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Experts question decision not to name ISIS terrorists killed in Afghanistan drone strike
NY Post ^ | 8/28/2021 | Jon Levine and Dana Kennedy

Posted on 08/28/2021 2:34:05 PM PDT by marcusmaximus

The failure of the Biden administration to name the two Islamic State terrorists killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan on Friday has led some experts to conclude they were not high-value targets.

In a press conference Saturday, Major Gen. William Taylor only referred to the dead targets as a “planner” and “facilitator,” and would not say if they played specific roles in the airport suicide attack Thursday that killed 13 American soldiers and 169 Afghans. Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, was behind the attack.

“Normally if they get a high-profile guy they like to name him,” retired US Army Lt. Col Brian F. Sullivan told The Post.

“They keep talking BS about ‘eyes over the horizon’ but I think a lot of this is the administration blowing more smoke,” Sullivan added. “They’re throwing this up as if the US is reacting with strength and power. So that makes the score something like ISIS 200-US two. Who are they kidding?”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; california; dementiajoe; dereliction; dronestrike; fakenews; fakestrike; namethem; nancypelosi; rout; squirrel; surrender; wagthedog; waronterror; whereskamala; wokegenerals
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To: marcusmaximus

They were 2 cardboard figures borrowed from the cardboard audience figures populating major league baseball stadiums during the pandemic. Biden blew up a few cardboard Dodger fans for political optics


41 posted on 08/28/2021 3:16:29 PM PDT by chuckee
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42 posted on 08/28/2021 3:16:47 PM PDT by TigersEye (Ashli Babbitt was murdered)
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To: marcusmaximus

Because his name is US DOD TEST DUMMY #143870


43 posted on 08/28/2021 3:17:00 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON. OR THE MASK)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“They were nobodies who had bad luck to be available.”

Yup.


44 posted on 08/28/2021 3:18:04 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: marcusmaximus

Whenever Trump had some terrorist taken out....he told us, the American people, exactly who it was by name and their rank in their terrorist organization..

IMHO.....Biden & Company are lying to the American people to cover their butts. No one was taken out...period or, yes, maybe, they were low ranking stooges or floor sweepers. Biden, lies, Harris Lies. Democrats lie, Pelosi lies. Schumer lies!!! Wake up American people....Biden/Harris must be removed from office immediately!!!


45 posted on 08/28/2021 3:18:13 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: kvanbrunt2
Biden searches for the three wise men.

He won't find them in Washington.

46 posted on 08/28/2021 3:19:23 PM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: marcusmaximus

Omar Trump and his friend?


47 posted on 08/28/2021 3:20:38 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Trump - Make America Great Again / Xiden - Make America Grovel Again...)
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To: marcusmaximus

“They were Trump supporters” That’s good enough for government work and the media.


48 posted on 08/28/2021 3:21:36 PM PDT by Starstruck ( Since I'm old I don't whether I'm senile or brilliant. Or happily both.)
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To: Don Corleone

This is Washington, sir, not Bethlehem.


49 posted on 08/28/2021 3:21:40 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON. OR THE MASK)
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To: marcusmaximus

I think they are just lying about killing anyone or just killing a random person that they are saying is a terrorist.


50 posted on 08/28/2021 3:21:40 PM PDT by euram
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To: marcusmaximus

That’s because the only casualty was a mud house and maybe a few shhep.


51 posted on 08/28/2021 3:28:29 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: euram

I think they killed someone. The problem is at best they killed someone who is a foot soldier, not someone high in the ISIS hierarchy. The telling clue is that they’re not naming the person even though they claimed they killed a “planner” and a “facilitator.”


52 posted on 08/28/2021 3:31:44 PM PDT by convoter2016
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To: TigersEye

They treat everyone like we are stupid. They know we are not but they don’t care because the media will cover their lies.


53 posted on 08/28/2021 3:33:28 PM PDT by dforest (huh)
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To: marcusmaximus

That’s because nobody was killed. Where is the video of the strike? Where is the intel for the strike? It never happened. It’s propaganda. Pure fantasy.


54 posted on 08/28/2021 3:37:22 PM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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To: dforest

Not only the media but the hordes of brain dead followers out there.

0bama emboldened them all to “get in their faces.”


55 posted on 08/28/2021 3:38:05 PM PDT by TigersEye (Ashli Babbitt was murdered)
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To: marcusmaximus

If you don’t name them, they can’t embarrass you by turning up in a future propaganda video.

Of course, if you don’t know who you hit, best not to drop any names, anyway!


56 posted on 08/28/2021 3:38:56 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: marcusmaximus

Nobody was killed. If they named someone, they would popup and be on TV in a couple of hours. It was a propaganda ruse to show that demented Slow Joe is a tough guy.


57 posted on 08/28/2021 3:40:35 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: Obadiah
Thing is, Joe’s so tough he eats steel-cut oats for lunch now.

Insider said "He still uses confectioner's powdered sugar on top. His little secret."

58 posted on 08/28/2021 3:49:58 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: marcusmaximus

A poorly executed head fake. Fools no one except the willing.


59 posted on 08/28/2021 3:56:05 PM PDT by Quentin Quarantino (,)
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To: TigersEye

Photo of driverless vehicle after explosive US drone attack....

Maybe the guy dissolved like on Star Trek and reassembled as little dust things in another war zone? Teleported. Now wandering the galaxy and the eons as the Universal Terrorist (nod to The Universal Soldier folk song).

Or else,
Remember William Shatner and crew boarding an empty space vehicle and saying “It’s odd. Not even half finished cups of coffee. Nothing. Everyone was just suddenly gone. Gone.”


60 posted on 08/28/2021 3:57:28 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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