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Hundreds of U.S. citizens, Afghan commandos successfully evacuated through secret CIA base
Yahoo News ^ | September 1, 2021 | by Lara Seligman, Andrew Desiderio and Erin Banco

Posted on 09/02/2021 7:47:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

As the Biden administration scrambled to conduct a massive evacuation effort from Afghanistan, American officials quietly instructed U.S. citizens and at-risk Afghans, including Afghan commandos, to head to a secret CIA base outside Kabul to secure safe passage to the U.S. amid increased risks of a terrorist attack on the capital city’s main airport.

The clandestine operation, which took place over several weeks in August, resulted in the successful evacuation of hundreds of American citizens and vulnerable Afghans, including members of the elite Afghan special forces and their family members. At least 1,000 Afghan commandos and their family members were evacuated in the overall U.S. effort.

The New York Times first reported that the U.S used the base for evacuations. The full scope of the operation in the final days of the evacuation effort, however, has not been previously reported. A CIA spokesperson declined to comment on the operation.

At least some of the evacuees were taken by air from the secret compound, known as Eagle Base, to the airport in order to bypass the chaotic crowds and terror threat around the gates. Several helicopter flights operated by a U.S. company flew from an area around Eagle Base to the Kabul airport beginning on Aug. 15, when the Taliban took control of the city, according to flight data obtained by POLITICO.

Flight data suggests some of the evacuees were flown to Germany. During that same time period, aircraft owned by a U.S. government contractor flew from the Kabul airport to Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

The effort was coordinated with U.S. diplomats and staff who were relocated from the embassy to Hamid Karzai International Airport after the Taliban took control of Kabul.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; andrewdesiderio; cia; erinbanco; laraseligman; leak; taliban

1 posted on 09/02/2021 7:47:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

2 posted on 09/02/2021 7:50:51 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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“including Afghan commandos”

Nope, you lost that title when you dropped your weapons and ran. You earned the title Afghan dead weight.


3 posted on 09/02/2021 7:52:40 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: kiryandil

Exactly... sounds about as believable as a $3 bill with Biden’s face on it. Sleepy Joe and his care taker Jill were probably there directing the whole operation.


4 posted on 09/02/2021 7:54:52 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

5 posted on 09/02/2021 7:55:24 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: fireman15; Oldeconomybuyer
see post #5.

new gif for the Goebbels Media.

6 posted on 09/02/2021 7:56:26 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Highly doubtful considering the source.


7 posted on 09/02/2021 8:04:51 AM PDT by grimalkin (Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man. -Fulton J. Sheen)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If you don’t have a good story — make one up! Baghdad BIDEN is the role model. Lie about everything.


8 posted on 09/02/2021 8:05:08 AM PDT by BEJ
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To: kiryandil; central_va
The Servpro MSM™ will clean up this Afghan mess “like it never even happened.”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3991003/posts?page=18#18

#18 posted on 9/1/2021, 8:18:57 AM by central_va

9 posted on 09/02/2021 8:08:49 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If I wanted to live in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, China, Cuba, Chicago/NYC! I'd move there )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

CIA is as believable as CNN.


10 posted on 09/02/2021 8:59:44 AM PDT by cp124 (Focus on treatment and not an experimental vaccine/flu shot.)
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To: proust

The other day I was talking with a friend who has spent about 6 years total deployed to Afghanistan, including a tour earlier this year.

Apparently we trained and armed a whole lot of trigger pressers but depended solely on contract labor for all of the other stuff an army requires. Logistics, intelligence, maintenance, spare parts, food, water etc.

They really weren’t an army.


11 posted on 09/02/2021 9:12:46 AM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
As the Biden administration scrambled to conduct a
massive evacuation effort from Afghanistan,...

Yeah, lost me right there.

The draw down should have been conducted so this wasn't
necessary.

He created the situation and now wants kudos for doing a
piss poor job of recovery.

12 posted on 09/02/2021 9:15:21 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (On the backs of Joseph Stolen and future Lessident Harris, the Democrat party should evaporate.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
At least 1,000 Afghan commandos

The only thing "commando" about them was running so fast they left their underwear behind when the Taliban showed up.

13 posted on 09/02/2021 9:46:23 AM PDT by KarlInOhio ("Anti-fascist" is from the official name of the Berlin Wall: Anti-fascist Protection Barrier.)
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To: Grampa Dave; central_va
The Servpro MSM™ will clean up this Afghan mess “like it never even happened.”

What a great line, central!

14 posted on 09/02/2021 9:49:19 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: KarlInOhio

>>> The only thing “commando” about them was running so fast they left their underwear behind when the Taliban showed up. <<<

Many ran. But most continued to fight without pay and close air support denied by the Biden administration. They were defenseless without the support from NATO, Biden and contractors that proved successful since 2014. Biden had blood on his hands.


15 posted on 09/02/2021 10:15:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: kiryandil; Colt1851Navy; central_va
More evidence of President Biden’s war on reality is found in this line in the president’s speech: “We’ll continue to speak out for the basic rights of Afghan people, especially women and girls.”

kiryandil: “The Servpro MSM™ will clean up this Afghan mess “like it never even happened!”

The main stream media should have to wear all green to indicate that they work for SERVPRO, since they do so much cleaning up behind Biden.~Colt1851Navy

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3991003/posts?page=18#18

#18 posted on 9/1/2021, 8:18:57 AM by central_va

16 posted on 09/02/2021 12:33:38 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (If I wanted to live in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, China, Cuba, Chicago/NYC! I'd move there )
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