Haji Sahib Rohullah Wakil displays documents he says prove he's not a terrorist, despite six years as Detainee 798 at Guantanamo. (Photo by Nancy A. Youssef / MCT)From McClatchy News:
KABUL, Afghanistan — Haji Sahib Rohullah Wakil spends his days going from one high-level official meeting to another with the swagger of a tribal elder, advocating for the needs of Kunar province, his home region.
Each encounter — with President Hamid Karzai, with Karzai's chief of staff or with one of Afghanistan's other presidential candidates — begins the same: They thank him for his honorable service to the people of Kunar.
Despite those endorsements, the Pentagon says that Wakil is among 74 former Guantanamo Bay detainees who've returned to or are suspected of returning to terrorism after their release from the island prison camp.
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My Comment: Iraqi tribal politics and feuds are bad .... but they pale in comparison to the feuds and hostilities between Afghan tribes. The U.S. .... being the most powerful tribe in this country ....will now find itself being in the middle of this mess more often as the surge and increase in fighting continues.
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