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Taliban Holding Six Airplanes Carrying AMERICANS AND AFGHAN REFUGEES 'HOSTAGE' At An Airport In Afghanistan...
Twitter ^ | 09/05/21 | Chuck Callestro

Posted on 09/05/2021 9:12:12 AM PDT by Enlightened1

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To: datura
Doesn’t anyone remember Dawson Field from 6 September 1970? Islam is all about historical dates.

Good call. They'll blow one tommorrow (or really late tonight US time) just to make sure everyone is on the same page......

161 posted on 09/05/2021 12:16:58 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Delete FB, TWTR, GOOGL, AMZN, YHOO, Gmail/chrome. Use Gab, Brave + DDG, VPN, Freerepublic )
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To: xp38
stranded.....hostages....happens all the time

They wanted to be stranded...../psaki

162 posted on 09/05/2021 12:17:41 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Delete FB, TWTR, GOOGL, AMZN, YHOO, Gmail/chrome. Use Gab, Brave + DDG, VPN, Freerepublic )
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To: sunny bonobo

I think the problem with that line of thought, is that there is not a uniform group in charge of the country. There are still several sects which have yet to form a cohesive whole.

This might be even more so in the north.

A splinter group might have no problem making a violent statement.


163 posted on 09/05/2021 12:20:04 PM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: MustKnowHistory

CBS now
JUST IN - Six planes with hundreds of evacuees, including American citizens, are not allowed to leave Afghanistan. “The Taliban is basically holding them hostage to get more out of the Americans,” a senior congressional source told CBS.


164 posted on 09/05/2021 12:20:43 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Enlightened1

Wonder if the ‘news’ media will cover this. Especially when the Texas abortion law is so much more compelling.


165 posted on 09/05/2021 12:21:47 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Hot Tabasco
It wouldn't surprise me if they held a mass public execution of the hostages...... Execute half and hold the remaining for ransom......

Wait until they play buzkashi with American's severed heads....kinda like polo but with severed heads of infidels.....


166 posted on 09/05/2021 12:21:57 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Delete FB, TWTR, GOOGL, AMZN, YHOO, Gmail/chrome. Use Gab, Brave + DDG, VPN, Freerepublic )
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To: sunny bonobo

I’m not flaming you, I happen to agree with you on most of what you say, but I don’t put anything past them. They’re evil. There are a thousand things they could do to those hostages. That’s what scares me.


167 posted on 09/05/2021 12:23:20 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Enlightened1

A US lawmaker has accused the Taliban of stopping Afghans and Americans from leaving Afghanistan via Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport.

Republican House member Michael McCaul said on Sunday that planes had been trying to leave the airport “for the last couple of days”.

An NGO confirmed to the BBC that it had people waiting to board one of the flights.

The Taliban has denied the claims, labelling them as propaganda.
Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the BBC: “This is not true. Our Mujahideen have nothing to do with ordinary Afghans. This is propaganda and we reject it.”

Mr McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Fox News there were six planes carrying American citizens and Afghan interpreters waiting at the airport.

“[The State Department] has cleared these flights and the Taliban will not let them leave the airport,” he said.

The Texas representative added: “We know the reason why is because the Taliban want something in exchange.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58455959


168 posted on 09/05/2021 12:25:18 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This sounds like there’s people that have been on a plane for days?


169 posted on 09/05/2021 12:28:46 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“This is not true. Our Mujahideen have nothing to do with ordinary Afghans. This is propaganda and we reject it.”

Baghdad Bob is back, I see.

170 posted on 09/05/2021 12:28:50 PM PDT by JennysCool ('It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.' - Mark Twain)
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To: fhayek

Emily Miller
@emilymiller
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The US media elite did not just discover TODAY there have been American citizens at Mazar-i-Sharif airport and 6 planes that are not allowed to leave Afghanistan.

They US government told them not to report it. They obeyed.

The Taliban knows this.
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Emily Miller
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Looks like media elite have finally decided to report on the 6 planes with Americans trapped in Afghanistan that I told you about four days ago.


172 posted on 09/05/2021 12:32:06 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Enlightened1

Confirmed.

6 planeloads of hostages, on the tarmac for days.

Days.


173 posted on 09/05/2021 12:46:52 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables

Seeing reports of 19 American citizens and 2 permanent US residents on the planes along with the Afghan allies


174 posted on 09/05/2021 12:53:14 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: janetjanet998

CBS article
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/taliban-wont-let-planes-with-us-citizens-green-card-holders-leave-afghanistan-officials-say/?__twitter_impression=true#app

6 days!!

The U.S. airfield in Qatar that has been standing by, ready to receive, is now beginning to pack up,” Marina LeGree, the group’s executive director, told CBS News. “We hope visibility will add pressure to force a solution. Six days of talks are not encouraging.”


175 posted on 09/05/2021 12:59:41 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: White Lives Matter
They blow the planes with the hostages and that should be the final straw.

To quote Truman.... they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.

176 posted on 09/05/2021 1:02:54 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Enlightened1

How many pallets of cash are they demanding?


177 posted on 09/05/2021 1:04:53 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Fake news, fake election, fake president, real deaths.)
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To: Enlightened1

This was priced into the plan.


178 posted on 09/05/2021 1:05:50 PM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: Enlightened1

and not a peep on msn or cnn.


179 posted on 09/05/2021 1:06:55 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Vermont Lt

Or you he ever classic

“At this point what difference does it make?”


180 posted on 09/05/2021 1:24:33 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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