First, this is only printed in a couple of big-name newspapers, and all based on anonymous sources.
The odds of the story being true? Unknown.
The odds are some tribal group in Afghanistan simply told some US Army liaison of a story they heard, and that Afghan guy heard it from another guy? That's the problem....it sounds like a good story.
Second, did the Pentagon hold back the story in March because of the question of factual data?
I would make a strong suggestion that they needed secondary confirmation, and just never got anywhere with this.
Then third, and probably the bigger of all problems....once you proved all of this....then what? Would you offer a counter-bounty on each Russian? Would you remove all troops from the region?
After all of this....then the question comes up....why wouldn't ISIS or the Taliban do the same thing?
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