Wage to 15. Five taliban fighters held at the Guantanamo Bay prison for 12 years have been exchanged for one army prisoner, Bowe Bergdahl the idaho. Republicans accused the Obama Administration of violating detainee transfer laws. Today the white house fought back. Prisoner exchanges are not unman in armed conflict. Without getting into specific assurance, i can tell you that they included a travel ban, in fact sharing on the detainees between the United States and qatar. I can tell you the assurances were sufficient to allowing the secretary of defense, chuck hagel, in coordination with the National Security team to determine that the threat posed by the detainees to the United States would be mitt dated, and that the mitigated and that the transfer was in the u. S. National interest. Among those denouncing the swap is hamid karzai, said to be angry about being kept in the dark. Randall pinkston has more. U. S. Officials do not know how much longer Bowe Bergdahl will be treated in a h
But as jane arraf reports, with changes at the top the Government Faces huge challenges. After weeks of insisting he would in the step aside, this announcement . Translation in order to enable political process to go forward im withdrawing my nomination from the post of Prime Minister in favour of Haider Alabadi, for the sake of the best doctors of the country. Its a country at war with itself, as well as against the Islamic State group. Kurds and sunnis sniffeded that maliki be replaced. He had lost report from his own shia allies. The shia leadership urged him to step down, convinced he could no longer hold the country or the shias together. Translation i faced a ferocious attack. Reporter Nouri Almaliki became Prime Minister eight years ago, residing over iraq regaining sovereignty after u. S. Occupation. In 2011 oversaw the exit of u. S. Troops. He alienated political allies, until recently he retained popular support. In a bold move in 2008, he sent the iraqsy army to basra to ret
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