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Canadian held hostage in Pakistan for five years reveals his baby was murdered by guards and his American wife was raped as the couple arrive home with their three other children born in captivity
2017-10-14
[DailyMail] Upon arriving back in Canada late Friday Joshua Boyle said, 'The stupidity and evil of the Haqqani network's kidnapping of a pilgrim
...an interesting word, especially for a Canadian...
and his heavily pregnant wife engaged in helping ordinary villagers in Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
-controlled regions of Afghanistan was eclipsed only by the stupidity and evil of authorizing the murder of my infant daughter.'

Boyle said his wife was raped by a guard who was assisted by his superiors. He asked for the Afghan government to bring them to justice.

He said he was in Afghanistan to help villagers 'who live deep inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan where no NGO, no aid worker and no government has ever successfully been able to bring the necessary help.'
Curiouser and curiouser.
Posted by:trailing wife

#12  #10 - JF is a Master at understatemnt
Posted by: Frank G   2017-10-14 20:49  

#11  We caught the Paks and Haqqani in bed together is what it was.
Posted by: newc   2017-10-14 19:33  

#10  Difficult to believe this fellow
Posted by: John Frum   2017-10-14 19:26  

#9  I'm not sure Pakistan DID give Trump something

They didn't, really. More like they gave the Canadians something.

Note that the Paks broadcast to all and sundry about the 'wonderful' thing they did, however. Either their pet Haqqanis either were the ones who went rogue, or the Pak IC screwed up. Possibly the Canadians paid something. Ironic in any case.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-10-14 19:03  

#8  I'm not sure Pakistan DID give Trump something. It sounds like they just gave us the trash off the floor. I'm not entirely sure they were "Hostages" in the traditional sense, or if anything this guy has been describing happened.

The wife seems alarmingly submissive to me. Until intel comes in backing his story up, or the wife actually confirms, I just don't think I can really believe this POS.
Posted by: Charles   2017-10-14 15:46  

#7  Bottom line here is Pakistan had to give Trump something.
Posted by: newc   2017-10-14 15:16  

#6  Only if you're not really thinking.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-10-14 14:15  

#5  A... curiously odd... situation.

Not really. We are talking about Muslims after all.
Posted by: Phavique Squank3108   2017-10-14 12:56  

#4  A... curiously odd... situation.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-10-14 11:31  

#3  Judging by the before and after photos the Taliban has a pretty effective weight loss regime.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-10-14 11:09  

#2  "pilgrim" a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons...

The stupid azz canadian government will probably give this American hating, Khadr loving terrorist a couple million dollar settlement as well...but, maybe not - he didn't kill any US Soldiers as far as we know...
Posted by: Tennessee   2017-10-14 10:44  

#1  When I read the word "pilgrim," I heard it the way The Duke would have said it: Someone who is out of place in a place where ignorance and naiveté have harsh consequences. The guy has every right to be very angry, but for him to believe he made no bad choices himself, that's a bridge too far, IMHO...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2017-10-14 10:18  

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