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Afghans say Taliban prisoners freed by Obama will rejoin jihad against U.S.

Jun 5, 2014 4:42 pm By Robert Spencer

TalibanjihadisfreedThis is a surprise to no one — probably not even Barack Obama, since he himself has admitted that the jihadis he freed are “absolutely” a threat to the United States. That does call his motivations in making the Bergdahl deal into question, but not to worry: no one in the mainstream media will dare to challenge him on this.

“Afghans say Taliban prisoners freed by U.S. will rejoin battle,” by Jessica Donati and Hamid Shalizi, Reuters, June 1, 2014:

KABUL (Reuters) – The release of five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a U.S. soldier has drawn criticism from some Afghans, who say the detainees are dangerous and will rekindle ties with terrorist networks to resume fighting, just as most foreign troops leave.

The men had been held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002 and were classed by the Pentagon as “high-risk” and “likely to pose a threat”.

Two are also implicated in the murder of thousands of minority Shi’ite Muslims in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. military.

They were released in a swap with U.S. army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the sole American prisoner of war held in Afghanistan who was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday.

“They will definitely go back to fight, if health-wise they are able to go,” said a top official at Afghanistan’s spy agency, who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the topic.

“They will be very dangerous people, because they have connections with regional and international terror organizations around the world.”

The Taliban denied the prisoners would return to battle but said the swap should not be regarded as a gesture of good will or a step towards the revival of peace talks between Islamist insurgents and the Afghan government.

“This is purely a negotiation between the Taliban and the Americans… It won’t help the peace process in any way, because we don’t believe in the peace process,” said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid….

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  1. Champ says

    Jun 5, 2014 at 4:59 pm

    “They will be very dangerous people, because they have connections with regional and international terror organizations around the world.”

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Add obama’s name to the list of “dangerous people”, too …

    • mariam rove says

      Jun 5, 2014 at 5:39 pm

      just looking at their beards makes me sick to my stomach. Sick of Islam already. M

  2. kepha says

    Jun 5, 2014 at 5:01 pm

    I still wonder: could it be that one or more of these thugs has “turned”?

  3. Notta_allah_followa says

    Jun 5, 2014 at 5:05 pm

    “This is purely a negotiation between the Taliban and the Americans… It won’t help the peace process in any way, because we don’t believe in the peace process,” said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid….

    This sounds like a truthful, no BS statement from a spokesman of an involved entity. Notice how there is no equivocation, no parsing of words, no ‘non-answer’ answers like we saw from Jay Carney and Susan Rice, who could be as tough to nail down to a position as nailing jello to a wall. Sad that the Taliban are more forthcoming and truthful than our own government. Such is the state of things under the Obama regime.

  4. dumbledoresarmy says

    Jun 5, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    Offtopic, but urgent, and relating to a totally innocent *non-Muslim* prisoner currently being held by the evil Mohammedan mobsters in Sudan.

    Paging all UK jihadwatchers who may be within easy travelling distance of the Sudanese Embassy in London and have, or can take off, the afternoon of Friday 6 June.

    The British Pakistani Christian Association is going to be holding a rally / protest outside said embassy, this Friday 6 June.

    Details here:

    http://britishpakistanichristian.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/witness-for-meriam-at-sudanese-embassy.html

    “The BPCA will be collaborating with Christian Voice to hold a witness for Meriam Ibrahim outside the Sudanese Embassy on Friday 6th June 2014 from 2pm to 4pm.”

    Be there, whether you’re Christian, Jewish, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, atheist or agnostic. Bring all your friends. The bigger the gathering the more impact it will have. Whether it has any effect on the Sudanese or not, if it’s big enough it might help with the waking up process for such British kuffar as are still ignorant or in denial.

    Because every *jihadwatcher* who manages to attend will be in a position to tell fellow protestors (who may not know) and passersby that *every single horrible aspect of this case* – the counting of this woman as Muslim merely because of her having been sired by a Muslim; the penalty of death for apostasy; the refusal to recognise the marriage of a (falsely-claimed-to-be) Muslim woman to a non-Muslim man, and therefore the fact that they will flog her for “adultery” – is sharia. Normative Islam, not some weird thing thought up by the Sudanese authorities.

    Here, my British friends, is a legally-approved protest gathering that you can attend in order to make your unhappiness about Islam and its gross human rights abuses publicly known.

    London Jim, logdon, everyone else…if you can possibly be in London by 2pm on Friday 6th…go for it!!

    by rights, the BCPA should find their little protest suddenly becoming a throng of *thousands*.

  5. CogitoErgoSum says

    Jun 5, 2014 at 5:19 pm

    “This is purely a negotiation between the Taliban and the Americans… It won’t help the peace process in any way, because we don’t believe in the peace process,” said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid….

    Of course they do not believe in the peace process. The Taliban, Al-Quaeda, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab and all the other militant Islamic groups are the most honest representatives speaking on behalf of pure, unadulterated, quintessential Islam. Islam is not about peace. It’s about making everyone submit to Islam. Say it again…. Islam is about making everyone submit to Islam. Keep repeating that until you finally understand it…..especially you, President Obama.

  6. Thomas says

    Jun 5, 2014 at 7:36 pm

    Obama. How are you going to sleep at night when one of these savages kills another American? Will you make an apology then?

  7. dumbledoresarmy says

    Jun 5, 2014 at 8:00 pm

    Before releasing them the Authorities should have given them buzz cuts and **shaved off their beards**.

    I hope that at the very least their dna samples, retina scans, voiceprints, fingerprints, footprints and so on have been placed on record for future reference as required.

  8. wtd says

    Jun 5, 2014 at 8:24 pm

    Concern should be heightened for those serving in uniform (& their loved ones) if they catered to these animals during their stay in GITMO.

    If I recall correctly, some years ago there was some issue with GITMO inmates threatening their GITMO caretakers & their family members by name. Obama’s indignant arrogance will have consequences suffered by so many more innocents unnecessarily.

  9. Johnd says

    Jun 6, 2014 at 12:37 am

    How ironic to see the Wests enlightened attitudes contributing to its own downfall. The West, like Rome is in serious decline, and Islam knows it. How these scum were ever returned is breathtakingly stupid. To them its the message that counts not the jihadis. They should have been executed. That would have been a good message.

  10. Guy Macher says

    Jun 6, 2014 at 7:37 am

    This proves the usurper is a traitor.

  11. darrell says

    Jun 6, 2014 at 9:54 am

    obama should be tried for aiding and abetting the enemy

  12. XYZ says

    Jun 6, 2014 at 12:50 pm

    congrats America you voted for him for not one but 2 terms..
    the dumbest fucking president ever..
    maybe next vote for a moron or a mentally challenged person im pretty sure he will do a better job that dumbass obama.. way to go… increase taxes and donate money to terrorist while ur country men starve …. im so proud not to be an American about now

  13. rabrooks says

    Jun 7, 2014 at 2:09 am

    How stupid can anyone get? He keeps claiming that “the war is over”. However, the other guys don’t give a damn about what he thinks! What concers them is something like “the mere existance of infidels, anywhere on the planet, is and insult to allah and reason enough for jihad.” They will not stop fighting until one, two or all three of their conditions is met!
    1.Converted
    2.Subjugated
    3.Executed
    Then there can be peace……….

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