Reply #8: Found this interesting tidbit

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in this report from the CRC for Congress last Dec. Seems the US already had Bashir Noorzai in custody and then let him go. This is a guy that they claim is one of Osama's biggest sources of funding. Odd?



Afghanistan:
Narcotics and U.S. Policy

December 7, 2004

U.S. forces reportedly detained and released both Haji Juma Khan and Haji Bashir Noorzai in late 2001 and early 2002. Press accounts state that Noorzai voluntarily provided intelligence about his Taliban and Al Qaeda colleagues during questioning at Kandahar’s airport prior to his release. 38 DEA officials reportedly were unable to question him. 39 Noorzai’s forces later surrendered a large number of weapons to coalition and Afghan authorities and provided security for Qandahar governor Gul Agha Sherzai. 40 Both Khan and Noorzai currentlyremain at large, and Department of Defense officials indicate that the U.S. military is not currently pursuing them or other major figures in the Afghan opium trade.

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Haji Bashir reportedly described his time with U.S. forces in the following terms: “I spent my days and nights comfortably... There was special room for me. I was like a guest, not a prisoner.” CBS Evening News, “Newly Arrived US Army Soldiers Find it Difficult to Adjust to Life in Afghanistan’s War Zone,” February 7, 2002.


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