Retired Navy aviator labels Biden admin claim ‘false,’ says Americans denied entry into Kabul airport
Retired Navy Aviator labels Biden admin claim "false" , says Americans denied entry into Kabul airport.
"Retired Navy Aviator Brett Odom, who is helping
Americans evacuate
Afghanistan, said on Monday that people were denied entry by the Taliban into Hamid Karzai International Airport.
"I worked for a family last night for about eight hours. That video was from the family. They had been trying to get into the back gate, the south gate. It was the only one open yesterday. Everything else welded shut. And they had been turned back by the Taliban multiple times. They had been beaten. They were scared. They were terrified. And we could not get them through last night," Odom told "
Fox & Friends."
Odom's comments came after a video reportedly showed Americans being denied. "
This claim was denied by the Embassy in Afghanistan, per this tweet this morning.
Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson
@USAmbKabul
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8h
This is a high-risk operation. Claims that American citizens have been turned away or denied access to HKIA by Embassy staff or US Forces are false.
https://twitter.com/USAmbKabul/status/1432282979561320449
Mr Odem stated this morning :
"Odom pushed back on Wilson's tweet, claiming that his statement was "false," since the Taliban is not letting people through.
"Well, as of about 3:00 Eastern time this morning it was definitely false," Odom said.
"I have a family of four that were outside the gate. We were networking furiously. Every channel that we knew, some with folks had channels into Centcom and other operations. And these folks were not allowed in the base. The base is shut down. So there is Americans who are being left behind."
Goodness!
Who is telling the truth?
How many Americans are left stranded, and denied entry?