Despite compelling evidence like the following story, the Obama administration has announced that they will close Gitmo and continue to release prisoners. I guess you could call it a jobs program since it will keep our soldiers very busy capturing the same enemy soldiers over and over. It reminds me of the scene at the end of Saving Private Ryan where the released German soldier kills Tom Hanks. When are liberals going to start having compassion for our side?
Officials: Afghanistan Taliban leader was at Gitmo
By PAMELA HESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban's new top operations officer in southern Afghanistan had been a prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, the latest example of a freed detainee who took a militant leadership role and a potential complication for the Obama administration's efforts to close the prison. U.S. authorities handed over the detainee to the Afghan government, which in turn released him, according to Pentagon and CIA officials.
Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, formerly Guantanamo prisoner No. 008, was among 13 Afghan prisoners released to the Afghan government in December 2007. Rasoul is now known as Mullah Abdullah Zakir, a nom de guerre that Pentagon and intelligence officials say is used by a Taliban leader who is in charge of operations against U.S. and Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan.
The officials, who spoke anonymously because they are not authorized to release the information, said Rasoul has joined a growing faction of former Guantanamo prisoners who have rejoined militant groups and taken action against U.S. interests. Pentagon officials have said that as many as 60 former detainees have resurfaced on foreign battlefields.
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