Top general has doubts Russian bounty program killed US troops in Afghanistan
The top U.S. general in the Middle East said more information was needed.
By
Luis Martinez
July 7, 2020, 5:01 PM
Marine Corps commandant: Bounty claims ‘were news to me’U.S. Marine Corps Gen. David Berger told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz he was not aware, while in Afghanistan, of intelligence on Russia allegedly paying the Taliban to kill U.S. service members.
The top U.S. general in the Middle East said Tuesday he was aware of the intelligence of a Russian bounty program targeting U.S. troops in Afghanistan, but while he said he found it “worrisome,†he said he did not believe it was tied to actual U.S. military deaths on the battlefield.
“I found it very worrisome, I just didn't find that there was a causative link there," Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, said in an interview with a small number of reporters.
‘The intel (intelligence) case wasn't proved to me -- it wasn't proved enough that I'd take it to a court of law -- and you know that's often true in battlefield intelligence,†said McKenzie.
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