This is no surprise. In fact, it was a long time coming. People are angry that Obama negotiated with terrorists, but he doesn’t seem to consider the Taliban to be terrorists. Remember that Karzai says that Obama told him: “The Taliban are not our enemies and we don’t want to fight them.”
“Goats slaughtered across Afghanistan in celebration of Taliban prisoners released in exchange for Bergdahl,” by Helen Pow, Daily Mail, June 2, 2014:
Goats have been slaughtered and served up across Afghanistan as the Taliban celebrates the release of five Guantanamo Bay detainees as part of a prisoner exchange.
A senior member of the Afghan Taliban has described the exchange of the five detainees for U.S. Army Sgt Bowe Bergdahl as a ‘historic moment for us’.
The five detainees – Mohammad Fazl, Khairullah Khairkhwa, Mullah Norullah Noori, Mohammed Nabi and Abdul Haq Wasiq – are thought to be the most senior Afghans who were held at the U.S. detention facility in Cuba, having been captured during America’s military campaign in 2001.
The Taliban commander told NBC News the exchange was the first time its ‘enemy’ had ‘officially recognized our status.’
He said: ‘Once we confirmed the arrival of our five heroes back in Qatar, celebrations started everywhere in Afghanistan and the neighboring Pakistan.’
He went on to say: ‘Goats are being slaughtered and served with guests and in some places goats are being cooked in rice.’
The news comes as a pro-Taliban website published a video that claims to show the Taliban detainees arriving in Qatar after being released from Guantanamo Bay as part of the prisoner exchange.
In footage released by nunn.asia, a group of men wearing traditional Muslim dress gather on a roadside in what is said to be Qatar. The five men, who were switched for Sgt Bergdahl, were to be sent to Qatar where they will remain for at least a year.
When the former prisoners – it’s not clear if all of them are present or just a few – pull up in a convoy of black SUVs, they receive a warm reception, with lots of hugs from the awaiting, clearly jubilant, supporters. There is no American presence in sight….
Salah says
“Goats have been slaughtered and served up across Afghanistan”
When they’re happy they slaughter goats. When they’re unhappy they slaughter humans.
Sometimes they’re unable to make the difference between goats and humans, if you know what I mean!!!
RG says
Curiously, the word obamanation comes to mind!
Andy says
just hours earlier, they were making love to those very same goats in celebration of being filthy Afghan muslims.
pennant8 says
Probably not, because under Islamic customs it is considered unclean to eat an animal that you have had intimate relations with.
sencit says
You sell it to the nearest village.
Jay Boo says
“Obama negotiated with terrorists, but he doesn’t seem to consider the Taliban to be terrorists. ”
This may actually be the official government status of the Taliban.
I heard an NPR commentator rationalizing about the swap and shamelessly using this as an aside when defending Obama’s decision.
mariam rove says
He went on to say: ‘Goats are being slaughtered and served with guests and in some places goats are being cooked in rice.’..
I thought goats were being used for other purposes. M
Will Doohan says
‘Goats are being slaughtered and served with guests…”
Are the guests a side dish?
richard Sherman says
Obama cares as much about America as his mentor Frank Marshall Davis…end of story.
Mietopol says
Piss on Taliban !
Semeru says
Allah cursed who kills (an animal or sacrifices an animal) to other than Allah. Allah cursed who alters “takhoom” of earth. Allah cursed who “kammahu” blind person from a path. Allah cursed who profanes his parents. Allah cursed “tawalli” other than “muwaleeh”. Allah cursed who goes unto (has sex) with an animal. And Allah cursed who does the actions of the people of Lot (sodomy). He said it thrice regarding the action of the people of Lot.
Narrator: Abdallah Ibn Abbas.
Reference: Sahih Al-Targheeb, page or number: 2421.
Whoever comes unto an animal, kill him and kill it with him.
Narrator: Abu Huraira and Ibn Abbas.
Reference: Sahih Al-Jami’a, page or number: 5938.
Whoever comes unto an animal, kill him and kill it with him.
Narrator: Abdallah Ibn Abbas.
Reference: Mushkat Al-Masabeeh, page or number: 3509.
Whoever goes in unto (has sex with in other words in Arabic) an animal, kill him and kill the animal.
Narrator: Abdallah Ibn Abbas.
Reference: Nile Al-Awtar, page or number 7/288.
There is considerable confusion regarding the Islamic punishment for having sex with an animal. The punishment may range from very little to the stoning to death.
The famous Sha’ria expert Abdur Rahman Doi writes that according to Imam Malik, Abu Hanifa and Zahir only Ta’azir is to be applied and not hadd. The flesh of the animal is halal when slaughtered. But Imam Hanbal and Shafi’I hold that hadd punishment of stoning to death should be applied on the individual and the animal should also be killed and its flesh is unlawful.
http://www.islam-watch.org/AbulKasem/SexInIslam/sex_and_sexuality_in_islam6.htm
And before any one starts quoting Knomeini
did not approve of sex with animals. He was simply giving his opinion related to purification with regards to the crime of bestiality and has become the victim of the spin we have already discussed.
In any case when he spoke of such an act (hypothetically) he appended the words “Allah protect him from it” thus indicating he did not approve of such an action.
“If a man – Allah protect him from it! – fornicates with an animal and ejaculates, ablution is necessary”
As for many quotes attributed to him, on the internet, there is a huge deal of suspicion surrounding the translations and whether they are forgeries or not. An alleged fourth edition of his Tahrir al Wasilah is being denied to ever exist.
For the record, in the interest of fairness, this man (Khomeini) did not appear to approve of bestiality so it would be unfair to accuse him of allowing such an act.
As a side note: any quotations of Khomeini used as a polemic against Islam should just be shrugged off as most Muslims (roughly 90%) do not view him with any authority whatsoever.