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Historic NY

(37,449 posts) Sun Aug 22, 2021, 12:33 PM Aug 2021

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Inside the mission to rescue 169 Americans from a hotel outside the Kabul airport

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A group of 169 Americans were airlifted from a hotel outside the Kabul airport on Thursday, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed to reporters Friday, one of a very limited number of actions that U.S. troops have undertaken outside of the Hamid Karzai International Airport walls since a contingent of 6,000 began deploying last week.

[link:https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/flashpoints/afghanistan/2021/08/20/inside-the-mission-to-rescue-169-americans-from-a-hotel-outside-the-kabul-airport/|]

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Inside the mission to rescue 169 Americans from a hotel outside the Kabul airport (Original Post) Historic NY Aug 2021 OP

Scary stuff. Treefrog Aug 2021 #1

I have to question if the press knows everything that is currently going on. badhair77 Aug 2021 #2

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Exactly. I'm sure there are behind the scenes things going on. badhair77 Aug 2021 #4

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Treefrog

(4,170 posts)

1. Scary stuff.

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Sun Aug 22, 2021, 12:34 PM

Aug 2021

badhair77

(4,214 posts)

2. I have to question if the press knows everything that is currently going on.

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Sun Aug 22, 2021, 12:48 PM

Aug 2021

They should not if there are covert operations to protect Americans and Afghan allies going on.

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badhair77

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4. Exactly. I'm sure there are behind the scenes things going on.

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Sun Aug 22, 2021, 01:42 PM

Aug 2021

The press can hardly contain themselves and some would report and put evacuees in danger, just to get the story out first.

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