US 'blames BRITAIN' for making Kabul ISIS-K suicide attack death toll worse: Pentagon says airport gate at center of blast was kept open longer for more UK evacuees - despite planning for a 'mass casualty
Pentagon sources said they begged to shut down Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport
But DOD internal documents claim Britain wanted to keep it open so they could process evacuees
The warning came just hours before the ISIS-K suicide attack at Abbey Gate which killed 13 US Marines
The Pentagon was also preparing for a 'mass casualty event' 24 hours before the blast because of threats
Survivors in the blast have also claimed US troops opened fire on the crowds in the aftermath of the attack
The Pentagon condemned the leak of classified information on Monday morning
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 11:15 EDT, 30 August 2021 | Updated: 15:25 EDT, 30 August 2021
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told top Pentagon leaders to prepare for a potential 'mass casualty event' 24 hours before the Kabul suicide attack and said Britain wanted to keep the airport gate at the center of the blast open for longer to allow more evacuees through, internal DOD documents reveal.
The documents, which the Pentagon condemned as a leak of classified information and urged the media not to report, detail top military officials trying to sort out security in a situation they already deemed a major risk.
'I don't believe people get the incredible amount of risk on the ground,' Austin said on the call.
Pentagon sources said they begged to shut down Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan's capital city before it was hit by the deadly jihadist attack - but Britain wanted it kept open to continue its evacuation campaign.
The new twist came as survivors of the deadly blast claimed panicked US troops opened fire on the crowds of evacuees in the bloody aftermath.
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