The Washington Post 01/09/12
“Don’t let These Taliban leaders loose”
President Obama is reportedly considering releasing several senior Taliban leader from Guantanamo Bay as an enticement to get the Taliban to the peace table. With the opening of the Taliban political office in Qatar, Obama officials see the move a step to peace talks.
Among several individuals the White House is considering releasing include the four Taliban leaders :
· Mullah Mohammned Fazi, deputy defense minister:
o Implicated in the murder of thousands of Shiites in northern Afghanistan
o “operational associations with significant al-Qaida and other extremist personnel
o Involved in Taliban narcotics trafficking
· Abdul Haq Wasiq, deputy minister of intelligence:
o Arranged for al-Qaida personnel to train Taliban intelligence staff in intelligence methods.
o Assigned al-Qaida members to the Taliban Ministry of Intelligence
· Mullah Norullah Noori, governor-general of Afghanistan’s northern zone:
o Was directly subordinate to Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Omar
o Associated with members of al-Qaida
o Assessed “to be a hardliner in his support of the Taliban philosophy”
· Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa, Herat governor and acting interior minister
o “directly associated to Usama Bin Laden (aka Osama bin Laden) and Taliban Supreme Commander Mullah Muhammad Omar. He was “trusted and respected by both”
o “ represented the Taliban during meetings with Iranian officials seeking to support hostilities against the US and Coalition forces
o “one of the premier opium drug lords in Western Afghanistan.
Common Sense Review
I don’t get the premise that just because the Taliban opens an political office that they are now peace loving people. However to get them to the peace talks, the US has to agree to release some of the deadliest people in the world who have in the past knowingly and willingly had a hand in harming the US.
This is a farce! Any simpleton can see that this is a charade.
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