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re: Taliban has taken Kabul. Terrorist attack at Airport at least 12 marines confirmed killed
Posted on 8/25/21 at 6:54 pm to Pettifogger
Posted on 8/25/21 at 6:54 pm to Pettifogger
That sounds about right…
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Posted on 8/25/21 at 6:55 pm to Centinel
Or Iranian proxies.
They can get a propaganda victory by hitting us on the way out. Biden will pack and leave and they will say they chased the Americans out.
They can get a propaganda victory by hitting us on the way out. Biden will pack and leave and they will say they chased the Americans out.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 6:59 pm to OysterPoBoy
quote:
We leaving early now?
The goal is the be out on Friday.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:02 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Where are they supposed to go?
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:04 pm to Centinel
The most likely source of a viable terrorist threat is ISIS-K.
I haven't read up on them much, but here is was Wikipedia has to say:
ETA: One of their leaders was being held at a jail in Afghanistan, not Kabul, and was essentially released when the jail guards fled.
I haven't read up on them much, but here is was Wikipedia has to say:
quote:
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIL-KP or ISKP; Arabic: ?????? ????????? ?? ?????? ?????? – ????? ???????, ad-Dawlah al-Islamiyah fi 'l-?Iraq wa-sh-Sham – Wilayah Khorasan)[19] is a self-proclaimed branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) active in South Asia and Central Asia, though ISIL denies any connection.[20][21] Some media sources also use the terms ISK, ISISK, IS-KP, ISIS-K or Daesh-Khorasan in referring to the group. The Khorasan group has been active in Afghanistan[22][11][23][24] and its area of operations also includes other parts such as Pakistan,[25] Tajikistan,[26] and India where some individuals have pledged allegiance to it.[27][28]
ETA: One of their leaders was being held at a jail in Afghanistan, not Kabul, and was essentially released when the jail guards fled.
This post was edited on 8/25/21 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:08 pm to ItTakesAThief
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Or Iranian proxies.
Iranian proxies in Afghanistan have one and only one goal: to create an independent ethnic Hazara state in Central Afghanistan. They are not concerned about anything else, nor would they risk the potential blowback if they killed American civilians.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:15 pm to Tigerbait357
quote:
The documentary on this thing should be something....
There will be a documentary in a few years where we find an American woman or child that we abandoned in Afghanistan as a sex slave in somewhere like Qatar or Dubai. Even more horrifying is when she tells us the stories of the Americans and Europeans she begs for help, but they rape her anyway and do nothing.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:17 pm to OMLandshark
I missed earlier today that John Kirby confirmed that no Americans have been rescued outside of Kabul.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:22 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
quote:Can't blame them. Let's hope they forgive and give some deference to the next one.
Joe Biden’s betrayal: Allies can never trust this president again
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:24 pm to Tigerbait357
quote:There will be two versions. Version 1... no one will ever see. It will be banned on every media platform.
The documentary on this thing should be something....
Version 2 will be "Slaughter in Kabul, why Systemic White Supremacy in America lead us here".
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:28 pm to LegendInMyMind
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I missed earlier today that John Kirby confirmed that no Americans have been rescued outside of Kabul.
Reporter- Why didn’t you rescue any Americans outside of Kabul?
Butthead- Uhhhhhhhhh…. We didn’t think about it.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:36 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
quote:
Ryan Mauro
@ryanmauro
BREAKING
Confirmed: #Taliban seized cell towers.
Since Internet & cells likely to be shut down in #Afghanistan, now is time for all of us to tell #Afghans that we'll be supporting them and the #Panjshir resistance even if USG won't.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:37 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
quote:
Since Internet & cells likely to be shut down in #Afghanistan, now is time for all of us to tell #Afghans that we'll be supporting them and the #Panjshir resistance even if USG won't.
Don’t worry, we’ll still get the beheading videos.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:42 pm to OMLandshark
Who needs cell towers. Taliban has all that US communications equipment.
They no longer need cell communication.
They no longer need cell communication.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:44 pm to OMLandshark
quote:
Don’t worry, we’ll still get the beheading videos.
Only matters if they play lawn fairy games with the heads.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:47 pm to LegendInMyMind
NY Times
quote:
ISIS Branch Poses Biggest Immediate Terror Threat to Evacuation in Kabul
quote:
WASHINGTON — The United States has been battling the Taliban and their militant partners in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda and the Haqqani network, for 20 years.
But the biggest immediate threat to both the Americans and the Taliban as the United States escalates its evacuation at the Kabul airport before an Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline is a common rival that is lesser known: Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, the terrorist group’s affiliate in Afghanistan.
Created six years ago by disaffected Pakistani Taliban, ISIS-K has carried out dozens of attacks in Afghanistan this year. American military and intelligence analysts say threats from the group include a bomb-laden truck, suicide bombers infiltrating the crowd outside Hamid Karzai International Airport and mortar strikes against the airfield.
These threats, coupled with new demands by the Taliban for the United States to leave by Aug. 31, probably influenced President Biden’s decision on Tuesday to stick to that deadline. “Every day we’re on the ground is another day we know that ISIS-K is seeking to target the airport and attack both U.S. and allied forces and innocent civilians,” Mr. Biden said.
The threats lay bare a complicated dynamic between the Taliban, Al Qaeda and the Haqqani network, and their bitter rival, ISIS-K, in what analysts say portends a bloody struggle involving thousands of foreign fighters on both sides.
A United Nations report in June concluded that 8,000 to 10,000 fighters from Central Asia, the North Caucasus region of Russia, Pakistan and the Xinjiang region in western China have poured into Afghanistan in recent months. Most are associated with the Taliban or Al Qaeda, the report said, but others are allied with ISIS-K.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:47 pm to MrLarson
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Americans are now being told to not come to the airport and if you're there leave.
Had to add a few more flipflops to my earlier post.... LINK
In case you’re keeping track at home…
- we’re going to the airport
- do not come to the airport “shelter in place”
- ok come to the airport
- errr, come to the airport, but it’s not really safe
- Per Biden it’s totally safe
- do not come to the airport, too dangerous
- leave the airport
- where is everybody?
- maybe no one wants to leave?
- better get here soon, we're going home early
- if you're here go away
This post was edited on 8/25/21 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:51 pm to Capt ST
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Only matters if they play lawn fairy games with the heads.
Going to be playing dodgeball like in the Chinese Opium Dens where it was invented:
This post was edited on 8/25/21 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:51 pm to Capt ST
Anyone else unable to see what’s trending on Twitter?
Mine has been this way for a few days. Thought it may be some sort of glitch at first but it persists and the last time I remember having it was when all the negative trends about Biden and Afghanistan were high.
Mine has been this way for a few days. Thought it may be some sort of glitch at first but it persists and the last time I remember having it was when all the negative trends about Biden and Afghanistan were high.
This post was edited on 8/25/21 at 8:05 pm
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