In what might be a stark example of misery loving company, a ISIS terrorist cell is reportedly making the evacuation of thousands of Americans stranded in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over even more complicated and alarming.
Although unstated specifically, the danger posed by an Islamic State branch that might be targeting Americans in the Afghan theater allegedly prompted the U.S. Embassy in the capitol city of Kabul to issue an ominous and deflating warning to those who are still stuck in the country and hoping for prompt rescue:
“Because of potential security threats outside the gates at the Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so.”
As a side note, it is perhaps not evident how officials would transmit “individual instructions” to those Americans who are being told to stay put amidst the fall-of-Saigon-like pandemonium.
Making matters worse, Al Qaeda also reportedly has a presence in the country in the form of hundreds of fighters, according to U.S. Defense Department sources, despite what Joe Biden claimed last week.
— Jack Furnari (@JackBPR) August 21, 2021
Per Fox News, “Pentagon officials would not comment on the nature of the possible threat at a press conference on Saturday, but officials told Fox that it was a threat from ISIS that triggered the warning…’There are other terrorist groups we are concerned about as well,’ one official told Fox.”
The potential ISIS threat is prompting a change in strategy, NBC News reports:
“Two defense officials [said] that they are tracking specific threats from ISIS against the Kabul airport and those trying to get to the airport. With that, alternative ways are being developed to get people to the evacuation zone…This includes gathering smaller groups of people at specific locations and then moving them to the airport in intervals. The goal is to get them there safely and make it easier to get through the gate quickly with smaller groups of people.”
Out of some 17,000 individuals airlifted out of Kabul so far, less than 3,000 reportedly have been American citizens. There is an estimated 15,000 Americans still in the country.
As a side note, Fox News host Tucker Carlson (among others) has expressed concern about resettling thousands of unvetted Afghan refugees in the U.S.
Tucker says Ilhan Omar ‘living proof’ US is not equipped for refugee resettlement: She ‘became worse’ here https://t.co/hLpg8OxnA0 pic.twitter.com/VImtbX8Wur
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) August 19, 2021
Reports have already emerged that the Taliban inflicted beatings on some Americans outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul as the chaotic situation created by Biden’s botched withdrawal of American troops continues to spiral out of control.
With about 6,000 troops now on the ground there, the Biden administration claims the airport is secure.
Although it’s a fast-moving situation and things could change, in what might be potentially terrifying to those Americans anticipating rescue from now Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters last week that the troops deployed to the airport lacked “the capability to go out and collect up large numbers of people.”
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
[email protected]
Robert Jonathan is a staff writer for BizPac Review. He is a longtime writer/editor for news aggregation websites and has also developed content in the legal and financial publishing sectors as well as for online education. He earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law, “a law school the basketball teams can be proud of.”
- ‘Petty heffa’: The View’s Ana Navarro skewered for cracking on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s appearance - December 4, 2022
- Women’s college volleyball game features incredible rally complete with diving, table-crashing safe - December 4, 2022
- Wild brawl breaks out at Fitness Connection gym, takes deciding turn when woman enters picture - December 4, 2022
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
BPR INSIDER COMMENTS
Scroll down for non-member comments or join our insider conversations by becoming a member. We'd love to have you!
