Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul FIG (Former Inmate Guantanamo) and now using the nom de guerre Mullah Abdullah Zakir, has been identified as the Taliban's Chief of Operations in Southern Afghanistan. His stated mission is to step up Taliban Operations to Counter the US Surge.
Whilst the Idle Man has long suspected that being a FIG would become a 'badge of honour', like JBB (Jailed By the British) was in the 1950's and 1960's and that a proportion of the former Guantanamo detainees would join/rejoin either Al-Qaeda, or the Taliban after their release (see below).
But the surfacing of Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul was a surprise, because he wasn't released, but transferred into the custody of the Afghan Governemnt in December 2007 (along with 12 others). Why the Afghan Government released him is a mystery, but a decision that will be paid for by the lives of Afghan and Coalition Service Personnel.
As for other FIGs resurfacing as Al-Qaeda, or the Taliban Terrorists this is a quote from an Associated Press Article:
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.
So it appears the Idle Man's suspicions are confirmed. Another occasion when being correct gives no pleasure at all.
Also see: Afghan Taliban Leader Was At Gitmo
Whilst the Idle Man has long suspected that being a FIG would become a 'badge of honour', like JBB (Jailed By the British) was in the 1950's and 1960's and that a proportion of the former Guantanamo detainees would join/rejoin either Al-Qaeda, or the Taliban after their release (see below).
But the surfacing of Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul was a surprise, because he wasn't released, but transferred into the custody of the Afghan Governemnt in December 2007 (along with 12 others). Why the Afghan Government released him is a mystery, but a decision that will be paid for by the lives of Afghan and Coalition Service Personnel.
As for other FIGs resurfacing as Al-Qaeda, or the Taliban Terrorists this is a quote from an Associated Press Article:
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.
So it appears the Idle Man's suspicions are confirmed. Another occasion when being correct gives no pleasure at all.
Also see: Afghan Taliban Leader Was At Gitmo
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