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Pentagon prepared for ‘mass casualty’ attack at Kabul Airport hours before explosion
Posted on 8/30/21 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 8/30/21 at 1:21 pm
quote:Now the Pentagon blaming the U.K. makes sense...
Detailed notes of three classified calls provided to POLITICO show top Pentagon officials knew of imminent threat, but struggled to close Abbey Gate.
Just 24 hours before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, senior military leaders gathered for the Pentagon’s daily morning update on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.
Speaking from a secure video conference room on the third floor of the Pentagon at 8 a.m. Wednesday — or 4:30 p.m. in Kabul — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin instructed more than a dozen of the department’s top leaders around the world to make preparations for an imminent “mass casualty event,” according to classified detailed notes of the gathering shared with POLITICO.
During the meeting, Gen. Mark Milley, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned of “significant” intelligence indicating that the Islamic State’s Afghanistan affiliate, ISIS-K, was planning a “complex attack,” the notes quoted him as saying.
Commanders calling in from Kabul relayed that the Abbey Gate, where American citizens had been told to gather in order to gain entrance to the airport, was “highest risk,” and detailed their plans to protect the airport.
“I don’t believe people get the incredible amount of risk on the ground,” Austin said, according to the classified notes.
On a separate call at 4 that afternoon, or 12:30 a.m. on Thursday in Kabul, the commanders detailed a plan to close Abbey Gate by Thursday afternoon Kabul time. But the Americans decided to keep the gate open longer than they wanted in order to allow their British allies, who had accelerated their withdrawal timeline, to continue evacuating their personnel, based at the nearby Baron Hotel.
American troops were still processing entrants to the airport at Abbey Gate at roughly 6 p.m. in Kabul on Thursday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest there, killing nearly 200 people, including 13 U.S. service members.
politico.com
Posted on 8/30/21 at 1:23 pm to cajunangelle
Did they forget to tell the troops?
Did the commander on the ground forget to go out and change the protocols to harden the target?
Did the commander on the ground forget to go out and change the protocols to harden the target?
Posted on 8/30/21 at 1:25 pm to cajunangelle
Let's just completely destroy that alliance.
fricking clowns.
fricking clowns.
Posted on 8/30/21 at 1:30 pm to udtiger
So someone forgot to tell the Brits they knew this was imminent.... ooops?
Posted on 8/30/21 at 1:36 pm to grape nutz
Why is the Pentagon allowing classified communications leaked? Because they wanted to blame the U.K.
This is sick. If they had used common sense to begin with and not willy nilly did this in the first place; there most likely would be no deaths or blame.
It is tacky as hell for the Pentagon to blame the UK and release this.
Even if it they were on the up and up and not dirty liars. This is not in good taste and unbecoming in showing the Pentagon dereliction.
This is sick. If they had used common sense to begin with and not willy nilly did this in the first place; there most likely would be no deaths or blame.
It is tacky as hell for the Pentagon to blame the UK and release this.
Even if it they were on the up and up and not dirty liars. This is not in good taste and unbecoming in showing the Pentagon dereliction.
Posted on 8/30/21 at 1:36 pm to cajunangelle
I can see it now:
Pentagon to Local Commander: We expect mass casualty attack soon
Commander to Pentagon: I'll take my boys and push those sons of bitches a mile away from the gate.
Pentagon (after talking to White House) To local commander: Negative on that. Stay in place
Commander to Pentagon: What is our plan then?
Pentagon : Blame it on the Brits.
Pentagon to Local Commander: We expect mass casualty attack soon
Commander to Pentagon: I'll take my boys and push those sons of bitches a mile away from the gate.
Pentagon (after talking to White House) To local commander: Negative on that. Stay in place
Commander to Pentagon: What is our plan then?
Pentagon : Blame it on the Brits.
Posted on 8/30/21 at 1:37 pm to cajunangelle
It was pretty obviously a cia attack (or at the very least facilitated by the cia) as evidenced by that fact that no other attempt was even made in the subsequent 5 days and that no other nations soldiers were harmed
We are the most evil country on the planet right now
We are the most evil country on the planet right now
This post was edited on 8/30/21 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 8/30/21 at 1:41 pm to SirWinston
quote:I believe this with every fiber of my being. I have zero doubt.
It was a cia attack as evidenced by that fact that no other attempt was even made in the subsequent 5 days
We are the most evil country on the planet right now
What kind of a feckless coward lying POS blames others as they started the entire feckless ordeal?
Our last plane just flew out.
This post was edited on 8/30/21 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 8/30/21 at 1:52 pm to cajunangelle
So the CIA tipped off the military that their CIA sponsored terrorist group was about to go live. Makes sense.
Posted on 8/30/21 at 3:25 pm to Lynxrufus2012
The CTH is on this I just saw this now. They pegged it like I was thinking...
Team one (DoS/CIA) are really putting Team two (WH/DoD) on the defensive with this leak.
Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby was furious about the intelligence leak when questioned earlier today. WATCH:
The U.S. State Department and Intelligence Community (Team 1) are really targeting the White House and Pentagon (Team 2) with this leak.
The deepest part of the Deep State is attempting to protect itself.
Team one (DoS/CIA) are really putting Team two (WH/DoD) on the defensive with this leak.
Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby was furious about the intelligence leak when questioned earlier today. WATCH:
The U.S. State Department and Intelligence Community (Team 1) are really targeting the White House and Pentagon (Team 2) with this leak.
The deepest part of the Deep State is attempting to protect itself.
This post was edited on 8/30/21 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 8/30/21 at 3:28 pm to Bwmdx
Interesting that Kirby Pentagon Spox said they will not investigate in public. Which is slam to the State Dept and CIA.
This is so fricked up.
This is so fricked up.
Posted on 8/30/21 at 3:32 pm to SirWinston
quote:
We are the most evil country on the planet right now
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