Family of U.S. Aid Worker: Bergdahl Deal Emboldened Her Captors
 

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J...ac4e54ac545c9bThe family of Kayla Mueller, the U.S. aid worker who died while a captive of Islamic State militants in Syria, said a prisoner swap deal cut by Washington to get back a U.S. Army Sergeant held by the Taliban hurt efforts to free her. Carl Mueller, Kayla's father, told NBC in an interview broadcast on Monday that the family had hoped to raise money for a $6.2 million ransom demanded by his daughter's captors, even though it was a daunting amount for them to contemplate. But relatives said Mueller's value to her jailers increased after the White House agreed last year to exchange five Taliban militants held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years in captivity after leaving his post in Afghanistan in 2009.




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