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Kabul Airport Explosion Kills Four U.S. Marines Amid Evacuations
WSJ ^ | 8.26.21 | Yaroslav Trofimov

Posted on 08/26/2021 10:06:16 AM PDT by 1Old Pro

The U.S. ambassador in Kabul has told staff there that four U.S. Marines were killed in an explosion at the city’s airport and three wounded, a U.S. official with knowledge of the briefing said. Two explosions ripped through crowds of Afghans trying to enter the airport on Thursday.

At least three U.S. troops were injured, a U.S. official said. Witnesses reported multiple fatalities among the Afghans, many of whom were trying to enter the airport because they had assisted U.S.-led coalition efforts and feared persecution by the Taliban.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
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To: dfwgator

This is why running things by committee leads to paralysis.


261 posted on 08/26/2021 11:57:56 AM PDT by Smogger
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BBC News - - The deaths mark the first US military casualties in Afghanistan since February 2020.


262 posted on 08/26/2021 11:59:14 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Sky just updated to 12 American military dead. Another source reported 13.


263 posted on 08/26/2021 11:59:31 AM PDT by CatHerd (Not a newbie - lost my password)
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To: 1Old Pro

I love the way he just walks off... leaving the entire press corps scratching their asses.

How TF does he get away with that.


264 posted on 08/26/2021 11:59:32 AM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: MagUSNRET
for tge love of god, WallASS, STFU already!!!!!!!!!!

He's like Stirewalt, meaningless drivel interrupted by a Trump attack sprinkled in here and there.

265 posted on 08/26/2021 11:59:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: dfwgator

But I didn’t know until this day that it was Obama all along.


266 posted on 08/26/2021 11:59:57 AM PDT by Jim Noble (The nation cannot be saved until the GOP is destroyed)
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To: AAABEST
I love the way he just walks off... leaving the entire press corps scratching their asses. How TF does he get away with that.

They all voted for him and support him.

267 posted on 08/26/2021 12:00:20 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: Jim Noble

I think Obama is a pimp too. He’s not smart enough, somebody else is pulling the strings.


268 posted on 08/26/2021 12:00:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Pentagon update at 3pm - now live - John Kirby


269 posted on 08/26/2021 12:01:25 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: EEGator

At the time they (Fox) didn’t have military branch. Per Fox now 11 Marines, 1 Navy medic. Biden has blood on his hands.


270 posted on 08/26/2021 12:02:07 PM PDT by offduty (Joe Biden, Commander in Thief)
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To: 1Old Pro

Commander US Central Command, reading from a teleprompter.


271 posted on 08/26/2021 12:02:29 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: dfwgator

Obama is also too lazy. He wants to be a celebrity and not do any of the dirty work.


272 posted on 08/26/2021 12:02:43 PM PDT by SlipperySlope99
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To: Smogger

Norah O’Donnell 🇺🇸
@NorahODonnell
BREAKING: The Pentagon confirms 12 US service members have been killed in the Kabul airport attack. 15 more are injured.


273 posted on 08/26/2021 12:03:00 PM PDT by Smogger
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To: 1Old Pro

Ah sheesh, repeating the number of people evacuated, just kill me.


274 posted on 08/26/2021 12:03:19 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: 1Old Pro

Pentagon briefing on Sky now. Confirm 12 dead.


275 posted on 08/26/2021 12:03:28 PM PDT by CatHerd (Not a newbie - lost my password)
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To: CatHerd
Pentagon briefing

Back slapping

276 posted on 08/26/2021 12:05:13 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: dfwgator

True, but I want his ass gone.
Absolute public humiliation is needed.
(Really treason, but it won’t happen)


277 posted on 08/26/2021 12:06:20 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: CatHerd

Says they will consult the terrorist Taliban and remind them that of now they are our terrorists.


278 posted on 08/26/2021 12:08:29 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: EEGator
WTF is the Taliban doing?

They are letting ISIS do the dirty work and will have their plausible deniability to say "it wasn't us." Al Qaeda is also there to do similarly.

I'm not sure the Taliban could stop ISIS or Al Qaeda from doing what they like even if they wanted to. All three are ruthless.

279 posted on 08/26/2021 12:10:28 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: TigersEye

Classic Good Cop vs Bad Cop.


280 posted on 08/26/2021 12:10:51 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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