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riverwalker

(8,694 posts) Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:25 PM Jun 2014

Bergdahl and NYT reporter Rhode were captured by same group

Bergdahl reveals the impossible choices faced by hostages’ families
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/06/06/bergdahl-reveals-the-impossible-choices-faced-by-hostages-families/

I’m biased about Bergdahl. Five years ago, I was kidnapped by the same Afghan Taliban faction along with two Afghan colleagues while I was on leave from The New York Times, researching a book in Afghanistan. An offer for an interview from a Taliban commander who had previously met twice with European journalists proved to be a ruse. We were abducted at the meeting point and then transported to the tribal areas of Pakistan.

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Bergdahl and NYT reporter Rhode were captured by same group (Original Post) riverwalker Jun 2014 OP

Money quote at the end.. mahalo riverwalker! Cha Jun 2014 #1

KICK! Cha Jun 2014 #2

K&R pscot Jun 2014 #3

K & R nt okaawhatever Jun 2014 #4

Kick! Cha Jun 2014 #5

Cha

(296,759 posts)

1. Money quote at the end.. mahalo riverwalker!

Reply to riverwalker (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:32 PM

Jun 2014

"The focus of our anger should be the kidnappers. They are the problem, not hostages, their families, or a government that meets a demand.

We must unite in fighting the perpetrators of a craven crime — not each other."