Posted on 09/07/2021 5:46:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
Six planes on a mission to rescue more than a hundred Americans wanting to leave Afghanistan were grounded by the Taliban as negotiations continued with the State Department Monday.
The evacuation effort was a part of a mission chartered by Mercury One, the charity founded by conservative media personality and TheBlaze founder Glenn Beck.
Newsweek confirmed the details through an NGO working on the evacuation.
According to the report, at least 1,000 people were waiting to board the planes at an airport in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
"The planes are currently empty and its passengers are still waiting in their safe houses for clearance for takeoff from the Taliban," said one NGO official to Newsweek. "I have more than 1,000 people on the master manifest that want to fly, of which 123 are Americans and the rest are Special Immigration Visas."
Earlier on Sunday the State Department sent an email to members of Congress to alert them about the negotiations with the Taliban. The email reportedly said that the planes had permission to land in Doha, Qatar, but only after the Taliban allowed them to leave.
"The Taliban is basically holding them hostage to get more out of the Americans," said a congressional source to CBS News.
Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas said Sunday on Fox News that the Taliban had the Americans in a hostage situation.
"In fact we have six airplanes at Mazar-i-Sharif airport, six airplanes, with American citizens on them as I speak, also with these interpreters, and the Taliban is holding them hostage for demands right now," McCaul said. "State has cleared these flights, and the Taliban will not let them leave the airport."
A spokesperson told Newsweek there were unable to confirm whether Americans were waiting to board the planes to escape.
"We do not have personnel on the ground, we do not have air assets in the country, we do not control the airspace—whether over Afghanistan or elsewhere in the region," the unidentified official said.
Glenn Beck had raised more than $22 million from donors and his radio audience to fund the mission to rescue Christians, Americans and Afghan allies from the Taliban-controlled nation.
Can’t be true. The Biden administration said there were only 100-200 Americans left. /s
The Taliban is like a surly dog lying in the manger, keeping the horses from their fodder. The dog cannot eat the fodder, yet will not allow the horses to have access to it either.
Neither party is well served by this situation.
It was more than 30 million.
> more than 1,000 people on the master manifest that want to fly, of which 123 are Americans and the rest are Special Immigration Visas.”
123 Americans and 877 Democrats. Probably bought them all soccer balls too.
There are over 5,000 Americans held hostage now. The media is hiding the truth.
The article is a couple of days old..................
And the actual money that was raised is more than a couple of days old, so the article is still wrong.
Rooters says there are Americans on board.
Thanks to joe fake they also now have six more guided missiles to send. No intel, and no presence who’s on first? So much for the agreement stupid politicians.
Stolen Election does has / had consequences
So does al Jazeera...
FWIW.
Before salivating like one of Pavlov’s dogs, we should know more about these “Americans” - who they are, where they are from, what is their connection to Afghanistan, why were they there, why did they stay, etc, etc.
And as far as the “translators” go - they are not getting out without a fight that there is zero chance of us waging.
So does losing a war.
Those hostages keep the Biden bucks coming to the Taliban. Biden made a deal with terrorists.
Any actual Americans - and remember, we still don’t know the field definition of “an American” on the ground in Afghanistan - but if there are real Americans over there, they need to be separated from the SIV crowd, because the people who the Taliban defeated and regard as traitors are not getting out.
I wonder where this vaunted “leverage” Circle Back Psaki has been talking about is? Seems like now would be a good time to use it.
Get a load of this...
Either let em go or see the skys filled with a thousand US war planes, drones, cruise missiles and tons and tons of explosive ordinances!! That IS your only choice. Those brave warriors of the religion of Satan will then use our people as human shields. Just like brave ole Satandam Hussein did back in the day. They are only brave when they send some brain dead kotexran kid with a bomb strapped to him in to die. NONE, ABSOLUTE NONE of these so called leaders or Iums whatever the hell they are called ever strap one to their fat bodies and do it. NONE of them. That fat cow of the PLO lives in a mansion on the hill overlooking the slum of the PLO camps. WHY those people sit down there and watch this pig live like he does and they barely have anything to eat, without rushing that mansion and burning it with him in it to the ground is beyond me. All those millions and billions that the world has given the PLO are in numbered accounts in banks of EU. Arafat-head’s wife lives in a villa in France. All that “aid” money went into his pocket. He never had a job. He was a terrorist and murderer. HOW would he have millions????? By pocketing the aid money, just like the fat cow of the PLO is doing now. Stupid damned people. As dumb as the mob who voted for BrainDead Biden.
IOWs we don’t know what’s going on. This news alert is a carbon copy of what went out days ago.
Does anyone have anything current?
This news brief is listed twice on the side bar.
If someone wishes to update us with current info, that’s great, but why post something that tells us nothing new?
I’m not be a smart Alec I’m just getting frustrated when you can’t get news. And virtually none of the media stations are covering the story.
See post #19
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