R.I.P. Scout26
The Brits just said they will not work with US forces again as long as Biden is president.
Biden: 'US may have given Taliban lists of names'Biden is asked to confirm reports that the US provided lists of names of evacuees to the Taliban, so they would be allowed entrance into the airport.A Politico report from today quoted a US defence official as saying the US effectively provided a "kill list" of Afghans who had previously worked with the Americans.Biden says that the US does co-ordinate with the Taliban on security matters, saying: "Yes, there may have been occasions like that.""I can't tell you with any certitude that there was any list of names," handed over, he says, adding: "It very well have happened."
My #1 question right now is: What in the actual *expletive deleted*ck is going on in D.C. right now?Wholly Hell these *expletive deleted*ers are incompetent.
I asked for a source on that. I haven't seen anything confirming that anywhere myself.
Who are Isis-K?Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) has said it was behind the twin blasts at the Kabul airport that killed 60 and injured around 140 people.But who is this group and what are their objectives?The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardiner says the group is the most extreme and violent of all the jihadist militant groups in Afghanistan.It is a regional affiliate of the group calling itself Islamic State and is active in Afghanistan and Pakistan.The group has been blamed for some of the worst atrocities in recent years, targeting girls' schools, hospitals, and even a maternity ward pregnant women, infants, and nurses were shot dead.They are part of the global IS network that seeks to carry out attacks on western, international and humanitarian targets wherever they can reach them.ISIS-K have links to the Taliban through a third party, the Haqqani network.But they have major differences with the Taliban, accusing them of abandoning Jihad and the battlefield in favour of a negotiated peace settlement.IS fighters now represent a major security challenge for the incoming Taliban government.
Talk about tone deaf Nice timing: VICE picks today to post its piece on why there are so many neo-Nazis in the United States Marine Corps https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/08/26/nice-timing-vice-picks-today-to-post-its-piece-on-why-there-are-so-many-neo-nazis-in-the-united-states-marine-corps/
I’m being 100 percent serious when I ask this question: Is it fair to call it a “terror attack” if you target foreign troops occupying your country? — Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) August 26, 2021
Holy hell. It's like giving a loaded gun to a chimpanzee...
the last thing you need is rabies. You're already angry enough as it is.OTOH, there wouldn't be a tweeker left in Georgia...
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! AND THROW SOME STEAK ON THE GRILL!
NIGEL FARAGE: The medium-term problem is the resurgence of international terror, already evidence that extremist jihadi groups all over the world have taken great cheer from what the Taliban have done in Afghanistan. And so if we do find ourselves back engaged and, you know, let's be honest, the last few years, we've not seen major terrorist atrocities in the West. But if they start to happen again and we start to think, well, how do we go out again and try and stop these cells that are spreading international terror? How can we do it with the Americans? How can we do it with an ally that is treating us with contempt and betrayed us and into the bargain, many of our own citizens? Certainly, if it's a Biden or Harris administration, honestly, there is no way, there is no way a British parliament right now would vote for military cooperation with America led by this administration. And that's a very sad thing to say, because since 1917, the U.K. and America have been side by side in virtually every major conflict. We've been the closest allies in terms of military action, in terms of intelligence sharing, in terms of culture, in terms of business. You couldn't have a better ally in the world. And right at the moment, I'm sorry, but there's no way we could enter into another operation with you.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticised the West in the wake of the Kabul bombings."A lesson must be learned: Attempts to impose an alien system of values are quite explosive," he told a news conference in Rome after talks with his Italian counterpart, as quoted by the Interfax news agency."I hope that politicians who contemplate further action in foreign lands will have this conclusion entrenched in their minds at [the] third time of asking."
The death toll from Thursday's attack at Kabul airport has increased to more than 170, a health official says. The BBC is working to verify this figure Along with dozens of Afghans killed in the incident were 13 US personnel, two British nationals and the child of a British national The US has said it will "hunt down" those responsible for the attack - a powerful bomb blast that a local branch of the Islamic State group said it carried out President Joe Biden has been warned by his national security team that another terror attack in the Afghan capital is likely in the coming days US officials say the hours leading up to the withdrawal deadline of 31 August will be "the most dangerous period to date". Its mission to evacuate people from Kabul will continue "right up until the last moment", the Pentagon said British troops, meanwhile, have been wrapping-up evacuations at Kabul airport and the BBC has been told their mission will end in a matter of hours Many other countries - including Germany, Spain, France, Canada and Australia - have ended their evacuation operations
Slight tangent, but this seems like something the pro gun entities here in the US need to run with in a big media blitz:https://www.theepochtimes.com/taliban-demand-afghans-hand-over-guns-ammo-within-a-week_3968711.html
.@JenGriffinFNC: "How many ISIS-K prisoners were left at Bagram and believed to have been released from the prison there & why weren't they removed before the U.S. pulled out to some place like Gitmo?"Kirby: "Well, I don't know the exact number. Clearly, it's in the thousands" pic.twitter.com/yUdIz0l32H— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 27, 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/aug/28/afghanistan-live-news-uks-ability-to-process-evacuations-extremely-reduced-as-us-on-alert-for-further-attacksUS drone strike kills ISIS member involved in planning attacks in Kabul.
