Saturday, August 28, 2021
“Target killed”
USA flies drone attack against IS offshoots
US President Joe Biden threatens revenge after the bloody terrorist attack at Kabul airport. Now the US military is striking. The goal is a “planner” of the IS offshoot in Afghanistan – which was apparently killed. US citizens should leave the airport immediately.
The US responded to the deadly terrorist attack in Kabul with a retaliatory attack and attacked a local branch of the IS terrorist militia. The unmanned air strike in the Afghan province of Nangahar was aimed at “a planner” from Isis-K, said the spokesman for the US Central Command Centcom, Bill Urban. “According to the first signs, we killed the target. We do not know of any civilian casualties.”
US President Joe Biden had sworn revenge after the bloody attack in Kabul. Dozens of people were killed in the terrorist attack on Thursday – including 13 US soldiers. “We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and let you pay for it,” Biden said shortly after the attack. On Friday, his spokeswoman Jen Psaki reiterated the president’s determination: “He made it clear that he does not want them to still live on earth.” She responded to the question of whether Biden wanted to kill the perpetrators of the attack or bring them to justice. The president and the military have no doubts about their authority to attack the terrorist militia Isis-K, said Psaki. Isis-K is a local branch of the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS). The Americans speak of Isis instead of IS – that’s why they refer to the branch as Isis-K.
The US embassy in Kabul meanwhile again called on its compatriots to “immediately” move away from the gates of the airport. “US citizens who are currently at Abbey Gate, East Gate, North Gate or the gate of the New Home Office should leave immediately,” said the US Embassy in a security warning on its website, without giving any details. The embassy issued a similar warning prior to Thursday’s attack.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby warned of “concrete and credible threats” at the Afghan capital’s airport. The White House said Biden’s security advisers rated another attack as “likely”. The next few days are the “most dangerous period so far” of the mission, said Biden’s spokeswoman Jen Psaki. Despite everything, evacuation flights should take place “until the last moment,” as US General Hank Taylor said.
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