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Friday, February 3, 2012

Imprisoned Taliban Leaders Being Sent to Qatar, Future Home of Taliban Office

esmaeeli20120109174213470Reports are leaking from Washington that a high ranking White House official met with 8 senators on Tuesday, to brief them on plans to send some of the Taliban leaders being currently imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay, to jails in the Arab nation of Qatar.
The senators that were briefed included four Democrats (Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Intelligence Committee co-head Dianne Feinstein, Senate Armed Services co-chief Carl Levin, Senate Foreign Relations Committee co-leader John Kerry) and four Republicans (Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Intelligence Committee co-head Saxby Chambliss, Senate Armed Services chief John McCain, Senate Foreign Relations Committee co-leader Richard Lugar).
Although none of the senators made any comments after the briefing, several indicated prior to it that it had to do with the ongoing attempt of the Obama administration to reconcile with the Taliban.  Prior to the meeting Sen Levin said,

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