{"id":1871723,"date":"2023-03-08T12:42:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T17:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-could-have-stopped-afghanistan-bomber-who-killed-13-americans-service-member-testifies\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T17:48:20","slug":"military-could-have-stopped-afghanistan-bomber-who-killed-13-americans-service-member-testifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-could-have-stopped-afghanistan-bomber-who-killed-13-americans-service-member-testifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Could Have Stopped Afghanistan Bomber Who Killed 13 Americans, Service Member Testifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilitary-could-have-stopped-afghanistan-bomber-who-killed-13-americans-service-member-testifies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1871723&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<h2>Snipers would be forbidden from taking shots during a failed withdrawal by leaders<\/h2>\n<figure> \t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to an American service member on the ground, the U.S. military had snipers at Afghanistan&#8217;s airport prior to the terror attack that claimed 13 Americans. They were given the opportunity to kill the bomber, but they weren&#8217;t authorized by military leaders.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tyler Vargas &#8211; Andrews is a U.S. Marine Corps sergeant. Vargas-Andrews had been dispatched to Kabul by the Biden Administration&#8217;s botched evacuation. On Wednesday, Vargas &#8211; Andrews told House Foreign Affairs Committee members that his sniper unit was stopped from capturing the suspect terrorist bomber. Vargas-Andrews also described how the Biden state department turned Afghans away at the airport. &#8220;condemning them to death&#8221; at the Taliban&#8217;s feet. Vargas and Andrews were severely hurt in the attack on Aug. 26, which left 13 U.S. soldiers dead.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas Andrews&#8217;s Sniper Team was given detailed information on the suspect bomber including his appearance. &#8220;I asked the intel guys why he wasn&#8217;t apprehended sooner since we had a full description,&#8221; In its inaugural public hearing, the Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony from the veteran soldier about the disastrous withdrawal operation. &#8220;I was told the asset could not be compromised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vargas Andrews, along with his crew, spotted the bomber shortly after. However, a commander ordered Vargas Andrews to stop. &#8220;We reassured him of the ease of fire on the suicide bomber,&#8221; Vargas-Andrews. &#8220;Pointedly, we asked him for engagement authority and permission. We asked him if we could shoot. Our battalion commander said, and I quote, &#8216;I don&#8217;t know.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Plain and simple, we were ignored,&#8221; Vargas-Andrews said. &#8220;Our expertise was disregarded. No one was held accountable for our safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The suicide bomber struck soon after the exchange. Vargas-Andrews recounted &#8220;a massive wave of pressure. I&#8217;m thrown 12 feet onto the ground, but instantly knew what had happened. I opened my eyes to Marines dead or unconscious lying around me.&#8221; Vargas-Andrews suffered multiple organ damage and lost two limbs. The attack has resulted in 44 surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas-Andrews stated that the explosion was caused by a nuclear blast. &#8220;no one wanted my report post-blast. Even [the Naval Criminal Investigative Service] and the FBI failed to interview me.&#8221; He said that the withdrawal was necessary. &#8220;was a catastrophe and there was an inexcusable lack of accountability and negligence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vargas and Andrews blamed a significant portion of this on the Biden State Department. This, he claimed, turned away scores Afghans looking for refuge from the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some Afghans turned away from [Hamid Karzai International Airport] tried to kill themselves on the razor wire in front of us that we used as a deterrent,&#8221; &#8220;The veteran stated. &#8220;They thought this was merciful compared to the Taliban torture that they faced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Vargas and Andrews claimed that no State Department agents would process people trying to board American evacuation aircrafts in the evening. Vargas-Andrews stated that the State Department had removed Marines from security posts in order to assist Afghans who were unable to be processed. &#8220;condemning [these Afghans] to death.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/military-could-have-stopped-afghanistan-bomber-who-killed-13-americans-service-member-testifies\/\">Military Could Have Stopped Afghanistan Bomber Who Killed 13 Americans, Service Member Testifies<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snipers would be forbidden from taking shots during a failed withdrawal by leaders According to an American service member on the ground, the U.S. military had snipers at Afghanistan&#8217;s airport prior to the terror attack that claimed 13 Americans. They were given the opportunity to kill the bomber, but they weren&#8217;t authorized by military leaders. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":1891595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[7228,3884,7225,3940,4505,4400,6115,8643],"class_list":["post-1871723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-afghanistan","tag-americans","tag-bomber","tag-killed","tag-military","tag-service","tag-stopped","tag-testifies"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}