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- Re: [alpha] (more) TrapWire on Kabul Hotel Attack
- Released on 2012-08-09 18:00 GMT
- Email-ID 83348
- Date 2011-06-29 16:46:01
- From hoor.jangda@stratfor.com
- To alpha@stratfor.com
- List-Name alpha@stratfor.com
- Two points here:
- 1. If they were in fact dressed in Afghan police clothing it brings us
- back to the question we addressed in the afghan weekly a few weeks ago
- where there is concern about militant infiltration into the Afghan
- security forces. This definitely makes things difficult as the Afghan
- security forces are handed over the control which brings us to Sean's
- point about the fact the operation primarily ended with the NATO
- helicopters shooting down 3 men on the roof and even then there was one
- guy just going around in the hotel and it took about 2 hours to contain
- him.
- 2. Also if the militants were dressed in Afghan police attire it explains
- how they managed to bypass those multiple layers of defense.
- On Wednesday, 6/29/11 9:27 AM, Fred Burton wrote:
- Nothing to confirm or refute this initial claim. But new reporting
- suggests attackers arrived dressed as Afghan police. This is standard MO
- for Taliban...and many terror groups as you know. Only thing that
- everyone agrees on right now is that this thing was meticulously
- planned, and clearly well surveilled ahead of time. This hotel has
- multiple layers of defense -- including armed guards -- and still the
- bad guys got in. We don't have a single hotel in this country with even
- 10% of the security the Intercontinental had. When they decide to start
- targeting hotels here, it'll shooting fish in a barrel.
- Stormed in force out of a vehicle after one perp detonated a vest at the
- gate (Mike, think this remains accurate?)
- --
- Hoor Jangda
- Tactical Analyst
- Mobile: 281 639 1225
- Email: hoor.jangda@stratfor.com
- STRATFOR, Austin
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