…… Independent military guys going to Afghanistan to extract people

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compchyk

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I saw this report about the independent discharged military going over to extract Americans and their interpreters on their dime. Does anybody know if they have a GOFUNDME?
 
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This may have been posted somewhere else, but in answer to your question:

As Biden Abandoned Afghan Allies, Retired US Special Ops Hatched "Operation Pineapple Express" - Rescuing Over 600 From Taliban Slaughter

With the door closing on the Biden administration's botched evacuation in Afghanistan - thanks to their botched withdrawal, hundreds of Afghan allies who worked with Western forces were destined to become 'dead men walking' at the hands of the Taliban.

That is, until an all-volunteer group of American badasses conducted a week-long mission on the streets of Kabul, under the cover of darkness, which resulted in the rescue of more than 600 people.

Comprised of American veterans and ad hoc groups of current and former US special operators, intelligence officers, aid workers and others experienced in the field, "Operation Pineapple Express" was a highly-coordinated week-long effort to run dozens of covert missions throughout Taliban-controlled Kabul.

One of member of "Task Force Pineapple," combat-wounded former Navy Seal Jason Redman, expressed deep frustration "that our own government didn't do this. We did what we should do, as Americans."

As of Thursday morning, the task force had rescued as many as 500 Afghan special operators, assets, enablers and their families - taking them to the Kabul airport overnight and placing them into the protective custody of the US military. In the 10 days leading up to Wednesday night's covert blitzkrieg, more than 130 other Afghans had been rescued.

The mission, led by retired Green Beret commander Col. Scott Mann, was coordinated in an encrypted chat room On Wednesday, over 50 people were online to conduct dozens of covert missions which Mann described as a night filled with "Jason Bourne"-type scenes every 10 minutes.
The small groups of Afghans repeatedly encountered Taliban foot soldiers who they said beat them but never checked identity papers that might have revealed them as operators who spent two decades killing Taliban leadership. All carried U.S. visas, pending visa applications or new applications prepared by members of Task Force Pineapple, they told ABC News.
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With the uniformed U.S. military unable to venture outside the airport's perimeter to collect Americans and Afghans who've sought U.S. protection for their past joint service, they instead provided overwatch and awaited coordinated movements by an informal Pineapple Express ground team that included “conductors” led by former Green Beret Capt. Zac Lois, known as the underground railroad's “engineer.”

The Afghan operators, assets, interpreters and their families were known as “passengers” and they were being guided remotely by “shepherds," who are, in most cases their loyal former U.S. special operations forces and CIA comrades and commanders, according to chat room communications viewed by ABC News.
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"This Herculean effort couldn't have been done without the unofficial heroes inside the airfield who defied their orders to not help beyond the airport perimeter, by wading into sewage canals and pulling in these targeted people who were flashing pineapples on their phones," said Mann.
The effort began with a mission to rescue one former Afghan commando who had served with Mann, and was being hunted by the Taliban who were texting him death threats. They knew he'd worked with US Special Forces and the elite SEAL Team Six for roughly 12 years - targeting Taliban leadership, and was a high-value target. The man says he narrowly escaped from a tiny outpost in northern Afghanistan which was later overrun while waiting for approval on his US visa. The mission quickly expanded into an 'underground railroad' effort to shuttle as many US allies as possible to the airport and get them out of the country.

At one point, Operation Pineapple Express lost communications - only to find out that the US military had employed phone jammers to counter an IED threat at the Kabul airport.
Before the deadly ISIS-K bombing on Thursday near the Abbey Gate of the airport known as HKIA, intelligence warnings were issued about possible improvised explosive device attacks by ISIS-K. Around 8 p.m. EST Wednesday, the shepherds reported in the chatroom, which was viewed by ABC News, one by one that their passenger groups maneuvering discreetly in the darkness toward rally points had suddenly gone dark and were unreachable on their cell phones.
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"We have lost comms with several of our teams," texted Jason Redman, a combat-wounded former Navy SEAL and author, who was shepherding Afghans he knew.
There was concern the Taliban had dropped the cell towers -- but another Task Force Pineapple member, a Green Beret, reported that he learned the U.S. military had employed cell phone jammers to counter the IED threat at Abbey gate. Within an hour, most had reestablished communications with the "passengers" and the slow, deliberate movements of each group resumed under the ticking clock of sunrise in Kabul, ABC News observed in the encrypted chat. -ABC News
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"The whole night was a roller-coaster ride. People were so terrified in that chaotic environment. These people were so exhausted, I kept trying to put myself in their shoes," said Redman.
Read the rest of the report here.

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desertvet2 said:
When the state deptartment wont allow them out of the stan... or into...then what?
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. . . "they" are transported across via an adjacent border, perhaps - or "other" . . . the militaries and governments of the world do not have sole agency with regards to transport and placement/extraction of personnel - friend or enemy.

There has always been an international capability for such - how deep are your pockets and who do you know?

Not suggesting anything specific - just pointing out a larger reality.


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vector7

vector7

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Publius said:
If they started a GOFUNDME it will likely be shut down on demand of the government.
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Just like JoeBama WH and State Department is blocking any outside efforts to get people airlifted out of Afghanistan.

Countrybumpkin said:
“The State Department has blocked us every step of the way,” he said. “The State Department and the White House have been the biggest problem. Everyone else — everyone else — has been working together, putting aside differences and trying to get these people to safety. The State Department and the White House have blocked us every single step of the way.”
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Select said:
Glen Beck had people off the ground in the air and the state dept was calling the destination countries and making the plane turn back around to Afstan.
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artichoke said:
And yet I hear we've evacuated more Afghans than Americans. Are we preferring non-Christians?
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Housecarl said:
To go this deep requires not just Biden, but everyone with any authority within the administration/triumvirate.......
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This sleeping guy ain't running anything.
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However, these people...
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TorahTips

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Probably the wrong place for this but here goes....

I just watched the fallen soldiers come off the transport at Dover. I have a question. I'm not trying to stir up trouble. My question is a serious one. "Who is the Commander in Chief right now?" As the 13 dead soldiers were carried off the plane Biden did not salute. He placed his hand over his heart JUST LIKE ANY SENSIBLE CIVILIAN WOULD DO. The Commander in Chief would SALUTE fallen soldiers. This is a real (I'm serious) indication to me that Biden IS NOT the Commander in Chief.
 
Bogey

Bogey

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”
TorahTips said:
Probably the wrong place for this but here goes....

I just watched the fallen soldiers come off the transport at Dover. I have a question. I'm not trying to stir up trouble. My question is a serious one. "Who is the Commander in Chief right now?" As the 13 dead soldiers were carried off the plane Biden did not salute. He placed his hand over his heart JUST LIKE ANY SENSIBLE CIVILIAN WOULD DO. The Commander in Chief would SALUTE fallen soldiers. This is a real (I'm serious) indication to me that Biden IS NOT the Commander in Chief.
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You noticed that too eh.
 
Meemur

Meemur

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TorahTips said:
This is a real (I'm serious) indication to me that Biden IS NOT the Commander in Chief.
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That is entirely possible!

My alternative theory is that either he didn't have his earpiece in (reminding him to salute) -OR- the person manning his earpiece messed up or didn't know Biden was supposed to salute.

In any case, he needs to be removed from office, immediately.
 
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Mushroom

Opinionated Granny
My source also said that getting the information on the rescue missions to the public is vital because the media is supressing it. The more people that know what is actually happening the better. They said that the passports taken from refugees is not the only thing happening. They are also being shot.
 
Tex88

Tex88

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Tell your source it was literally on ABC News.

And if you Google Operation Pineapple Express, it’s all over the net, including major mainstream news sites as well as social media.
 
Bogey

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“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”
TorahTips said:
I have been wondering for a while. He doesn't salute the Marines when he gets off AF1 or Marine 1. I thought it was just because he's ignorant. Maybe not. Maybe he's not their boss.
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Or he's just an arrogant POS and just doesn't give a damn.
 
Seeker22

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Mushroom said:
My source also said that getting the information on the rescue missions to the public is vital because the media is supressing it. The more people that know what is actually happening the better. They said that the passports taken from refugees is not the only thing happening. They are also being shot.
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Throw me something I can put up on Farcebook and I'll do it. I hate that platform and all it stands for but right now, it's a tool I can use. Not signed up for Twitter. Even I have my limits.
 
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Mushroom

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Seeker22 said:
Throw me something I can put up on Farcebook and I'll do it. I hate that platform and all it stands for but right now, it's a tool I can use. Not signed up for Twitter. Even I have my limits.
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You can post the links I put up and tell them that they are not getting the whole truth and the guys need the support. Prayers help as well as anything else they can think of. I know it has been on ABC but even that is limited in it’s scope. That is the reason I was given permission to post the information. The public needs to know that they are being lied to about the real situation.
 
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TorahTips said:
I have been wondering for a while. He doesn't salute the Marines when he gets off AF1 or Marine 1. I thought it was just because he's ignorant. Maybe not. Maybe he's not their boss.
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The present administration should be very careful about how they treat LTCol Stew. If they treat him harshly there could be quite a backlash... Marines may not be perceived as independent thinks but nothing could be further from the truth !!!.... Beware
 
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