Russian Bounty On American Troops
White House was warned about potential Russian bounties for killing US troops in early 2019
By Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 5:43 PM EDT, Tue June 30, 2020
Washington(CNN)
“The White House was provided with intelligence in early 2019 indicating Russian actors were offering bounties to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan, more than a year before President Donald Trump claimed he was not briefed on the same threat, according to a source familiar with the situation.
The revelation comes after the White House repeatedly denied Trump had been “personally briefed” on similar intelligence this year, claiming the assessment “wasn’t verified.”
But a US official familiar with the latest information told CNN on Monday that intelligence about the Russian bounties was included in the President’s Daily Briefing (PDB) sometime in the spring of this year. The written document includes the intelligence communities’ most important and urgent information.”
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/30/politics/white-house-russia-afghanistan-bounties-intelligence-2019/index.html
Because he values his relationship with Putin more than he values the lives of American soldiers, Trump won’t do anything about it…
AND
Trump won’t do anything about it because the draft dodger-in-chief views non-command enlisted military personnel as ‘losers’.
Re Trump and all things Russian:
Follow the money!
07/01/2020 @ 6:42 am
Re Trump and all things Russian:
Follow the money!
“American officials intercepted electronic data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency to a Taliban-linked account, evidence that supported their conclusion that Russia covertly offered bounties for killing U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan, according to three officials familiar with the intelligence.”
Look for known Taliban sympathizers to make suspicious purchases of Trump real estate holdings around the globe…
07/01/2020 @ 8:49 am
I ardently hope we manage to find the names of any American fallen on whom the Taliban collected bounty from Russia. Their parents, siblings, spouses, and perhaps children will be unbelievably potent in getting rid of the President who left their killings unpunished.
A few years back, Syrian snipers killed an Israeli Arab boy carrying water to Israeli soldiers with his father in the Golan Heights. Netanyahu’s reaction was to send jets to bomb a Syrian barracks, with casualties, then personally call the family to offer condolences and let them know their son’s death had been avenged. God knows I’m no fan of Netanyahu’s but at least he gets that when his people are killed there have to be consequences of some sort. What there can’t be is silence. You have to protect your people, your citizens.
07/01/2020 @ 9:22 am
@KOSHERSALAAMI;
“One of the incidents being looked at for a possible connection to the alleged Russian scheme is an April 8, 2019 bomb blast on an American military convoy near Bagram Air Base that killed three Marines, according to The Associated Press.
Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, Sgt. Benjamin S. Hines and Staff Sgt. Christopher K.A. Slutman were all killed when a car bomb detonated near their vehicle as their convoy headed back to the base. They were among the 23 Americans who died in Afghanistan in 2019 either from combat or non-combat reasons.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marine-commandant-families-fallen-service-members-entitled-answers/story?id=71536095
07/02/2020 @ 12:00 am
Remember those names. You are very likely to hear them again