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48 hours after the deadly suicide attack that killed 13 american servicemembers and wounded 20 others and killed over 160 afghans us military struck back launching a drone strike in eastern afghanistan, the headquarters of the isis khorasan group. captain william irvin said, quote, initial indications are that we killed the target, we know of no civilian casualties and president biden a few days ago said he will hunt down and kill whoever is responsible for this attack. it is likely when it would take place. the us military was busy preparing to leave the country in the next 2 or 3 days which breaking news at the pentagon the us military has struck back and killed and isis planner. i m told he was traveling in a vehicle and also killed was an associate with him. the american drone strike killed and isis planner responsible for carrying out potentially future attacks against the military, not necessarily was he involved in the attack that killed 13 american servicememb ....
figure in the taliban. and they were inserted to go start that mission, to go find their target inserted by air, by helicopter. once they were on the ground, they ended up in some sort of significant fight on the ground. and a decision was made that a second bolstering force would be sent in. basically, to help them to bolster what they were doing and also to get them. that force was a considerable force. bringing with them a considerable amount of weaponry, skill, combat experience. almost unparalleled among the u.s. military. and that second force was sent in on one of these. a huge u.s. army chinook helicopter. there were 38 u.s. personnel excuse me, there were 38 personnel onboard that chinook that went in as that bolstering force that night. it was ten years ago this month, it was august 6th, 2011, and that night somehow it may have just been a lucky shot with a low-tech rocket-propelled grenade. but somehow, that gigantic chinook helicopter with all those men on ....
skill, combat experience. almost unparalleled among the u.s. military. and that second force was sent in on one of these. a huge u.s. army chinook helicopter. there were 38 u.s. personnel excuse me, there were 38 personnel onboard that chinook that went in as that bolsteringr force that night. it was ten years ago this month, it was august 6th, 2011, and that night somehow it may have just been a lucky shot with a om low-tech rocket-propelled a grenade. but somehow, that gigantic chinook helicopter with all l those men onboard was shot down. and the toll was absolutely devastating. everybody onboard was killed. it was 22 u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, three u.s. air force airmen, five u.s. army and army national guard soldiers, seven commandos from the afghan national army. seven afghan commandos, an afghan translator. also, a u.s. military working dog that was assigned to members of one of the s.e.a.l. teams onboard. 38 personnel onboard. all 38 of them killed. that was the si ....
winter. plus, california s governor gavin newsom facing a tough recall battle. why even? democrats who voted for him are now telling cnn they re fed up. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin today with our world lead. the clock is ticking in afghanistan as the evacuation effort enters its final week today. a source told me that the state department briefed congressional staffers saying that 4,100 americans are still actively trying to get out of afghanistan. but hours later after we and others reported that number the state department took it back and claimed that the briefer misspoke. secretary of state antony blinken then said it s actually only 500 americans who definitively need rescuing. and there are an additional 1,000 who may or may not need rescuing. and he said that number remains fluid. when asked, blinken acknowledged that he is only talking about u.s. citizens, not including green card holders. so the real number, if you include legal perma ....
jillian: you are watching fox and friends first . jillian: we begin with the chaos at kabul airport where the us is expected to ramp up evacuations with 6000 people including americans scheduled to depart today. the president is committed to ensuring every american who what s to leave afghanistan gets out of afghanistan. he believes we can college that by august 30 first. defense officials don t know how many people they need to evacuate. how many american citizens remain in afghanistan? the state department would be a better place to go for an estimate. that answer not flying with lawmakers. the government can t even say how many american citizens we have, what will stop president biden flying on august 30 first with thousands of american citizens left behind? afghan allies worry they won t be able to flee in time, the city is out of kabul heartbreaking like this one. keeps getting me upset. of the the passover a razor wire fence in the hopes that americ ....