Friday, June 6, 2014

Conflicting Reports On The Details Of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's Capture, Detention, And Release Continue To Be Disclosed

The hand off: The Taliban released this video showing a seemingly-healthy Bowe Bergdahl being given over to American allies in spite of President Obama's earlier claims that his declining health prompted the trade

EXCLUSIVE: Bergdahl Declared Jihad In Captivity, Secret Documents Show -- FOX News

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at one point during his captivity converted to Islam, fraternized openly with his captors and declared himself a "mujahid," or warrior for Islam, according to secret documents prepared on the basis of a purported eyewitness account and obtained by Fox News.

The reports indicate that Bergdahl's relations with his Haqqani captors morphed over time, from periods of hostility, where he was treated very much like a hostage, to periods where, as one source told Fox News, "he became much more of an accepted fellow" than is popularly understood. He even reportedly was allowed to carry a gun at times.

The documents show that Bergdahl at one point escaped his captors for five days and was kept, upon his re-capture, in a metal cage, like an animal. In addition, the reports detail discussions of prisoner swaps and other attempts at a negotiated resolution to the case that appear to have commenced as early as the fall of 2009.

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More News On The Details Of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's Capture, Detention, And Release

Taliban Commanders Say They Found Bergdahl Cursing His Countrymen -- NBC
Exclusive: Afghan villagers recall when Bergdahl stumbled into their midst -- Washington Post
Bergdahl 'declared himself a warrior for Islam and played soccer with his captors after being found by the Taliban wandering along a roadside cursing America' -- Daily Mail
Bergdahl Is Said to Have History of Leaving Post -- New York Times
Bergdahl had left his unit before, but returned: sources -- Reuters
Afghan intelligence think Bergdahl was ‘probably high’ when he left base -- New York Post
Taliban Commander: More Kidnappings to Come After Bergdahl Deal -- Time

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