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The Taliban commander responsible for increasingly sophisticated bomb attacks on British soldiers in Afghanistan is a former detainee of Guantanamo Bay released from prison in Kabul last year by Hamid Karzai’s government, The Times learned. Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul was held in Guantanamo for six years before being released to Afghan authorities in December 2007, after a U.S. military review board decided unanimously that he was no longer a threat. British and Taleban officials have told The Times that Rasoul has since resurfaced as Mullah Abdullah Zakir, the Taliban’s new operations chief in Helmand and the architect of a new offensive against British troops.

Has there been a study done on the percentage of released terrorists and how many return to the battle field? Shouldn't we be rushing through the tribunals to give them cell time on a rock surrounded by ocean? Sorry, the US. has suspended the tribunals and we are going to give them the same rights as a citizen. GREAT! What should be the course of action?

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posted at 18:13:05 on 03/12/09 - Category: Army

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Afghan Girl wrote:

Wow, the guy was able to fool not just the Afghan government but the U.S. military review board under President Bush. I wonder what happened there?
Posted on 03/18/09 00:28:58

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