The recent clash between the CMA, the Malian army, and the Wagner mercenary group is a stark reminder of the fragile security situation in northern Mali, underscoring regional and international actors' profound influence in shaping events.
substation. and with the cutting of the fiber optic cables nearby, cell phone, land line and 911 service was knocked out. that northern california attack in 2013 altogether, all those different components of it, it took less than an hour. by the time the police turned up, the perpetrators were gone. it took 27 days for authorities to make the repairs and get that substation up and running and get that fiber connected again. it was only because that attack happened basically adjacent to silicon valley, it was only that there was enough redundancy in the system, enough other substations they could reroute to, that it wasn t a mass power and communication outage for thousands of people. but it was a fairly coordinated, you know, complex attack. investigators say, for example, there were zero fingerprints on any of the 100 bullet casings that they recovered from the scene.
silicon valley, it was only that there was enough redundancy in the system, enough other substations they could reroute to, that it wasn t a mass power and communication outage for thousands of people. but it was a fairly coordinated, you know, complex attack. investigators say, for example, there were zero fingerprints on any of the 100 bullet casings that they recovered from the scene.
who worked with the americans, that this particular group was working to get out, were killed in that blast. god. i want you all to take a listen to president biden s message just six days ago when he was discussing possible attacks on u.s. service members. we made clear to the taliban that any attack, any attack on our forces or a disruption of our operations at the airport will be met with swift and forceful response. so we do not the u.s. intelligence does not think that the taliban was responsible for the attack in terms of carrying it out, but they were responsible for the security, so i m not sure how the president s threat would apply. what do you think? i think the president s threat applies to isis-k. the people who carried out the violent attack. absolutely. the ones who carried out attack. those are the ones that the president should be looking at in terms of retribution or some kind of attack against them if it s possible to get the right kind of intelligence
let it go (huh, huh) let it go (word, word, 88) let it go (let it go) we re back with the tragic breaking news out of afghanistan. more than 60 people dead and 140 wounded according to the afghan health ministry after multiple explosions at the kabul airport. among the dead at least 12 u.s. service members. 15 u.s. service members are said to be wounded. my panel joins me now. let me start with you. general kenneth mckenzie, the commander of centcom, today he said we re still working with the taliban in the aftermath of this attack. what is our relationship with the taliban and considering that they are supposedly in charge of security getting to where the attacks went off it we even rely on them at all?