Mainecat Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Free the Taliban! A Taliban commander who helped seize the Afghan presidential palace spent nearly 6 years at Guantanamo Source: Bus Title: A Taliban commander who helped seize the Afghan presidential palace spent nearly 6 years at Guantanamo, where he told a guard 'we will get you on the outside' One of the Taliban fighters filmed celebrating the capture of Kabul at the Afghan presidential palace on Sunday has been identified as a former Guantanamo Bay prison inmate, who once told a guard there: "We will get you on the outside," according to prison records published by The New York Times. In a victory speech, Gholam Ruhani had said that he was held at Guantanamo for nearly eight years. In reality, Ruhani spent nearly six years at the American-run detention center in Cuba, according to records published by The Times in June. The records show that Ruhani was one of the first Taliban fighters to be captured by the US after the September 11, 2001, attacks, entering the prison on the first day it opened in January 2002. He was repatriated to Afghanistan in December 2007, also under President George W. Bush's administration. Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/taliban-commander-gholam-ruhani-once-threatened-guantanamo-guard-2021-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted August 17, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 17, 2021 So did you support or oppose closing gitmo? Seems most on the left wanted it closed for the last 12 yrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFM Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Weird, not, you link an article not stating Obama directly let him out with several others for birdahl (sp?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 He was swapped for...... Bowe Berghdahl... by Obama. Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 17, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) https://www.the-sun.com/news/3488828/obama-released-taliban-leader-khairullah-khairkhwa-guantanamo-bay/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/06/02/bowe-bergdahl-was-traded-for-5-taliban-commanders-heres-who-they-are/ Wasiq, 43, was the deputy chief of intelligence for the Taliban. According to his Guantanamo case file, he “utilized his office to support al Qaeda” and was “central to the Taliban’s effort to form alliances with other Islamic fundamentalist groups.” Wasiq was detained in November 2001. Omari, 46, was a member of a joint al-Qaeda-Taliban cell in eastern Khost province, according to his case file, and “one of the most significant former Taliban leaders detained” at Guantanamo. Omari was captured in September 2002. Noori, 47, was a provincial governor in several areas during the Taliban regime. He is also believed to have been present during Spann's death and may have also been involved in the Shiite massacre. His Guantanamo case file says that he "continues to be a significant figure encouraging acts of aggression." Noori turned himself in to a Northern Alliance commander in November 2001. Also 47, Fazi was a senior commander in the Taliban army during the 1990s, eventually becoming its chief of staff. He is thought to have personally supervised the killing of thousands of Shiite Muslims near Kabul between 1998 and 2001. His Guantanamo case file also describes him as being present at a 2001 prison riot that led to the death of CIA operative Johnny Michael Spann, the first U.S. citizen killed in the Afghan war. "If released, detainee would likely rejoin the Taliban and establish ties with ACM elements participating in hostilities against US and Coalition forces in Afghanistan," his case file reads. This 47-year-old was once the Taliban's interior minister, actually helping to create the Taliban movement in 1994. His Guantanamo case file, released by WikiLeaks, described him as a “hard-liner in his support of the Taliban philosophy” and “known to have close ties to Osama bin Laden.” Captured by Pakistani border patrol on Feb. 16 2002 Edited August 17, 2021 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 18 minutes ago, Snake said: He was swapped for...... Bowe Berghdahl... by Obama. Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!! thats not what I have read, released by Bush according to the article posted as well as a few others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 17, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Angry ginger said: thats not what I have read, released by Bush according to the article posted as well as a few others. Well if he was part of the B.B. trade it had to be Obama. Edited August 17, 2021 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Angry ginger said: thats not what I have read, released by Bush according to the article posted as well as a few others. Why bother to actually read my thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 The records show that Ruhani was one of the first Taliban fighters to be captured by the US after the September 11, 2001, attacks, entering the prison on the first day it opened in January 2002. He was repatriated to Afghanistan in December 2007, also under President George W. Bush's administration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 The five Guantanamo Bay detainees swapped for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl are, from left, Mullah Norullah Nori, Mohammed Nabi Omari, Mohammed Fazl, Khairullah Khairkhwa and Abdul Haq Wasiq. (U.S. Department of Defense) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 No longer America’s problem. Sure feels good!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted August 17, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted August 17, 2021 World class guthooking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, ActionfigureJoe said: No longer America’s problem. Sure feels good!!! Should have just bombed the fuck out of them Line Obama did to Libya. But then again Republicans couldn’t have siphoned billions to the Devos family if they did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 hour ago, revkevsdi said: Should have just bombed the fuck out of them Line Obama did to Libya. But then again Republicans couldn’t have siphoned billions to the Devos family if they did that. Welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkisNH Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 6 hours ago, Mainecat said: Free the Taliban! A Taliban commander who helped seize the Afghan presidential palace spent nearly 6 years at Guantanamo Source: Bus Title: A Taliban commander who helped seize the Afghan presidential palace spent nearly 6 years at Guantanamo, where he told a guard 'we will get you on the outside' One of the Taliban fighters filmed celebrating the capture of Kabul at the Afghan presidential palace on Sunday has been identified as a former Guantanamo Bay prison inmate, who once told a guard there: "We will get you on the outside," according to prison records published by The New York Times. In a victory speech, Gholam Ruhani had said that he was held at Guantanamo for nearly eight years. In reality, Ruhani spent nearly six years at the American-run detention center in Cuba, according to records published by The Times in June. The records show that Ruhani was one of the first Taliban fighters to be captured by the US after the September 11, 2001, attacks, entering the prison on the first day it opened in January 2002. He was repatriated to Afghanistan in December 2007, also under President George W. Bush's administration. Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/taliban-commander-gholam-ruhani-once-threatened-guantanamo-guard-2021-8 He was traded for the fucking trader....thank Obama for that discussion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Could the MIDDLE EAST have been a bigger FRAUDULENT NIGHTMARE than it has been, for the USA? Trillions of dollars, numerous lives, horrendous injury for life, PTSD. Fucking Bush. Fucking bastard sits in Dallas and enjoys his grand-kids, while families go to the fucking cemetery. God, that fucking bastard did so much damage to us, and he languishes in comfort. However he did have some support in Congress, so they are to blame also. Fucking bastards. All for what!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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