Ex-special forces have labeled a US Army colonel a MURDERER for sending four busloads of 300 orphans, Americans, and Christians to their deaths at the hands of the Taliban during last year’s disastrous departure from Kabul Airport.
Tim Kennedy, a former mixed martial arts fighter turned soldier, said in a new Amazon documentary how a colonel with the 82nd Airborne Division turned four bus loads back.
They included US residents, holders of green cards and special visas, Christians, and orphans.
Kennedy stated that everyone had been processed for entry into the United States, but the colonel questioned if this processing might have been faked.
They were then bused out of the airport in plain view of the Taliban, who would have known by then that they had assisted their sworn American enemies.
A colonel in the United States Army has been labeled a murderer for turning away four busloads of Americans, friendly Afghans, and 300 orphans during the country’s withdrawal from Kabul Airport last year, certainly committing them to death.
The unidentified colonel issued the order on August 25, less than a week prior to the last force withdrawal as the Taliban tightened their hold on the capital.
Tim Kennedy, a former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter turned soldier, was among the witnesses to the incident.
In a new Amazon Prime Video documentary titled Send Me Tim Kennedy, he said, ‘We inquired if those with blue passports with SIVs could cross.
He responded, “No, I don’t care who they are, they go back on those buses and return to Kabul. Get them off the field!”
Kennedy stated on the incident, “There is not enough capacity in my spirit to lament four busloads of people who are about to die, because the time spent on anguish and mourning could have been used to save others.”
As a result of President Biden’s withdrawal announcement, a team of extraordinarily skilled security officers was despatched to Kabul to collect individuals authorized to fly back to the United States aboard chartered aircraft.
This precipitated an almost immediate surrender by US-trained Afghan forces to the Taliban, as well as a quick and chaotic race to evacuate refugees from Kabul’s besieged airport.
American nationals, green card holders, Afghans who aided the war effort and were granted Special Interest Visas, persecuted Christians by the Taliban, and orphaned children were among those picked by the buses.
Tim Kennedy, a former mixed martial arts fighter turned soldier, expressed his dissatisfaction with a US Army colonel who expelled four busloads of refugees from Kabul Airport in August, despite the fact that they had been certified for safe passage to the United States.
On the fatal day, the buses are depicted pulling into the airport, soon before an unknown colonel turned them away.
Chad Robichaux, who also participated in the rescue mission, called the colonel who returned the refugees a “murderer.”
The incident in issue occurred on August 25, according to the freshly released documentary, near the Kabul Airport, where a suicide bombing by ISIS-K agents would kill 13 military personnel and 170 Afghans a few days later.
Nick Palmisciano, a co-founder of the SoA and a former infantry officer in the United States Army, stated that he, Kennedy, and their other co-founders utilized the buses to expedite the evacuation when they realized the urgency of the situation.
According to him, his crew was very ecstatic about this group of refugees, whom they believed to be among the most deserving of rescue.
We had orphans, one hundred Christians, and some high-value individuals requested by government entities. We also had the families of the crews of the charter aircraft.’
The colonel refused to process them at the airport, even though they had been thoroughly vetted, and instead questioned if the documents they had submitted ensuring their entry into the United States may have been forged.
Kennedy, recalling the startling moment the news was conveyed, said of the colonel’s unexplained command, “He just makes the call – “Turn everybody around – throw everybody back out, regardless of who they are.”
The crew, which included Kennedy, Palmisciano, Special Forces Officer Dave Johnson, and ex-recon Marine Chad Robichaux, reportedly purchased the buses out of their own money and utilized them throughout the night to pick up various persons from across the war-torn country.
The ex-UFC fighter, who is also a former soldier, commandeered the buses, which were transporting Christians, families of Afghan evacuation pilots, and American passport holders, to assist in the chaotic operation.
Among them were 100 Afghan Christians in fear of being persecuted by the Muslim Taliban as a result of the takeover, as well as 100 American citizens with citizenship documents.
Also rounded up were some 300 orphans found throughout the capital, as well as high-value people (HVIs) requested by government entities with whom the group had been collaborating.
“We had a location for 300 orphans,” says Palmisciano, a former infantryman-turned-Hollywood producer, in a part of Send Me that recalls the debate with the colonel, who is not identified by the filmmakers.
We had a space for approximately 100 Christians. Then, we were instructed to pick up a number of high-value persons by government groups,’ he recounted.
On the bus were also the ‘families of the crews that had been flying the charter aircraft’ that evacuated hundreds of Americans and Afghan allies, according to Palmisciano.
Aided by 12 other friends and former servicemen who comprised the humanitarian group, retired MMA star Kennedy and other members fought for the innocents to be admitted into an American military post, but were eventually unsuccessful.
The tight standoff certainly claimed the lives of hundreds of Afghan children, commandos, and translators, as chronicled in the forthcoming book Send Me, which describes the challenges of Kennedy’s squad during the evacuation.
Joe Biden authorized the withdrawal of the last of the approximately 13,000 Americans stationed in the war-torn country, leaving thousands behind to suffer at the hands of the renowned terrorist organization.
Send Me, which began streaming on Amazon Prime last week, recounts the events leading up to this incident and one of the largest civilian rescue missions, which was thwarted by the unnamed colonel.
During last summer’s tumultuous retreat, refugees are shown waiting at Kabul Airport.
The airport of Kabul is depicted. During the withdrawal, a secure US zone within the complex was surrounded by individuals attempting to flee. Even though many had clearance to enter the United States, they were refused entry.
Kennedy, age 42, recalled, “We dispatch buses to various locations throughout the city.”
“Members of the world’s most prestigious intelligence services are aboard these buses,” the former UFC middleweight continued. These buses contain Afghan Special Forces troops, interpreters, Christians, and orphans.
Palmisciano added, ‘The boys labored all night and then crammed these passengers into those buses.’
Once filled with possible refugees, the convoy gathered outside the airport at a spot known as the Black Gate, which had been designated as the meeting point for the bus evacuation by Marines stationed at the airport in advance.
Johnson, a former special forces officer and Westpoint alumnus, remembered the frenzied evacuation effort: ‘In one last rush, we felt we would be able to get one large mass out.’ We had negotiated with the Marines in advance for this lovely little gate. Five of them are lined up at the Black Gate.”
At the time, Palmisciano and Sean Lee, the operations officer for Save Our Allies and a 22-year veteran of the U.S. military, were awaiting the arrival of the buses at the airport.
Eventually, at approximately 3 a.m., the two received a call from their coworkers informing them of the arrival of the buses, which they could not help but celebrate.
“I received a SAT [satellite] call: “Hey – 300 orphans, 100 Christians, the HVTs, and the families of almost half the personnel had entered the facility.”
Palmisciano recalled: ‘We did a jig. Like, were like, you know, “F**k yeah.” It was, like, one of the happiest moments of the entire event.