WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Taliban's new top operations officer in southern Afghanistan is a former prisoner at the Guantanamo detention center. Pentagon and CIA officials say Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul was among 13 prisoners released to the Afghan government in December 2007. He is now known as Mullah Abdullah Zakir, a name officials say is used by the Taliban leader in charge of operations against U.S. and Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan.
One intelligence official told The Associated Press that Rasoul's stated mission is to counter the growing U.S. troop surge.
I will mention that these 13 were released to the Afghan government by the Bush administration. But this is a perfect example, as i stated in the earlier GUANTANAMO- GUANTANA-NO post, that these detainees CAN NOT be released back into society ANYWHERE. It's the most asinine thing i've ever heard. In my opinion the choices are simple, Gitmo stays open or they are executed after being tried and convicted for their obvious crimes.
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