Karzai flipping US the bird

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Publisher's note:  In yet another epic failure of US Foreign Relations, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has informed us that his government is going to release 72 prisoners that we consider to be security threats.  Frankly, I'm shocked!  After all the Chai Tea we drank with him and his minions; who would have thought?

Fox News:  Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the country is going to release all but 16 of 88 prisoners considered a security threat by the United States.

In a statement Thursday, Karzai says that a review of the prisoners' cases by Afghan intelligence and judicial officials turned up no evidence of wrongdoing for 45 of the detainees. Karzai says there was insufficient evidence on another 27 and that they must be released.

The U.S. is strongly opposed to their release because it says the prisoners have been involved in the wounding or killing of U.S. and coalition troops, Reuters reported.  

The issue has been a sticking point in Afghan-U.S. relations as the two sides struggle to agree on a framework for the withdrawal of American and allied forces by the end of next year and the aftermath. Last week, a group of U.S. senators met Karzai in Kabul to warn him that release of the 88 detainees from the Parwan Detention Facility "would be a major step backward" for U.S.-Afghan relations.

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