US To Release Terrorists From Gitmo In Exchange For Taliban Opening Office In Qatar
Uh, for real? WTF?!?!
Aside from the Taliban killing many of our brave soldiers I guess they really aren’t our enemy.
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Taliban leaders held at Guantánamo Bay to be released in peace talks deal
The US has agreed in principle to release high-ranking Taliban officials from Guantánamo Bay in return for the Afghan insurgents’ agreement to open a political office for peace negotiations in Qatar, the Guardian has learned.
According to sources familiar with the talks in the US and in Afghanistan, the handful of Taliban figures will include Mullah Khair Khowa, a former interior minister, and Noorullah Noori, a former governor in northern Afghanistan.
More controversially, the Taliban are demanding the release of the former army commander Mullah Fazl Akhund. Washington is reported to be considering formally handing him over to the custody of another country, possibly Qatar.
So we are letting these terrorist go on the HOPE they will CHANGE their minds on attacking Americans and our allies? Will they also agree to stop executing civilians including women and kids and strapping suicide belts on children as well?
Let see, who else are the Taliban holding meetings with?
Al-Qaida, Taliban seek Pakistani militants’ help
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Prominent al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban fighters asked Pakistani militants in a pair of rare meetings to set aside their differences and step up support for the battle against U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, militant commanders said Monday.
The meetings were held in Pakistan’s tribal region in November and December at the request of the Afghan Taliban’s leadership council. They could indicate the militants are struggling in Afghanistan, or conversely, that they want to make sure they hit U.S. forces hard as the Americans accelerate their withdrawal this year. That could give the Taliban additional leverage in any peace negotiations.
“For God’s sake, forget all your differences and give us fighters to boost the battle against America in Afghanistan,” senior al-Qaida commander Abu Yahya al-Libi told Pakistani fighters at a meeting on Dec. 11, according to a militant who attended.
Meanwhile here’s an up-close and personal look are what our guys are facing every day…