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Two blast walls, it contains the explosion so it doesn t go as much on to the base itself, but it amplifies it. it is between the two very solid bits of concrete. there seems to have been a mass casualty event. we re waiting to hear about the status of the afghan civiians and the u.s. casualties. richard, the intended effect of complex explosions like this, there in kabul? very simple. the pentagon and others, intelligence alerts that this would have been isis-k. now isis lost. they were yesterday s story. they lost their base, their ....
0 all right, david, thank you. we have a bit more breaking news to add to this, the pentagon spokesman saying we can confirm the explosion at a gate was the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of u.s. and civilian casuacasualties. another explosion a short distance from the abbey gate also took place. our breaking news coverage continues now with craig melvin. good thursday morning. craig melvin here. we continue to follow breaking news in afghanistan. explosion outside of the airport in kabul. expected to be an ied attack. word a few moments ago from pentagon spokesman. another explosion near by at a hotel. while they have no confirmation who is behind it, the assumption is that it was caused by isis-k. a splinter group of isis. that group considered to be an adversary of the taliban. the airport already on high alert because of a threat attributed to that group. just in the last few minutes john kirby saying the explosion near the abbey gate at the kabul airport ....
Massive, massive blow. the terror group no longer claims territory. doesn t the threat remain as the ideology is embraced by some who escaped and survived war and the threat of radicalization continues? absolutely. i think we should be very careful when we talk about defeat of isis at this moment. all isis lost, which is significant, its lost territory but the group is not eradicated. isis is very much at large. now, they will try to use this to portray themselves as victims and continue to use propaganda and attract supporters. the group has many fighters at large between 15,000 and 20,000 in the area around syria and iraq. so, we are likely to see a surge ....
Under barack obama and the military said that energized. you see the green territory, all of that is lost. here are raw numbers for what isis lost. including the capitol. he does get credit for that, that claim is true. a few other quick hits here. he suggested that recent terror attacks in new york were made possible by terrorists exploiting the immigration system and authorities say those people were radicalized once they got here. so that is true, but it s misleading. he said that chrysler is bringing a car plant back from mexico to michigan. they are bringing some production back. but that plant is staying in mexico also. so that is false. and he said he has appointed more circuit judges than any other president at this point, that claim is true. we checked a lot more and you can check out what we did, go to cnn.com/reality check. christine, dave? all right, i have to tell you we have all the smart people staying up all night, checking the claims. so that fact check team is ....
The martyrdom, the bitterness, the warm of the. i disagree. they do have aspirations and that is to kill us and blow themselves up. that s what they aspire to do. if you re doing something about the ira blowing up the british, you better use the irish. i don t love it, i m half irish. that s not up to homeland do skew reality. they re doing homeland security. don t put a russian in there you put in an islamic extremist. for moderate muslims to get upset. i love what you produced, the al nusra video from vice media. this is why the islamic state can t exist one more day. the longer they look like the strong one, the longer they continue to breed these people. you have to start taking these people out in raqqa. what do you want, islamic extremism. wipe it out? let them know al qaeda and isis lost. there hasn t been an islamic ....