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EXCLUSIVE:
www.mirror.co.uk
28 Sep 2021 ~~ By Chris Hughes
Two secret arms dumps left by US forces in case they return to Afghanistan have been found by the Taliban.
The caches - earmarked for US counter-terrorism “over the horizon” attacks against al-Qaeda and Islamic State - were hidden to help the US quickly attack terrorist organisations.
Both warehouse-sized stores contained hundreds of thousands of bullets, heavy weapons, missiles, survival supplies and even spare helicopters parts.
Sources told The Mirror the supplies contained spares for attack choppers as they would be essential for an on-the-ground mission against networks.
It means President Joe Biden ’s threat of future “over the horizon” attacks launched against terrorists without having a permanent Afghan base are battered.
The discoveries by the Taliban in the towns of Mazer-e-Sharif , in the north, and Herat, in the west of Afghanistan are deeply embarrassing for the Pentagon.
They had been left there as a contingency against a terrorist resurgence across the region as US troops withdrew to Kabul and faced having no in-country base.
It also meant a massive special forces and commando raid on terrorists would be well-supplied for weeks without having to uplift heavy equipment.
A source said: “This is one of the biggest blows to America in terms of future operations against al-Qaeda, Islamic State and other emerging groups.
“As a logistical supplies dump already in-country the caches would have been an invaluable resource serving a large-scale counter-terror operation.
“It meant there was a secret heavy punch against terrorism lying in reserve in case US troops needed to return suddenly, without bringing in huge supplies.
“It is enormously difficult for the US to source a supply chain from a neighbouring country airfield as so many areas around Afghanistan are hostile.
“They didn’t want this to get out as it piles even more embarrassment on an utter shambles of a withdrawal.”
~Snip~
Taliban gunmen have launched door-to-door searches for people suspected of having worked with the west in 20 years of fighting.
And many suspects are believed to have been killed as the new rulers of Afghanistan appear to be clamping down with their iron rule nationwide.
Comment:
The title claims 'High Tech weapons' and the article is speaking about bullets. Anyway, it written in every military textbook that when you retreat YOU DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT THE ENEMY MAY USE!!
Gen. Milley is returning in the morning for more questioning. Will someone ask him about this?
They weren't abandoned. Those are Hillary style Benghazi weapons sales franchises. The State Dept. most likely has the sets of keys to the front doors and cash vaults waiting for the grand opening .
Simple fix. Just drop a few 1,000 pound JDAMs on each facility warehouse. It's ours to blow up anyway?
What I don't understand why hasn't the deep thinkers at the Pentagon sent a B-52 in to blow the selective targets. Surely they have the GPS coordinates.
By Friday, the Quisling Media will be telling us what a brilliant move this was by Joey Xi. They've been trying hard to to that since we tucked tail and flew the coop on August 31st.
Taliban uncover secret US high-tech weapons stores in deep embarrassment for Pentagon
Taliban uncover secret US high-tech weapons stores in embarrassment for Pentagon
Hidden warehouse-sized weapons stores containing thousands of bullets, missiles and more have been found leaving President Joe Biden's threat of future 'over the horizon' attacks battered
www.mirror.co.uk
Two secret arms dumps left by US forces in case they return to Afghanistan have been found by the Taliban.
The caches - earmarked for US counter-terrorism “over the horizon” attacks against al-Qaeda and Islamic State - were hidden to help the US quickly attack terrorist organisations.
Both warehouse-sized stores contained hundreds of thousands of bullets, heavy weapons, missiles, survival supplies and even spare helicopters parts.
Sources told The Mirror the supplies contained spares for attack choppers as they would be essential for an on-the-ground mission against networks.
It means President Joe Biden ’s threat of future “over the horizon” attacks launched against terrorists without having a permanent Afghan base are battered.
The discoveries by the Taliban in the towns of Mazer-e-Sharif , in the north, and Herat, in the west of Afghanistan are deeply embarrassing for the Pentagon.
They had been left there as a contingency against a terrorist resurgence across the region as US troops withdrew to Kabul and faced having no in-country base.
It also meant a massive special forces and commando raid on terrorists would be well-supplied for weeks without having to uplift heavy equipment.
A source said: “This is one of the biggest blows to America in terms of future operations against al-Qaeda, Islamic State and other emerging groups.
“As a logistical supplies dump already in-country the caches would have been an invaluable resource serving a large-scale counter-terror operation.
“It meant there was a secret heavy punch against terrorism lying in reserve in case US troops needed to return suddenly, without bringing in huge supplies.
“It is enormously difficult for the US to source a supply chain from a neighbouring country airfield as so many areas around Afghanistan are hostile.
“They didn’t want this to get out as it piles even more embarrassment on an utter shambles of a withdrawal.”
~Snip~
Taliban gunmen have launched door-to-door searches for people suspected of having worked with the west in 20 years of fighting.
And many suspects are believed to have been killed as the new rulers of Afghanistan appear to be clamping down with their iron rule nationwide.
Comment:
The title claims 'High Tech weapons' and the article is speaking about bullets. Anyway, it written in every military textbook that when you retreat YOU DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT THE ENEMY MAY USE!!
Gen. Milley is returning in the morning for more questioning. Will someone ask him about this?
They weren't abandoned. Those are Hillary style Benghazi weapons sales franchises. The State Dept. most likely has the sets of keys to the front doors and cash vaults waiting for the grand opening .
Simple fix. Just drop a few 1,000 pound JDAMs on each facility warehouse. It's ours to blow up anyway?
What I don't understand why hasn't the deep thinkers at the Pentagon sent a B-52 in to blow the selective targets. Surely they have the GPS coordinates.
By Friday, the Quisling Media will be telling us what a brilliant move this was by Joey Xi. They've been trying hard to to that since we tucked tail and flew the coop on August 31st.
