New evidence has emerged challenging the Pentagon‘s account of an ISIS-K suicide attack at Kabul airport’s Abbey Gate during the American troop withdrawal in August 2021. The attack resulted in the loss of 13 U.S. service members and an estimated 170 Afghans.
Two separate Pentagon reports, one of which was released last week, assert that the deaths were caused solely by the explosion. The Pentagon insisted that troops’ reports of coming under fire were the result of confusion in the chaos following the blast. However, newly uncovered GoPro footage from a Marine’s camera contradicts this claim, showing more gunfire than ever reported by the Pentagon.
“The 2021-2022 Abbey Gate Investigation thoroughly investigated the allegations of a complex attack, as well as allegations of outgoing fire from U.S. and coalition forces following the blast. The Supplemental Review found no new evidence of a complex attack, and uncovered no new assertions of outgoing fire post-blast,” said Army Lt. Col. Rob Lodewick, a Pentagon public affairs adviser.
However, the Marine’s GoPro footage reveals 11 instances of gunfire, including one sustained burst of around 17 shots roughly 30 seconds after the explosion. The footage also shows Marines running for cover from the gunfire. In addition to the new video evidence, Afghan doctor Sayeed Ahmadi told CNN that he personally extracted bullets from the wounded and that he and his staff identified dozens of Afghans who died from gunshot wounds.
The new footage and Dr. Ahmadi’s testimony directly contradict the Pentagon’s official report of the incident.
The Abbey Gate attack was the bloody crescendo of the Biden regime’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal. One historian described the fiasco as the United States’ “greatest humiliation since Saigon.”
