{"id":43022,"date":"2021-08-26T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T16:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=43022"},"modified":"2021-08-26T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T16:21:11","slug":"this-is-not-reassuring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=43022","title":{"rendered":"This Is Not Reassuring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2021\/08\/100-afghans-evacuated-kabul-terror-watch-lists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WND<\/a> posted an article about the Afghan refugees we are screening in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Among the evacuees from Kabul are as many as 100 Afghans who are on intelligence agency terrorist watch lists, including one with potential ties to ISIS, a U.S. official warned Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Afghans, who have been flown to Qatar, are candidates for entry to the United States through Special Immigration Visas (SIV).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The U.S. official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/threats\/2021\/08\/kabul-evacuee-potential-isis-ties-detained-qatar-base\/184811\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Defense One<\/a> that at least 100 have been flagged as possible matches to intelligence agency watch lists by the Defense Department&#8217;s Automated Biometric Identification System.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>A State Department spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9924131\/Up-100-Afghan-evacuees-flown-war-torn-Kabul-terror-watch-lists-official-warns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told DailyMail.com<\/a> that all SIV applicants are being screened before they are allowed entry into the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article notes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?514208-1\/defense-department-approximately-16000-people-evacuated-afghanistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pentagon spokesman John Kirby assured reporters Monday<\/strong><\/a><strong> that the Afghans allowed into the United States are undergoing &#8220;robust screening.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>However, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jihadwatch.org\/2021\/08\/vetting-what-vetting-uk-flies-person-on-no-fly-list-into-britain-from-afghanistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer argues<\/a>, the British also have &#8220;robust screening.&#8221; But <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/afghanistan-person-on-no-fly-watchlist-flown-into-uk-during-evacuation-operation-12389001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a report Tuesday by Sky News<\/a> illustrates &#8220;the unavoidable difficulties involved in this process.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The British broadcaster reported &#8220;a person from Afghanistan on the UK&#8217;s no-fly list has been flown into Birmingham as part of the British evacuation operation in a potential security breach.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We know from experience that the leaders of terrorists groups are not stupid. Why wouldn&#8217;t they exploit the chaos in Afghanistan and the chaos at America&#8217;s southern border to bring terrorists into America? Our current President has put the lives of all Americans in danger with his domestic and foreign policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday WND posted an article about the Afghan refugees we are screening in Qatar. 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