Kirby went back and forth, then admitted that the “failure” could have occurred at a Taliban checkpoint.
At the same time, defense officials are stating that the suicide bomber’s explosive vest had 25 pounds of high explosives. That’s almost double the average.
There’s also the added shrapnel that made it quite deadly.
That’s a pretty heavy vest. It would stand out. And wearing the heavy clothing meant to cover it up would stand out in 90-degree temperatures in Kabul.
And then there were the gunmen at the scene.
How did a 25 lb suicide vest and the gunmen who presumably were carrying more than handguns get past the Taliban checkpoints?
The answer is pretty obvious. They were allowed through.
If you think about the operational planning here, it’s not just that ISIS Jihadis made it past the checkpoints, it’s that they planned the operation, including the heavy bomb vest and the guns, with the assumption that they would get past Taliban checkpoints.
What gave them that level of confidence?
Again, it’s so self-explanatory that even the Biden people aren’t trying to deny it too hard, even as they’re doubling down on more “security coordination” with the Taliban.
owensgate says
Did the Taliban let the suicide bomber through (close enough to effect maximum blast casualties)?
Yes they did. And without a doubt they paid isis-k to do it. The Taliban wanted it done, but without the incriminating string attached. Every shadow has substance creating it. I’m afraid to say here where “Follow the money” might lead.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
Someone needs to give the State Dept. and the Pentagon a hot tip that most people know. “The Taliban and isis-k are the same people,” next week they be whatever confuses you.
And that should not take much
Malcolm (South Afric) says
Most of us have been saying that the bomber must of gone through Taliban check points. The Taliban must of known this.
What is wrong with the State Dept. the Pentagon. We know what is wrong with jihad Biden, he is a pathological liar, cheat, above all just plain dumb. However what is wrong with the Pentagon and the State Dept.
Just get it through your brain cells, the hate you and the rest of the Western World, they will use you then slay you. This will never change.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Rumor has it that the soldiers representing the Brown Supremacist government of Turkey vacated the bomb area soon before the Brown Supremacist detonated himself into tiny little Brown Supremacist pieces.
roberta says
I dont know about that, but one would think that there is video of just who got the heck out the area moments before the blast.
And as to the question of did the Taliban allow the bomber to pass? Did the sun come up this morning?
There seems to be as many variants of isis as there is of covid. Isis-k? Whatever
revereridesagain says
How did a Slave of Allah wearing heavy clothing in the desert heat to conceal 25 lbs. of explosives get past a Taliban Slaves of Allah checkpoint?
“Let’s make this a True Daily Double, Alex”.
gravenimage says
I don’t trust Turkey, but I had not heard this, Beneath the Veil of Consciousness. Citations?
Elizabeth Lawson says
The Taliban must think that we were all born with the mental deficiencies that afflict them. It is perfectly obvious that the bomber was assisted by their forces to enter the airport to kill as many innocents as possible. By the way, if anything goes wrong with their murderous and cowardly plans – like say opposition armed to the teeth to defend themselves instead of panicked stricken civilians, well then, their backup forces, and RELIABLE forces they are, can leap to their defence – yes, I am speaking of Pakistan, the dark horse In all this mess. Pakistani ‘jihadis’ are everywhere active in their country, kidnapping young children of ALL other faiths and forcing them to marry old, ugly, creepy and brutal, thuggish ‘men’. Pakistan is a basket case where life and death spin on the toss of a coin, or more likely on the falsehood. of yet another accusation of ‘blasphemy’ This is a country that consistently extols the virtues and joys of death, and of its desire to export their primitive notions across the world. God help Afghanistan and its few remaining sane citizens. My suggestion would be to isolate the government of Pakistan from the Community of Men, of the Civilized, ostracize that country from ALL contact with normal, healthy communities. Perhaps one of these centuries they might civilize themselves.
roberta says
One other benefit for the Biden agenda, by leaving Americans behind we leave the Taliban human shield to put on the Airbase, airport, and any other area the Taliban considers important to their cause.
So in his great benevolence Joe wont flatten these places in order to not harm Americans. He’s big hearted like that dont you know.
Lion heart says
Taliban’s tone they use reminds me of Iraqi Muslims after the fall of Saddam’s bloody regime where they very happy for Americans’ liberating them from that predatory dictator Saddam Hussein where they were talking to Americans in the streets about how Saddam & his Baathist evil regime were and how they were welcoming the American soldiers to their restaurants by serving them falafel sandwiches etc.. but once Saddam was gone , they showed their true color and started attacking the American forces and not only that but they started to target the Christians of Iraq and even a little boys as young as 11 years old who used to sell water to people on the road especially in summer were snitching on the American convoys once they were driving past them through making calls to Islamic Jihadists by telling them the convoys would enter so and do street so be prepared to ambush them and even many Muslim interpreters stabbed the Americans in the back by snitching on them as well to their fellow Muslims through texting them about the whereabouts of the American military convoys so that they would ambush the Americans and kill as many American soldiers as possible ! and I am a Canadian Christian guy originally from Iraq and now we hear that our government is planning to take in as many as 20000 Afghanistan interpreters along with their families and USA would do the same ?
gravenimage says
Did Taliban Checkpoint Let the Suicide Bomber Through?
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Biden putting the bloody Taliban in charge of security at Kabul airport could not have been more suicidal.