old but relevant: AP: Gitmo Detainees Say They Were Sold

[LSK]

They fed them well. The Pakistani tribesmen slaughtered a sheep in honor of their guests, Arabs and Chinese Muslims famished from fleeing U.S. bombing in the Afghan mountains. But their hosts had ulterior motives: to sell them to the Americans, said the men who are now prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

Bounties ranged from $3,000 to $25,000, the detainees testified during military tribunals, according to transcripts the U.S. government gave The Associated Press to comply with a Freedom of Information lawsuit.

A former CIA intelligence officer who helped lead the search for Osama bin Laden told AP the accounts sounded legitimate because U.S. allies regularly got money to help catch Taliban and al-Qaida fighters. Gary Schroen said he took a suitcase of $3 million in cash into Afghanistan himself to help supply and win over warlords to fight for U.S. Special Forces.

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The U.S. Rewards for Justice program pays only for information that leads to the capture of suspected terrorists identified by name, said Steve Pike, a State Department spokesman. Some $57 million has been paid under the program, according to its http://www.rewardsforjustice.net">web site.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0531-10.htm

[Hydra]

1. Americans are so easy to buffalo

If I were a bounty hunter, why would I bother looking for someone specific when the US will offer me cash for anyone I claim to be an Al-Qaeda fighter?

Hell, I'd be bringing in 5 a day!