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After the U.S. left Afghanistan in the hands of the Taliban, a known terrorist group, a suicide bomber killed about 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. military personnel at the Hamid Karzai International Airport. This put out military on high alert in August.
Our intelligence people received information that ISIS-K, the group that planned the first attack, was planning a second one.
On Sunday, Aug. 29, one day before the last evacuation flight was slated to leave Afghanistan, the U.S. military carried out a drone strike on a car they say was heading toward the airport for that second attack.
U.S. Central Command spokesman Navy Captain Bill Urban explained in a statement that the "U.S. military forces conducted a self-defense unmanned over-the-horizon airstrike today on a vehicle in Kabul, eliminating an imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamid Karzai International Airport.
“We are confident we successfully hit the target. Significant secondary explosions from the vehicle indicated the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material.”
In addition to this statement, Urban said the military is “assessing the possibilities of civilian casualties, though we have no indications at this time.” And later that day he updated the statement to say that the military is “aware of reports of civilian casualties following” explaining that the military was “still assessing” [the outcome].
The statement continued with this fabrication of facts: ” … we know [the strike] disrupted an imminent ISIS-K threat to the airport. We know that there were substantial and powerful subsequent explosions resulting from the destruction of the vehicle, indicating a large amount of explosive material inside that may have caused additional casualties. It is unclear what may have happened, and we are investigating further.”
Except ISIS-K wasn't in the car. It was an Afghan man and his 7 children. The drone strike killed an Afghan man and his 7 children, in case you didn't think you read that correctly the first time.
The New York Times — a blatantly left-leaning rag that sycophantically supported the alleged Biden administration — actually conducted a real investigation into the drone strike and concluded that, rather than hitting a terrorist engaged in an attack, it had killed an innocent Afghan man. and his 7 children. But he Pentagon acknowledges only three civilian deaths, according to the Times.
The New York Times — a blatantly left-leaning rag that sycophantically supported the alleged Biden administration — actually conducted a real investigation into the drone strike and concluded that, rather than hitting a terrorist engaged in an attack, it had killed an innocent Afghan man. and his 7 children. But he Pentagon acknowledges only three civilian deaths, according to the Times.
Only three. Phew! I was worried about the other four kids who didn't die. Good going Pentagon.
The Times made a video [below] in which over a dozen family members were interviewed, along with co-workers. It's worth watching and wondering whether Biden or someone under his command, should be held responsible for this obvious war crime.
The video states that Hellfire missile struck a car in a densely populated residential area of Kabul. That in itself is a questionable act if it's true because the person who gave the go ahead to "pull the trigger" apparently didn't take collateral damage into account. But worse, didn't bother to confirm the intel. In all, ten people were killed and among the dead were Zamarai Ahmade, 43, three of his sons and one daughter.
The military believed that Ahmadi was a “facilitator for the Islamic State and that his car was packed with explosives.”
General Mark Milley is the Chariman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Maybe his head, or at the very least his job, should be on the chopping block. But you know full well that isn't going to happen.
It turns out that Ahmadi was an electrical engineer who worked extensively of late as an aid worker. His employer was a California-based NGO that fights hunger around the globe.
It also turns out that the canisters that Ahmadi was bringing into his vehicle and “what was interpreted as the suspicious moves of a terrorist may have just been an average day in his life. And it’s possible that what the military saw Ahmadi loading into his car may have been water canisters he was bringing home to his family, not explosives.”
It also turns out that the canisters that Ahmadi was bringing into his vehicle and “what was interpreted as the suspicious moves of a terrorist may have just been an average day in his life. And it’s possible that what the military saw Ahmadi loading into his car may have been water canisters he was bringing home to his family, not explosives.”
His neighborhood had been suffering a water shortage.
So who should be held responsible for this irresponsible act?
Major Gen. William Taylor is seen briefing the press at the Pentagon, telling reporters that the strike set off “significant secondary explosions from the targeted vehicle indicated the presence of a substantial amount of explosive materials.”
Chairman Milley echoed Taylor’s remarks.
The reporters brought three explosives experts to the scene who all agreed the damage was consistent with a single explosion, followed by a fire, rather than secondary explosions, contradicting Milley and Taylor.
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Biden is an inept, callous politician who isn't bright to begin with, and has no foreign policy victories. He should resign or at the very least, someone in his failing administration should have the dishonor.
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