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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Bowe Bergdahl

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter holds a Marine Corps Ka-Bar knife while being interviewed in his Pentagon office, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
January 19, 2017, 1:10 pm
Pentagon chief says he opposed cutting Manning’s prison term
Ashton Carter reveals he ‘recommended against’ commutation for leaker of classified documents, decision was Obama’s
By Robert Burns
In this May 30, 2013, photo, Kayla Mueller is shown after speaking to a group in Prescott, Ariz. (Photo credit: AP/The Daily Courier, Matt Hinshaw)
May 24, 2015, 11:52 am
Slain IS hostage ‘gave up chance to escape’
Before her death Kayla Mueller had opportunity to flee captivity, but did not want to leave unwell cellmate behind, Foreign Policy reports
By ToI Staff
US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was captured in Afghanistan in 2009 (photo credit: United States Army/File)
March 26, 2015, 7:02 am
Freed Taliban captive Bergdahl to face desertion charges
US military says soldier held by Islamists for 5 years could face life in prison if convicted, though experts say that is unlikely
By Allen G. Breed and Lolita C. Baldor
In this May 30, 2013, photo, Kayla Mueller is shown after speaking to a group in Prescott, Ariz. (Photo credit: AP/The Daily Courier, Matt Hinshaw)
February 24, 2015, 5:51 am
Kayla Mueller’s brother: Bergdahl swap raised IS demands
Release of five Taliban terrorists for US serviceman hardened Islamic State’s position on American aid worker, family claims
By AP
In this July 19, 2004 file photo USMC Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun prepares himself as he waits to make a statement to a large crowd of media outside the gates to USMC Base Quantico, Va. (photo credit: AP Photo/Dylan Moore, File)
February 24, 2015, 4:04 am
US Marine who vanished in Iraq gets 2 years in prison
Wassef Hassoun, upset over American treatment of detainees, deserted twice, military judge rules
By Jonathan drew
A video released by the Taliban purports to show Bowe Bergdahl being handed over to US troops. (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
December 19, 2014, 6:37 am
UN Experts: Taliban radicals against peace gain prominence
Release of prisoners from Guantanamo has not led to any concessions in Afghanistan, says monitoring group
By Edith M. Lederer
Illustrative photo of a Havana street (photo credit: Courtesy Richard Smith, www.jewishcuba.org)
December 17, 2014, 6:22 pm
US, Cuba said seeking to normalize relations
Florida senator says Obama administration set to open embassy in Havana within months
By Julie Pace and Matthew Lee
US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah Saturday, July 26, 2014, at the US ambassador's residence in Paris (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)
September 16, 2014, 1:33 am
Tiny Qatar plays outsized role in US war strategy
While some believe emirate funnels money to Islamist organizations, American military officials use country to launch strikes against Islamic State
By Robert Burns and Adam Schreck
Steven Sotloff and his IS captor in a video from August. (YouTube screenshot)
September 11, 2014, 9:17 am
Shunning hostage-takers does nothing to discourage them, expert says
Counter-terror authority says research shows ‘no concessions’ policy ineffective, as kidnappers win whether their demands are met or not; only solution is destroying terror groups
By Elhanan Miller
In this Monday, February 6, 2012 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, as the then Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, looks on after signing an agreement in Doha, Qatar. (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal, File)
August 21, 2014, 11:57 am
Some see Qatar’s hand in collapse of Gaza talks
Gulf emirate denies allegations that it scuttled talks out of self interest
By Adam Schreck
US President Barack Obama, May 28, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/ Jim WATSON)
July 30, 2014, 6:02 pm
GOP-led House ready to OK lawsuit against Obama
Republicans accuse US president of exceeding his powers while enforcing healthcare law
By AP
In this July 19, 2004 file photo USMC Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun prepares himself as he waits to make a statement to a large crowd of media outside the gates to USMC Base Quantico, Va. (photo credit: AP Photo/Dylan Moore, File)
June 30, 2014, 1:00 am
Marine who disappeared in Iraq in 2004 back in US
Accused of deserting, Wassef Ali Hassoun turns himself in; claimed a decade ago he was kidnapped
By Robert Burns
Alan Gross, with his wife Judy, at the Western Wall in the spring of 2005. (photo credit: courtesy)
June 26, 2014, 5:49 am
Wife of Alan Gross invokes Taliban-POW trade following prison visit
Judy Gross says US could trade husband for remaining ‘Cuban five’ like Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was exchanged for five Taliban fighters
By JTA
In this image taken from video, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan, just before his release into the custody of US special forces, May 31, 2014. (photo credit: Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)
June 14, 2014, 12:46 am
Bergdahl ‘looked good’ upon return to US
Released soldier is said to be speaking English and shows ‘good comportment,’ but no scheduled meeting with family just yet
By JUAN LOZANO
US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was captured in Afghanistan in 2009 (photo credit: United States Army/File)
June 13, 2014, 6:30 pm
Bergdahl back in the US to continue recuperation
Army sergeant who spent five years as a Taliban captive set to reunite with his family in San Antonio
By JUAN LOZANO
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