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Bowe Bergdahl Found During California Pot Raid, Released by Officials
Former Taliban captive and Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl gets caught up in a drug raid while visiting friends at a ranch in California.
Why is this Traitor not at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio awaiting court martial? Hasn’t he already proved that he is a flight risk?
From Fox News:
Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who was released in a prisoner exchange in Afghanistan for five Taliban detainees, wound up in the middle of a pot raid earlier this week in northern California.
Captian Greg Van Patten with the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Thursday that the county’s marijuana eradication team encountered Bergdahl on Tuesday while serving a search warrant on a home in Redwood City, Calif.
Van Patten said Bergdahl was detained, but ultimately was “determined not to be connected to the operation, at least there was no evidence to suggest he was involved.”
When Bergdahl encountered the law enforcement team, Van Patten said he identified himself while the sheriff’s office reached out to the Department of Defense. The agency confirmed Bergdahl was on leave, and asked for their assistance in getting him back.
Sheriff’s office personnel later drove Bergdahl “to a halfway point,” where he met up with army representatives.
An Army spokeswoman, Cynthia O. Smith, confirmed to Fox News that Bergdahl was picked up in California.
“U.S. Army North was contacted by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s office on July 21 regarding an incident within their jurisdiction in which SGT Bowe Bergdahl was present,” Smith said.
“SGT Bergdahl was on authorized leave in California at that time. He was not arrested and has returned to his duty station at Fort Sam Houston He has not been charged with any crime involving his time on leave,” she added.
Van Patten said the marijuana eradication team discovered 180 mature plants being grown outdoors, and added that it would not be out of the question for someone in the house to not be aware of the plants.
At least one person was arrested in the raid, but Van Patten said at least one person other than Bergdahl was also not arrested. He added that it is “not unusual” for people found in similar situations to be released.
British Sniper Kills Six Taliban With Single Shot
British Sniper Kills Six Taliban With Single Shot: Hit suicide bomber’s explosive vest from half a mile.
Achievement unlocked!
A British sniper in Afghanistan killed six Taliban insurgents with a single shot from his rifle.
The unidentified 20-year-old Lance Corporal made the 930-yard shot in Kakaran last December during a gun battle with 15 to 20 insurgents. He fired a single round from his L115A3 rifle, striking the trigger device of a suicide bomber, killing the bomber and five other nearby Taliban, Telegraph reports.
Lt. Col. Richard Slack, commanding officer of 9/12 Royal Lancers, recounted the event.
“The guy was wearing a vest. He was identified by the sniper moving down a tree line and coming up over a ditch,” said Slack. “He had a shawl on. It rose up and the sniper saw he had a machine gun. They were in contact and he was moving to a firing position. The sniper engaged him and the guy exploded. There was a pause on the radio and the sniper said, ‘I think I’ve just shot a suicide bomber.’ The rest of them were killed in the blast.”
The sniper is said to have averted mass casualties, as a second suicide bomb vest packed with 44 pounds of explosives was discovered nearby.
The same sniper earlier killed a Taliban machine-gunner from 1,465 yards. It was the first round he fired during the course of his tour.
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