Ahead . Plus, more than 12,000 Undocumented Migrants gathering at the border waiting to be taken into Border Patrol custody. Were live on the ground with the escalating situation, ahead. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper, and we start with Breaking News. The u. S. Military admitting to a massive and deadly mistake in a targeted Drone Strike on August 29th that killed three afghan adults and seven afghan children in a kabul neighborhood. The military initially claimed that they had successfully targeted a member of isisk, someone who posed a threat to american troops at the airport. But just moments ago the leader of United States Central Command took responsibility and admitted they got the wrong vehicle. Our investigation now concludes that the strike was a tragic mistake, as the combatant commander, i am fully responsible for this strike and this tragic outcome. This is a total about face from the pentagons initial denial they got anything wrong days after the attack. At least one
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In that strike. moreover, we assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those that died were associated with isis-k or a direct threat to u.s. forces. i offer my condolences to the family and friends of those killed. this strike was taken in the earnest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to forces at the airport. it was a mistake and i offer my sincere apology. as a commander, i m fully responsible for this strike and its tragic outcome. while i have begun with the most important findings, i do want to provide the background leading up to the strike and include an explanation as to why we felt reasonably settle that this was a legitimate strike on an imminent isis-k threat with no indication that the strike would result in civilian casualties as we asserted in our initial statements. the strike must be considered in the context of the situation on
The ground in kabul at a hamed karzai airport that resulted in the death of 13 sailors and marines and more than 100 civilians on august 26. also with a substantial body of intelligence indicating the immense of another attack, in the 48 hours prior to the strike, sensitive intelligence indicated that the compound at point number 1 on the map let s bring the map up, please. we re going to bring this up. hopefully you have an opportunity to see it. john, can you see the map there? john, can you hear me now? the press has hard copies.
roger. i m going to continue based on that then, john. in the 48 hours prior to the strike, sensitive intelligence indicated point number 1 was being used by isis-k planners used to facilitate future attacks. we also received a significant number of reports indicating multiple avenues of attack planned simultaneously in which isis-k would attempt to harm our forces including with rockets, suicide explosive vests and vehicle-borne ieuds. our leaders on the ground and in the strike cell received more than 60 different pieces of intelligence related to imminent threats were some corroborating and some conflicting. one of the most recurring aspects of the intelligence was that isis-k would utilize a