Cheat Sheet - EXCLUSIVE: Bergdahl Escaped Taliban Twice

Read This, Skip That .... June 05, 2014 TOUGH CALL 1. Bergdahl Escaped Taliban Twice The real reason the U.S. did not attempt a rescue mission for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was that he was being moved so often by the Taliban after he tried to escape not just once, but also a second time. In that second attempt, reports Kimberly Dozier for the first time, Bergdahl made it to the mountains in Pakistan before being turned over by villagers to the Haqqani network. To rescue him, commandos would have had to hit a dozen safehouses in Pakistan at once, and risk significant political fallout with Islamabad. Read it at The Daily Beast NIGHTMARE 2. Boko Haram Kills 200 More According to witnesses, after Nigerians in the Gwoza district begged the Nigerian government to send soldiers to defend and protect the region, Boko Haram militants dressed up as soldiers and came and killed at least 200 civilians in three separate communities. The leaders in the region had told the government that they had heard militants were about to attack, but no help ever came. Read it at Associated Press INVASIVE 3. The Mom Forced to Have a C-Section Too often, women find themselves in labor and under pressure from their doctor to have a C-section against their will. Emily Shire reports on the case of Rinat Dray, who says she was threatened by her doctor and never consented to the procedure. Even worse, the reason behind the high number may be financial incentives for the doctor and hospital, or that doctors don't have the time. Read it at The Daily Beast MOVE! 4. Military Jet Crashes Into Homes At around 4 p.m. PT on Wednesday, a military jet from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma crashed into several homes in a California town near the Arizona border. Eight homes were evacuated, and three were destroyed by flames. The pilot ejected safely and was taken to the hospital. There were no reports of injuries on the ground. The aircraft was an AV-8B Harrier jet. According to the U.S. Marine Corps website, the jet can "hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic speed." Read it at KTLA SAD 5. Bergdahl Hometown Cancels Party Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's hometown of Hailey, Idaho, will no longer be throwing a party to celebrate his return. Members of his community have thrown an annual Bring Back Bowe event, and were planning on celebrating his release with a Bowe Is Back party in "celebration of family and friends being reunited with their son who was had been held captive in Afghanistan for five years." However, the group that organizes the event said that due to national media attention, and the number of people who would protest it, "In the interest of public safety, the event will be canceled. Hailey, a town of 8,000, does not have the infrastructure to support an event of the size this could become." The party was supposed to be held in a public park on June 28. However, because the town has been inundated with emails, phone calls, and letters mostly from people attacking the Bergdahl family, organizers thought it wise to call off the event. Read it at The Washington Post GET MORE Sprint to Gobble Up T-Mobile for $32B Deal could be completed by this summer. FINALLY Sterling Agrees to Sell Clippers Will drop lawsuit against NBA. GO GET HIM Manhunt Underway in Canada After man kills three police, wounds two. FAREWELL Baseball Legend Don Zimmer Dies Worked in professional baseball since 1950s. SERIOUSLY? Gwyneth Paltrow: Water Has Feelings Words affect how it freezes. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. How Tom Cruise Can Get His Groove Back by Andrew Romano Amazon Is NOT the Putin of Books by Nick Gillespie Confessions of a Human Trafficker by Barbie Latza Nadeau

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