Marines stationed at Kabul airport last year were warned by the CIA about a suicide bomber two days before an explosion ripped through the chaotic evacuation, according to one of the men wounded.
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Marine wounded in Kabul suicide attack claims CIA WARNED them about bomber, watched him for two days and were told not to kill him in horrifying account of the blast that killed 13 US service members and hundreds of Afghans
Tristan Hirsch, 24, was wounded in the airport attack on August 26 last year
He said Marines had spotted the bomber hanging around for two days
'We knew what he looked like. The CIA let us know,' said Hirsch
They asked for permission to kill him but were unable to stop the attack
13 US personnel and at least 170 Afghans died in the suicide attack
Hirsch said US troops saw Taliban gunmen shoot people in the chaotic crowd
Marines stationed at Kabul airport last year were warned by the CIA about a suicide bomber two days before an explosion ripped through the chaotic evacuation, according to one of the men wounded.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Marine wounded in Kabul suicide attack claims CIA WARNED them about bomber, watched him for two days and were told not to kill him in horrifying account of the blast that killed 13 US service members and hundreds of Afghans
Tristan Hirsch, 24, was wounded in the airport attack on August 26 last year
He said Marines had spotted the bomber hanging around for two days
'We knew what he looked like. The CIA let us know,' said Hirsch
They asked for permission to kill him but were unable to stop the attack
13 US personnel and at least 170 Afghans died in the suicide attack
Hirsch said US troops saw Taliban gunmen shoot people in the chaotic crowd