Jim's Military News: Bowe Bergdahl

Friday, April 12, 2013

Bob Bergdahl, the father of current POW, Sgt Bowe Bergdahl speaks Out

4/12/2013 02:43:00 PM SgtJim 1 comment, your thoughts are welcome too

today Patrick J. Hughes has left a new comment on my site,
so i'm posting this video now here:

Published on Apr 10, 2013

On Tuesday, 9 April 2013 there was a Freedom March held in Washington, DC. by P.O.W. Activist Organization "Honor-Release-Return"

Bob Bergdahl, the father of current POW, Sgt Bowe Bergdahl and Former POWs Mike Benge, Larry Stark, Carmel Whetzel to speak.

Beginning with a wreath-laying at the war memorials, followed by a march to the steps of the U.S. Capitol building, and featuring speeches by Bob Bergdahl, father of current POW, SGT. Bowe Bergdahl, Afghanistan, captured June 2009, currently being held by the Taliban aligned Haqqani network in Pakistan, Mike Benge, Prisoner of War, Vietnam, Larry Stark, Prisoner of War, Vietnam, Carmel Whetzel, Prisoner of War, WWII, and Roger Hall, POW/MIA activist and Bob 'Bulldog' Ousley, Major, US Army (Retired) They will focus on demanding that the U.S. government formally request and negotiate for the return of all live Americans who are in captivity in foreign countries, and negotiate for information concerning Americans unaccounted for and believed to be held captive in Southeast Asia, Russia, North Korea, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Haqqani Network commander says Captive US soldier safe

9/09/2012 02:40:00 PM SgtJim No Comments yet, your thoughts are welcome

A senior member of the Pakistan-based Haqqani Network on Saturday said, the captive US soldier held by Afghan militants will not be harmed despite the Obama administration’s decision to declare his alleged captors a terrorist group.

The Haqqani commander speaking from an undisclosed location told Associated Press on Saturday the United States and NATO can expect stepped up attacks.

He denied that the Haqqanis held the only American prisoner of war of the Afghan conflict, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, as the U.S. believes. He did however say that Bergdahl was a captive of another branch of the Taliban, and denied earlier reports that the 26-year-old soldier from Hailey, Idaho, was in danger.

“I deny the remarks . . . that this will endanger the life of the American soldier”, the commander told Associated Press adding that, “We are not cowards and we consider it as coward to harm prisoners.”

The U.S. says that Bergdahl has been held by the Pakistan-based Haqqanis since 2009. However, the commander suggested he was with militants on the other side of the Afghan-Pakistan border.

“The American soldier is with the Emirate center (a reference to Taliban based inside Afghanistan) . . . The Americans also know it.”

He said the Taliban leadership council previously issued instructions to its commanders, including those belonging to the Haqqani network, not to harm prisoners.
From his home in Idaho, the soldier’s father Bob Bergdahl welcomed the assurances but was cautious.

from KHAAMA
By Sadaf Shinwari - Sun Sep 09, 9:02 am