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Taliban Charges Bowe Bergdahl With Desertion

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Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has announced that the insurgent group, following its own internal investigation, would be charging Bergdahl with deserting his post — a crime punishable by death, public flogging, or lengthy imprisonment, although typically not in that order.

“We are investigating the incident where Brother [Bergdahl] may — and I stress this is not definite — may have walked off his post without his AK-47,” Zabihullah said in an interview with Al Jazeera.

According to Zabihullah, on May 31, 2014 Bergdahl was pulling security at a high-level meeting in Khowst Province between a Taliban commander and a group of American Special Forces who had arrived by helicopter. Zabihullah said that Bergdahl appears to have boarded the helicopter without any authorization and is now believed to have defected to the United States.
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VMI77 wrote:http://www.duffelblog.com/2014/11/talib ... desertion/
Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has announced that the insurgent group, following its own internal investigation, would be charging Bergdahl with deserting his post — a crime punishable by death, public flogging, or lengthy imprisonment, although typically not in that order.

“We are investigating the incident where Brother [Bergdahl] may — and I stress this is not definite — may have walked off his post without his AK-47,” Zabihullah said in an interview with Al Jazeera.

According to Zabihullah, on May 31, 2014 Bergdahl was pulling security at a high-level meeting in Khowst Province between a Taliban commander and a group of American Special Forces who had arrived by helicopter. Zabihullah said that Bergdahl appears to have boarded the helicopter without any authorization and is now believed to have defected to the United States.
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See, now you've gone and ruined some of the fun. I thought the rlol was enough of a tag to indicate parody.
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I wonder how long their trial would last if we returned him. Anyone think they'd trade for him?
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Shared. :lol:
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Vol Texan wrote:
VMI77 wrote:http://www.duffelblog.com/2014/11/talib ... desertion/
Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has announced that the insurgent group, following its own internal investigation, would be charging Bergdahl with deserting his post — a crime punishable by death, public flogging, or lengthy imprisonment, although typically not in that order.

“We are investigating the incident where Brother [Bergdahl] may — and I stress this is not definite — may have walked off his post without his AK-47,” Zabihullah said in an interview with Al Jazeera.

According to Zabihullah, on May 31, 2014 Bergdahl was pulling security at a high-level meeting in Khowst Province between a Taliban commander and a group of American Special Forces who had arrived by helicopter. Zabihullah said that Bergdahl appears to have boarded the helicopter without any authorization and is now believed to have defected to the United States.
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Duffel Blog is sometimes referred to as “The military version of The Onion,” but this is a popular misconception. The misnomer was cleared up in May 2012 when DB staff successfully conducted an airborne assault on the offices of The Onion News Network so that others would know “The Onion was actually the civilian version of Duffel Blog.”

Duffel Blog was nominated for The Pulitzer Prize in 2012 “for continued excellence in journalism,” and has been recognized as a world leader in modern media by other, unworthy news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, The Military Times, NBC News, Gizmodo, USA Today, and Business Insider.

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C-dub wrote:I wonder how long their trial would last if we returned him. Anyone think they'd trade for him?
Lets keep Bergdahl and trade Obama for three asses and a berka....
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rbwhatever1 wrote:
C-dub wrote:I wonder how long their trial would last if we returned him. Anyone think they'd trade for him?
Lets keep Bergdahl and trade Obama for three asses and a berka....
Don't we have enough of those already?
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jmra wrote:
rbwhatever1 wrote:
C-dub wrote:I wonder how long their trial would last if we returned him. Anyone think they'd trade for him?
Lets keep Bergdahl and trade Obama for three asses and a berka....
Don't we have enough of those already?
Ha! Yeah we have a bunch of those too. Should have asked for half a goat leg and a small bag of sand.
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jmra wrote:
rbwhatever1 wrote:Lets keep Bergdahl and trade Obama for three asses and a berka....
Don't we have enough of those already?
We've got at least 535 asses, so that makes the Oslammer the burka. :lol:
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