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2021-09-16 Afghanistan

US Marine 15 feet away from Kabul ISIS-K suicide bomber who killed 13 service personnel says gunmen opened fire from the roof after the explosion and a gun battle ensued

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 A complex attack consisting of small arms fire (SAF) as suspected.

Suicide bomber detonated and rooftop 'snipers' engaged their pre-designated targets. US personnel on the lookout for the suicide bomber, but apparently had no counter-sniper or aerial suppression capability available.

And the official 15-6 investigation of what took place, how is that coming along ?

Posted by Besoeker 2021-09-16 00:58|| 2021-09-16 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Sutphen was the operations officer of his battalion and insisted that the Marines took every possible safety precaution on the day of the attack.

No you did not.

But he claimed that it was 'nearly impossible' to identify the suspect in the 'very dense' crowd of thousands at the airport entrance

There should have been a football field sized buffer at the very least between you and the crowd.

Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-09-16 01:05|| 2021-09-16 01:05|| Front Page Top

#3 I dare you ISIS there are 30 of us marines within suicide belt range with no blast walls.
Fortunately, only half of them died because of bullet proof vests.

Posted by boomerc 2021-09-16 04:38|| 2021-09-16 04:38|| Front Page Top

#4 No officers among the dead. Which leads to the perennial question: Where were the officers?

Posted by Matt 2021-09-16 12:29|| 2021-09-16 12:29|| Front Page Top

#5 US personnel on the lookout for the suicide bomber, but apparently had no counter-sniper or aerial suppression capability available.

Seriously, can't anyone play this game? This isn't newly-discovered rocket science. Julius Caesar would be familiar with the idea of keeping the barbarian Charlies outside the wire.

Posted by SteveS 2021-09-16 13:31|| 2021-09-16 13:31|| Front Page Top

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