Former Guantanamo Detainees Are Now Taliban Leaders In Afghanistan

Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)

Kirk: All 'Major' Taliban Leaders Are Former Gitmo Prisoners -- Chicago Sun Times

“All the major leaders” of the Taliban opposition in Southern Afghanistan are former Guantanamo prisoners who have been released, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) said Thursday.

That is among the things the U.S. Naval Reserve Intelligence officer learned on his holiday deployment to Afghanistan, he told an audience at Chicago’s Union League Club Thursday.

“What I hear is that the released Guantanamo prisoners are the toughest ones to crack, the most committed to jihad,” Kirk said. “So I am urging the administration not to release any more prisoners.”

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My Comment: This outcome for Guantanamo detainees who return to the battlefield is not a surprise. I am sure that every Taliban soldier and commander looks up to these former detainees as heroes who have earned their street creds .... a credibility that I am sure that most committed Jihadists (worldwide) wish they had.