By Francesca Chambers One of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl's captors lost a son in a CIA drone strike in an incident that has intriguing similarities with the hit HBO Homeland, it was revealed today. Four years ago, in an untelevised speech at an Idaho Republican Party fundraiser, Bergdahl's father, Bob, made an unusual request of his audience. The grieving father asked attendees of the event to say a prayer for the head of the terrorist network he believed was holding his son hostage. Prayer: bob Bergdahl (with wife Jani) made a speech making the drone claim and asked the audience to say a prayer for the terrorist holding his son hostage
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A story told four years ago by Sgt. Bowe Begdahl's father about his son's captor is eerily similar to a plotline in Homeland
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At an Idaho Republican Party fundraiser in June 2010 Bob Bergdahl asked an audience to pray for the man holding Bowe hostage
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That man's son, Bob said, was killed in a U.S. drone strike earlier that year
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A year and a half later, the HBO hit Homeland would air an episode in which former POW and Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody is revealed to have 'turned' against his country after his captor's son, Issa, was killed in a drone strike
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Brody converted to Islam and took up jihadism after Issa's death
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There have been conflicting reports on whether Bowe Bergdahl has done the same
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