.
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But much of the video focuses on the Taliban’s military operations in several of Paktika’s districts.
The Taliban’s shadow governor for Paktika, Hafez Belal Fateh (seen on the right), speaks at least twice in the video. In one clip, he is pictured sitting between two armed guards. Fateh portrays the Taliban as being united behind Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, who became the group’s emir after Mullah Omar’s death was publicly exposed in 2015. Fateh also claims that the Afghan people are aiding the Taliban’s fighters in their insurgency against the Afghan government and its coalition partners.
The video ends with a recording of Mansour, who vows that the Taliban will continue to wage jihad until an Islamic state is resurrected in Afghanistan.
Screenshots from Taliban video:
The five Taliban leaders being greeted in Qatar after their transfer from Guantanamo:
Thomas Joscelyn is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Senior Editor for The Long War Journal.
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28 Comments
8 years ago
Send him back to Afghanistan and leave him there, shoot on sight if ever seen in America again.
8 years ago
Reply to
Palm Beach Bum
His father with the stupid beard and pony tale. Just pop him off!
And with him do some water boarding. It seems to work. Any one who betrays the West has to go!
8 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Mahou in this case better have a charter flight and put the plane full. The plane crew ought to alight at 20.000 feet height with parachute the rest will fall down. At least they have a nice view!
8 years ago
Reply to
joker
Before leaving, they should shut off the engine, that way the muslims will be stuck up there forever.
8 years ago
Someday there will be final justice for Barack Obama and his collection of communist, Islamic, drug cartel traitorous goons.
May Obama and his sewer rats burn in hell as soon as possible.
Too many good people have had their lives destroyed because his demonic crimes.
8 years ago
Reply to
Robert Bayer
Meanwhile, here in the UK, he spoke to a bunch of left-wing Jeremy Corbyn Labour supporters and got a standing ovation. He also had a one on one meeting with Corbyn. They both have something in common. Their mutual hatred of Israel and support for the muzzrats. Corbyn has even admitted counting Hamas and Hezbollah among his friends!
8 years ago
Obama is such a traitor for that. So many men in the military, especially the ones in berghdal’s unit have a fiery hatred for him. You could fill a stadium with the military guys who would cheerfully volunteer for his firing squad.
8 years ago
It’s important to hold on to the values of global human rights, to protect & strenghten human rights politicians globally, to continue to use armed drones against Muhammadist terrorists & to continue to persecute Muhammadism & punish the Muhammadist perpetrators of terror groups like Boko Haram, Isis, Taliban, Al Qaeda, of Muhammadists governments like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt, Afghanistan, Mauritania, new north-Sudan & the pro Muhammadist traitors in governments like Bush, Obama, Hillary, Cameron, Merkel.
As for the Guantanamo detention center, humanity globally should reevaluate it’s ethics & condemn Muhammad & ban Muhammadism.
8 years ago
Reply to
soundclick.com/globalfirm
Don’t you ever get the creepng suspicion you may be overusing the word “global” and all its various forms?
8 years ago
It goes without saying that trading the AL Queda “dream team” for a chronic misfit qualifies Obhammud as a damn poor horse trader. The most prominent telltale sign of how little thought went into this fiasco is the despicable Rose Garden charade announcing the deal. You got a look at what Bergdahl is using for parents with Obhammud unable to keep his hands off the Mrs.
8 years ago
Reply to
Drew the Infidel
Everything he has done is to favor the Islamic position at the expense of the world’s security. He became POTUS by deceiving ‘the people’ for what now is all too clear: the strengthening, and spread of Islam, even if America is weakened and Americans suffer or die. He is a traitor to America. And Hillary is America’s whore, selling favors to the highest bidder, and aspiring for the top spot for the glory alone. Neither has put America before their own selfish agendas. They both are prime examples of what is wrong with America and world politics today.
8 years ago
Reply to
firefox
Yeah, it really makes you wonder. America gave them so much but it evidently was not enough. They are like a hog eating acorns, never look up to see where they are coming from.
7 years ago
Reply to
Drew the Infidel
Never heard that before – good and appropriate analogy! I like that.
8 years ago
In my view all western leaders–especially president Hussein–are taking Saudi bribes to subvert and destroy us.
7 years ago
Reply to
sweetstickyrainbow
I guess that hope and change thingy didnt work out for you…and you voted for him….sukker
8 years ago
IT IS A WONDER THAT SOME RADICAL AMERICAN HAS NOT DONE A NUMBER ON OBAMA WE DO NOT KNOW IF THEIR HAS BEEN ANY ATTEMPTS BUT THEY HAVE CERTAINLY HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL
8 years ago
Reply to
JASPER
That is a fair point, one would think there must be at least one or two who will hit Obama. The types of Timothy McVeigh.
8 years ago
He made the CHOICE to go over to the enemy and give them intel.
This is called being a TRAITOR.
A TRAITOR to his country.
A TRAITOR to his brothers in arms.Costing 6 of them their LIVES.
What he has earned is a fair court martial and a decent hanging.
No more,No less.
barry HUSSEIN whateverthehellhisnamereallyis is also a TRAITOR to the USA and his Quisling/cowardly policies have cost many more good men and women their lives,all the while supporting the enemies of the USA.
He has also earned a fair trial and a decent hanging.The families of those killed in Benghazi while he hid under the covers should make up at least part of the jury.
Semper Fi
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8 years ago
They should be doing that with all these traitors .
8 years ago
Barry found another way to help his leaders out at the ,according to him and the rest of the mooslimes,only a small cost in American lives.
Obamasam will do all in his power to defeat all his hated American enemies that elected him.
8 years ago
It _was_ a key achievement for Al Hussein
7 years ago
They showed their appreciation by trying to kill Lurch , when he recently visited afghanistan
