Posted on 09/17/2021 3:51:27 PM PDT by Robwin
The Pentagon acknowledged on Friday that a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan on Aug. 29 that officials said was necessary to prevent an attack on American troops was a tragic mistake that killed 10 civilians, including seven children.
The explosives the military claimed were loaded in the trunk of a white Toyota sedan struck by the drone’s Hellfire missile were most likely water bottles, and a secondary explosion in the courtyard in a densely populated Kabul neighborhood where the attack took place was probably a propane or gas tank, officials said. In short, the car posed no threat at all, investigators concluded.
Senior Defense Department leaders acknowledged that the driver of the car, Zemari Ahmadi, a longtime worker for a U.S. aid group, had nothing to do with the Islamic State, as military officials had previously asserted. Mr. Ahmadi’s only connection to the terrorist group appeared to be a fleeting and innocuous interaction with people in what the military believed was an ISIS safe house in Kabul, an initial link that led military analysts to make one mistaken judgment after another while tracking Mr. Ahmadi’s movements in the sedan for the next eight hours.
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Anyone whom couldn't see this operation was originally designed to take the heat off Joe for the Kabul airport disaster simply wasn't paying attention. The fact they botched it only adds to the tragedy.
Plane load of cash to follow….. and James Taylor to sing for them
All democrat taliban party voters are responsible for 10 murders.
Laying the ground work for president harris
Criminals. They literally did it to wag the dog after out incompetent generals and President carelessly and deliberately wasted the lives of 13 good Americans.
Friday night dump!
Wow, I knew it from on the ground reports within hours, and it takes how long for the news to hit the lamestream?
Maybe that’s the kind of thing that that Marine Colonel was talking about before he was told he was gonna lose eveything...including his pension.
Those must be the terrorists that Biden promised would be hunted-down and would pay for having killed our 13 Marines.
Now Biden can move along to dealing with all of the other crisis on his plate. The Afghan war is over and the Taliban has been dealt with. Next!
Bill Clinton did the same thing when he bombed that aspirin factory in Sudan.
They said that two high ranking terrorists were killed in the drone strike. But refused to name them. And our Corrupt Liberal News Media said OK, sounds legit and never pressed them on it..
It has also been reported that a drone had a kill shot on the car bomber that killed 13 marines and 170 Afghans a couple days earlier but command wouldnt give the go ahead.
You’re right. When the media claimed that there were two drone strikes, the first one “killed” a planner and another ISIS-K member, I wanted the Pentagon to name names. If the Pentagon knew who they killed, they should have told the public. I’m still waiting for the Pentagon to name names.
Will Pelosi let their names be read on the floor of the House?
Wait til they start droning republican families here then issuing sincere apologies.
Hey, Joe’s reputation took a hit. Why not murder a few kids for a bit of a PR boost.
If the Trump Administration had done this, the MSM, the Democrats, Hollywood celebrities, etc. would be calling for a war crimes trial 24/7.
Was this on page 12, below the fold? Or what?
Is this the same thing as Janet Reno taking full responsibility for Waco [Mount Carmel]? That bitch finally died and the World is a better place without her.
I thought Woke Milley said it was “a righteous strike”. General Mickey Mouse Millie lied again,
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