An image posted to Facebook shows the crowded conditions inside Al Udeid Air Base
* An official working at USCENTCOM sent the memo the same day that US flights were temporarily halted because of overcrowding at the Qatar base
* Al Udeid Air Base outside of Doha has a capacity of roughly 10,000 people
* Officials described the location as a desert with nothing else around
* Doha embassy staff reportedly claim Afghans are 'in a living nightmare'
* The leaked memo comes as the Biden administration touts increased evacuation numbers out of Kabul, after wide criticism of the president's handling of it
* One anonymous official accused the White House and State Department of 'inadequate forethought and contingency planning' over conditions at the base
A leaked memo from an official at US Central Command reportedly describes the Biden administration's housing situation for Afghan refugees at the Al Udeid air base in Qatar as a 'living hell' where 'trash, urine, fecal matter, spilled liquids and vomit cover the floors.'
'Hangar update. They now have a rat problem,' the message obtained by Axios states.
The memo, sent last Friday by Supervisory Special Agent Colin Sullivan, was written to State Department and Pentagon officials with the subject line 'Dire conditions at Doha.'
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WNU Editor: No toilets. No air conditioning in a place that is in the middle of a desert. No preparation. Limited resources. Here is an easy prediction. It is going to get worse in the coming days.
More News On The Living Conditions At The Qatar Base Holding Afghan Refugees
Pentagon on wretched conditions for Afghans at Qatar base: "Nobody’s making excuses" -- Axios
Afghan evacuees in a ‘living hell’ amid feces, urine and rats in Qatar airbase -- NYPost
Pentagon acknowledges 'terrible' conditions at Qatar base temporarily housing Afghan evacuees -- CNN
US working to improve ‘dire conditions’ at Qatar base housing Kabul evacuees -- Washington Examiner
2 comments:
That's exactly what an Alzheimer in Chief planning is. But don't worry, everything is perfect.
This lack of organization is a disgrace. The speed of the Talibs' advance is only part of the problem. Most seems to be governmental.
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