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State Department Rejects Private Evacuation Flights From Afghanistan
Sebastian Hughes / @ooghes / September 08, 2021

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The State Department will not give official approval to any private evacuation flight from Afghanistan seeking to land in third countries, leaked emails obtained by Fox News show.

“No independent charters are allowed to land at [Al Udeid Air Base], the military airbase you mentioned in your communication with Samantha Power,” a State Department official said in a Sept. 1 email to Eric Montalvo, who organized charter flights out of Afghanistan, Fox News reported.

“In fact, no charters are allowed to land at an [sic] DoD base, and most if not all countries in the Middle Eastern region, with the exception [that] perhaps Saudi Arabia will allow charters to land,” the department official wrote. “You need to find another destination country, and it can’t be the U.S. either.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the State Department was working “around the clock” to take care of “any roadblocks” so that all charter flights “carrying Americans or others to whom we have a special responsibility can depart Afghanistan safely.”

The Biden administration has delayed private evacuation efforts while American citizens and Afghan allies remain trapped in Afghanistan, Fox News reported.

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So the State Department IS the roadblock from this disaster!

You can’t make this stuff up.  

They screw it up and want to avoid embarrassment.

Argh!

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