Missing U.S. Soldier May Be in Pakistan

[tekisui]

Source: CBS

The U.S. soldier kidnapped by Taliban forces in Afghanistan may have been taken across the border to Pakistan, complicating efforts to obtain his release, according to two people involved in U.S. and Afghan military efforts to locate him, and three Afghan soldiers captured with him.

The soldier, Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Idaho, is the first serviceman captured since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. According to a person actively involved in the search, a top Afghan insurgent commander has taken credit for capturing the soldier and has now moved the soldier to South Waziristan, Pakistan. U.S. armed forces are not permitted to operate inside Pakistan except under extreme circumstances.

more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=8127636&page=1

[tekisui]

1. I hope this doesn't spiral into a reason to put troops on the ground in

Pakistan. I feel it going that way, though.

[MADem]

2. Permitted to operate....never stopped Bushco, did it? nt

[tekisui]

3. The demands for his release are reported to be an end to the drones.

The insurgent leader, Mullah Sangeen, reportedly wants the United States
to stop its aerial attacks on the region in return for Bergdahl's release.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/07/20/Report-Missing-GI-may-be-in-Pakistan/UPI-83431248120022/

[timeforpeace]

4. Sounds like the US is going into S Waziristan, which just happens to be where we wanted to go.

[tekisui]

5. Yep. Check this out:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6109324&mesg_id=6109324

[timeforpeace]

6. How convenient. They're telegraphing their moves. Can you say, done deal?