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CENTCOM disputes Air Force account of attempted hijacking at Kabul airport during Afghanistan evacuation
CNN ^ | 14 October 2021 | Oren Liebermann

Posted on 10/15/2021 3:26:42 AM PDT by blueplum

Washington (CNN)US Central Command, which oversaw the US evacuation from Afghanistan, disputed an Air Force account of an attempted hijacking of a commercial flight from Kabul international airport during the final weeks of the evacuation from the country.

In a statement to CNN on Thursday afternoon, a spokeswoman for Central Command said they are "unaware" of an attempted hijacking....

...The Air Force account which detailed an attempted hijacking of a commercial airliner was published Tuesday on the Air Force's website and was written by Lt. Col. Kristen Duncan, a public affairs officer for the 23rd Wing...

.In describing the frenetic scene at the airport, Duncan writes that.... two of the Wing's HC-130J combat rescue aircraft took off with barely any runway to spare, skimming 10 feet above the heads of the crowd that had swarmed the airport...

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; centcom; kabul; usaf

1 posted on 10/15/2021 3:26:42 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

They lie.


2 posted on 10/15/2021 3:32:56 AM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: blueplum

CENTCOMmunists are full of shit.


3 posted on 10/15/2021 3:33:47 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Cornpop was a good dude.)
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To: Chickensoup; HYPOCRACY

Afghanistan song: Blood on My Hands

Song starts 40 seconds into video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOC_dcuJO48


4 posted on 10/15/2021 3:40:07 AM PDT by GOPJ (Military suicide deaths last year: 580- By COVID:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOC_dcuJO48)
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To: GOPJ

CENTCOM: Marine Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, commander of U.S Central Command, is the most unimpressive Marine Corps general I’ve ever seen and heard. He appears to be unimaginably stupid.


5 posted on 10/15/2021 4:17:32 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: blueplum

The higher up the flagpole, the more their butt shows.
Methinks I believe Air Force Lt. Col. Kristen Duncan.


6 posted on 10/15/2021 4:42:50 AM PDT by Tupelo
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To: blueplum

Will there be another Lt. Col. facing a court martial?

These lying generals are a joke.

They declare “victory” and flee from the goat herders in pajamas.


7 posted on 10/15/2021 5:57:26 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: Bookshelf

World War II was won with a total of SEVEN FOUR STAR GENERALS.

Today we have almost 50 four star Generals and they can win a war against a stone age little country like Afghanistan. The only people these commie thugs could beat are un-armed American citizens attending school board meetings (that they’ve dubbed ‘domestic terrorists’...

I don’t see how McKenzie could be any stupider that Austin.


8 posted on 10/15/2021 7:39:59 AM PDT by GOPJ (Military suicide deaths last year: 580- By COVID:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOC_dcuJO48)
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