Sunday, December 20, 2009

Are the Taliban releasing a tape of MIA soldier Bowe Bergdahl?

That's the rumor and according to the Taliban spokesperson, the video is entitled "One Of Their People Testified". Just based on the title - I don't think it's going to be good. Who knows what the Taliban put him through before his 'so-called' testimony? As always, our thoughts and prayers continue to be with Pfc. Bergdahl and his family. (And I'd also like to give a big shout out to Bikers for Blood, they recently held a blood drive event where people could write letters of support to the Bergdahl family.)

From MSNBC:

The Taliban have announced they will release a new video of a U.S. soldier captured in Afghanistan, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring group said Wednesday.

SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S.-based terrorist tracking organization, said the media arm of the Afghan Taliban made the announcement Wednesday on their Web site.

The video is said to be titled, "One of Their People Testified." The Taliban did not name the American. The only U.S. soldier known to be in captivity is Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, who disappeared more than five months ago in Afghanistan.

Bergdahl, 23, was captured June 30 in the eastern province of Paktika province near the Pakistan border. His Taliban captors released a propaganda video of him about two weeks later. In the July 19 video, Bergdahl appeared downcast and frightened. No subsequent videos have been released.

More here.

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