U.S. Marines honor their fallen service members killed in action during a ramp ceremony at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 27, 2021. U.S. Central Command/Handout via REUTERS
* Leaked notes of DOD calls show Defense Sec. Austin directing leaders to prepare for 'mass casualty' attack
* It came 24 hours before attack that killed 13 troops and nearly 200 Afghans, while wounding other service members
* 'I don't believe people get the incredible amount of risk on the ground,' said Austin
* Pentagon warned Politico against publishing the leaked information
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told top Pentagon leaders to prepare for a potential 'mass casualty event' 24 hours before a suicide bomb rocked the hurried U.S. evacuation at the Kabul airport, new 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.
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WNU Editor: The Politico article is here .... Pentagon prepared for ‘mass casualty’ attack at Kabul Airport hours before explosion (Politico).
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