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Sources are telling the Daily Beast that the Taliban threatened to murder the DC shooter's family in Afghanistan if he did not fire on National Guard troops.
It has been reported that the Taliban is going after Afghanis who helped the United States in Afghanistan.
This story is still being investigated.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taliban-may-have-blackmailed-national-guard-shooter-report/ar-AA1RE9J5?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6931896ab2254617858137f4d1066783&ei=11
Lovie777
(21,329 posts)Chasstev365
(6,867 posts)yardwork
(68,740 posts)gab13by13
(30,855 posts)I found a link to update.
yardwork
(68,740 posts)If true, it's interesting that the Taliban forced this man to do something that the Trump administration is using as an excuse to do more horrible things.
I have to wonder if somebody else got the Taliban to force this man to drive across the U.S. to kill National Guard in DC. That's a pretty specific request that just happened to help the Trump administration goals a lot.
gab13by13
(30,855 posts)that this administration is capable of cannot depict how evil these people are.
yardwork
(68,740 posts)viva la
(4,439 posts)How would the Taliban benefit from a National Guard soldier randomly killed thousands of miles away?
This sounds like a defense attorney or family excuse.
Ferrets are Cool
(22,479 posts)his family. If others can't imagine that happening, they haven't been paying attention.