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'ISIS suicide bomber' kills 13 at Kabul airport: Multiple casualties - including children and three US Marines - as two explosions tear through crowd, hours after Westerners were warned to stay away because of ISIS attack
Daily Mail ^ | 1:23 EDT, 26 August 2021 | By JENNIFER SMITH and ROSS IBBETSON and HARRIET ALEXANDER

Posted on 08/26/2021 8:30:46 AM PDT by Hojczyk

There was an explosion at the Abbey Gate in Kabul airport shortly before 6.30pm local time Thursday

At least 13 people have been killed and at least three US troops were injured in the explosion

The blast came hours after officials warned of an 'imminent' bomb threat from ISIS-K

US troops closed airport gates on Thursday after the threat was reported while rushing to remove citizens

America's top diplomat in Afghanistan, Ross Wilson, claims it is still 'safe' to go to the airport

The Pentagon has insisted it will not withdraw troops in the next 36 hours and will stay until August 31 at least

Canada, Britain, Holland and Poland are winding down their evacuation missions in light of the growing threat

There are at least 1,000 Americans in Afghanistan who the State Department have not been able to evacuate

Wilson claimed on Thursday his office was making 'phone calls' to find them all and save them

President Biden, who has refused to take responsibility for the shambolic evacuation, is not due to speak about the crisis publicly today

Biden has been briefed on the explosion and is now in the situation room

Two explosions at Kabul airport have killed at least 13 people, including children, and injured at least three US troops just hours after intelligence officials warned of an imminent threat to the crowd gathered there trying to escape the Taliban.

The first blast was caused by an ISIS suicide bomber in a vest, detonating outside The Baron Hotel, at the Abbey Gate

A second explosion was reported at the airport's Abbey Gate, where crowds have bee gathering for more than a week in the hope of being put on one of the evacuation flights out. That explosion was caused by a car bomb, according to unconfirmed reports.

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1 posted on 08/26/2021 8:30:46 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Well, who could have seen that coming.


2 posted on 08/26/2021 8:32:35 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day)
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To: Hojczyk

I may be wrong, but I feel like we had a reprieve from this crap during Trump’s active Presidency.


3 posted on 08/26/2021 8:32:56 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Hojczyk

And so, it begins. Words cannot express how full of anger and hate I have for this fraud in the White House. The only, only thing that gets me through is the knowledge that in 2022 there is going to be a reckoning for the Democrat Party. However, I hope it is not too late.


4 posted on 08/26/2021 8:32:57 AM PDT by Hildy (In an unforgiving world, only the shameless survive.)
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To: Hojczyk

Still havent broken any of Biden’s rules so I dont see anything to worry about.


5 posted on 08/26/2021 8:34:43 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it !)
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To: Hojczyk

Islam is a religion of peace.....


6 posted on 08/26/2021 8:35:29 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: Hojczyk

More:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3989030/posts

😂🙌


7 posted on 08/26/2021 8:35:33 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Hojczyk

THREE MARINES DEAD?...............

BIDEN MUST GO!............................NOW!......................


8 posted on 08/26/2021 8:35:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Delta 21

Was the suicide bomber wearing a mask?


9 posted on 08/26/2021 8:36:08 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day)
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To: Hildy

The only, only thing that gets me through is the knowledge that in 2022 there is going to be a reckoning for the Democrat Party.

***************

A lot of Dems may get tossed out but I’m not at all sanguine about the worthless and spineless Republicans doing much of anything to help right the ship. I have zero confidence in the GOP.


10 posted on 08/26/2021 8:37:49 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Hojczyk

Faddis on Bsnnon’s Warroom just reported his sources on the ground said Christian missonaries with children who were at the airport were ordered out by a two star, to wait for their charter flight that was supposed to leave Kabul today.


11 posted on 08/26/2021 8:37:56 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Hojczyk

Nice job joebama.


12 posted on 08/26/2021 8:38:02 AM PDT by Pollard (#*&% Communism)
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To: Hojczyk

3 Marine’s killed.
Their blood is on Biden’s hands.


13 posted on 08/26/2021 8:39:12 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell Lies, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: Hildy
"The only, only thing that gets me through is the knowledge that in 2022 there is going to be a reckoning for the Democrat Party. However, I hope it is not too late."

No. That's not a reckoning for what they have done and are doing.
What would be a reckoning can't be said publicly.

14 posted on 08/26/2021 8:40:53 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Hojczyk

How long with defunded police, woke military intelligence does a similar Terrorist attack happen here?

Beslan School Siege Fast Facts
August 20, 2021
Here’s a look at the Beslan School Siege.

On September 1, 2004, armed Chechen rebels took approximately 1,200 children and adults hostage at a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia, at approximately 9 a.m. local time.

The siege ended on September 3, 2004, with more than 330 killed, including 186 children, and more than 700 people wounded.
Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the attack.

Other Facts

Some reports suggest 31 of 32 hostage takers were killed. Two of the militants purportedly were women.
The siege took place on the first day of classes in Beslan.
The hostage takers reportedly wore suicide belts, and bombs were strapped to the basketball goals in the gymnasium.

Timeline

September 1, 2004
Armed Chechen rebels take approximately 1,200 children and adults hostage at a school in Beslan.
– 4:40 p.m. – 12 children and one adult escape after hiding in a boiler room.
– 7:30 p.m. – Contact is established with hostage takers

https://abc17news.com/news/national-world/cnn-europe-mideast-africa/2021/08/20/beslan-school-siege-fast-facts/


15 posted on 08/26/2021 8:42:34 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Gene Eric

Quote
I may be wrong, but I feel like we had a reprieve from this crap during Trump’s active Presidency.

The US wasn’t full Banana Republic then..


16 posted on 08/26/2021 8:43:17 AM PDT by delchiante
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To: Red Badger

I believe 4 Marines KIA.


17 posted on 08/26/2021 8:43:30 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Hojczyk

By giving up military control of Bagram and Kabul BEFORE we had executed all withdrawal plans, we as much as invited the Taliban, Al Queda and ISIS to disrupt those plans.

We should have kept Bagram running and doing its job with the Afghans military, while we executed our withdrawal plans and until we had completed them. Bagram air base should have been the end not the beginning of our withdrawal.


18 posted on 08/26/2021 8:44:16 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Starboard

There won’t be a reckoning if mail-in ballots are allowed and voter ID is not required.


19 posted on 08/26/2021 8:44:34 AM PDT by a real Sheila (I'm NOT anti-vax. Just asking questions. We should ALL be asking questions!)
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To: Red Badger
THREE MARINES DEAD?...............

FNC says injured, hope to God they're right

20 posted on 08/26/2021 8:44:57 AM PDT by montag813
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