''Politico'' reported that according to a classified [[leak]] from the [[intelligence community]], the Pentagon knew well in advance that a suicide bomber was coming to the Kabul airpirt Abbey Gate long before the explosion. According to the leak, the military knew where and when the attack was coming, and Lloyd Austin warned allies to avoid the area. Austin, Mark Milley, and CentCom Commander General Kenneth McKenzie all knew in advance the Abbey Gate was going to be bombed on Thursday, August 26, yet they kept the gate open.
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''Politico'' reported that according to a classified [[leak]] from the [[intelligence community]], the Pentagon knew well in advance that a suicide bomber was coming to the Kabul airpirt Abbey Gate long before the explosion. According to the leak, the military knew where and when the attack was coming, and Lloyd Austin warned allies to avoid the area. Biden overruled a preventative drone strike and the suicide bombing took place.<ref>https://100percentfedup.com/bombshell-information-biden-bowed-to-taliban-who-denied-permission-to-shoot-u-s-predator-drone-had-kill-shot-on-terrorist-before-he-killed-13-marines/</ref>
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Austin, Mark Milley, and CentCom Commander General Kenneth McKenzie all knew in advance the Abbey Gate was going to be bombed on Thursday, August 26, yet they kept the gate open.
{{quotebox-float|"Just 24 hours before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, senior military leaders gathered for the Pentagon’s daily morning update on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.
{{quotebox-float|"Just 24 hours before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, senior military leaders gathered for the Pentagon’s daily morning update on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.