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2021-08-22 Afghanistan

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Posted by trailing wife 2021-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
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#1 'We are trapped in hell': Afghans caught in Kabul airport chaos say victims are being shot, beaten, and trampled to death with at least TWENTY killed in stampede to escape Taliban before America shuts down lifeline

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-22 06:51|| 2021-08-22 06:51|| Front Page Top

#2 US Embassy tells Americans NOT to go to Kabul airport after ISIS threaten 'suicide car bomb attack': Warning comes as Pentagon AGAIN contradicts Biden's claim there's 'no indication' the Taliban is stopping citizens

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-22 06:52|| 2021-08-22 06:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Pentagon hints troops may begin operations OUTSIDE Kabul airport to rescue US citizens as Taliban leader arrives in Kabul: Biden will address the nation at 4pm and stranded Americans in Afghanistan tell him 'we need help'

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-22 06:53|| 2021-08-22 06:53|| Front Page Top

#4 If the TB permit the airport to remain open, the evacuations can continue. If the TB closes the airport with gunfire, mortars, car bombs, shoot down an airplane, etc. things will begin to rapidly deteriorate. Whoever controls the ground, controls events. At this point we are at the mercy of the TB.

The French disaster at Dien Bien Phu turned South when use of the airstrip was eliminated.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-22 07:02|| 2021-08-22 07:02|| Front Page Top

#5 US troops fire shots into the air and use teargas on desperate crowds as chaos at Kabul airport enters fifth day: Taliban block Westerners from reaching flights and Afghan mothers give their BABIES to soldiers

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-22 07:10|| 2021-08-22 07:10|| Front Page Top

#6 A senior US official said that small groups of Americans and possibly other civilians will now be given specific instructions on what to do, including movement to extraction points where they can be gathered up by special operations teams.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-22 07:12|| 2021-08-22 07:12|| Front Page Top

Many years ago, SF operators using orange taxis and dressed in local attire (Hajji mufti) were able to get around in Baghdad, Iraq and vicinity at any hour.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-22 07:18|| 2021-08-22 07:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Well, ISIS doesn't care for us, the Brits, or even the Taliban... A VBIED(s) anywhere near the airport or its approaches is the worse case scenario.

Its a good thing all of the really bad actors and planners are detained in the Bagram DFIP and Pul-e-Charkhi...then again maybe not thanks to Austin and Milley's jackassery.

It is likely a race against time to stay inside the ISIS operational planning and IED prep timeline to get our folks out of the Kabul AO before they are prepared to strike.

Posted by Tennessee 2021-08-22 11:35|| 2021-08-22 11:35|| Front Page Top

#9 My take as well Tennessee. Time, it is not on our side with this one.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-22 11:38|| 2021-08-22 11:38|| Front Page Top

#10 One thing I don't understand is how we're going to extract the Marines, airborne, SOF, and other mil guys we've recently sent to Kabul if we lose the ability to fly men out and supplies in. But I'm sure General Milley has thought that through.

Posted by Matt 2021-08-22 13:05|| 2021-08-22 13:05|| Front Page Top

#11 Yuge C.F. of immense proportions.

Posted by JohnQC 2021-08-22 16:46|| 2021-08-22 16:46|| Front Page Top

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