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2025-11-26 Home Front: WoT

2 National Guard members shot in DC, Homeland Security says UPDATE: Afghan dunnit, welcomed during Biden Afghanistan withdrawal

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Posted by Besoeker 2025-11-26 15:39|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1803 views ] Top

1 Two National Guard soldiers shot dead in ambush-style attack as horrific shoot-out sparks lockdown at White House

Posted by Skidmark 2025-11-26 16:37|| 2025-11-26 16:37|| Front Page Top

2 There are conflicting reports about the condition of the Guardsmen.

Posted by Matt 2025-11-26 16:56|| 2025-11-26 16:56|| Front Page Top

3 Senator Mark Kelly just expressed condolences on X. His comment was not well received, the leading themes being "traitor" and "blood on your hands."

Posted by Matt 2025-11-26 17:06|| 2025-11-26 17:06|| Front Page Top

4 Wearing Individual Body Armor (IBA) ?

Posted by Besoeker 2025-11-26 17:08|| 2025-11-26 17:08|| Front Page Top

Breaking news: Both National Guardsmen who were shot near the White House have died, officials confirm. They were from West Virginia.

D.C. police say they have the suspect in custody.

Follow updates: https://t.co/tm8EhnjyaB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 26, 2025

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-11-26 17:09|| 2025-11-26 17:09|| Front Page Top

6 The NYT goes with "‘I Wanted to Cry’: Gunshots Rattled Residents and Tourists"

Posted by Matt 2025-11-26 17:15|| 2025-11-26 17:15|| Front Page Top

7 An strangely the Democracts and their controlled media, call MAGA supporters Dangerous🤔?

Posted by NN2N1 2025-11-26 17:35|| 2025-11-26 17:35|| Front Page Top

8 Swalwell earlier today: "Time for Democrats To Go On Offense"

Posted by Matt 2025-11-26 17:45|| 2025-11-26 17:45|| Front Page Top

9 I'm sure the Suspect has a Dem GoFundMe and election PAC already

Posted by Frank G 2025-11-26 18:27|| 2025-11-26 18:27|| Front Page Top

10 First reports of shooter as an Afghan National and Allahu Ackbar appear on Bret Baier via Brit Hume!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-11-26 18:51|| 2025-11-26 18:51|| Front Page Top

11 ^ Totally unacceptable. Are we sure there wasn't a guy named Sven lurking nearby?

Posted by Matt 2025-11-26 19:23|| 2025-11-26 19:23|| Front Page Top

12 Fox: 29 yr old Afghan male that overstayed Biden Visa (hint: ILLEGAL)

Posted by Frank G 2025-11-26 19:33|| 2025-11-26 19:33|| Front Page Top

13 I'm sure the Suspect has a Dem GoFundMe and election PAC already

Or, even beforehand.

Bowser's Castle was a snark, but here we have two dead sons, on Thanksgiving.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-11-26 19:41|| 2025-11-26 19:41|| Front Page Top

14 From Skidmark’s Daily Mail link, with updated headline:

Afghan national who came to US in botched 2021 withdrawal named as National Guard shooting suspect

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, has been named as the alleged gunman in custody over the horror shoot-out at Farragut West metro station in the center of Washington, DC, which has left two soldiers in a critical condition.

Law enforcement sources initially told NBC News the gunman has been identified as an Afghan national and the shooting is being investigated as a possible act of terror.

He allegedly came to the United States during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 under Joe Biden's Operation Allies Welcome, sources told The New York Post.

The operation sought to resettle vulnerable Afghans, including those who assisted the US during the war. It is understood Lakanwal was residing in Bellingham, Washington.

Biden long defended the catastrophic withdrawal, which cost 13 Americans their lives and weakened the U.S.-backed Afghan government against the Taliban, ultimately allowing the terror group to seize control again.

Donald Trump vowed that 'the animal' who shot the troops 'will pay a very steep price.'

The suspect was shot during the shoot-out and is being treated in hospital, authorities said.

Law enforcement sources told CNN that the suspected shooter, who has not been publicly identified, is not cooperating with cops.

The suspect appeared to target the soldiers, firing first at one of the guardsmen who was mere feet away, according to the sources.

The suspect then allegedly fired at the other guardsman who tried to get behind a bus stop shelter.

Moving to Page 1: WoT, War on Terror

Posted by trailing wife 2025-11-26 20:07|| 2025-11-26 20:07|| Front Page Top

15 So he's an "immigrant". That absolves a lot of sins.

Posted by Matt 2025-11-26 21:19|| 2025-11-26 21:19|| Front Page Top

16 Where did the shooter get his weapon? And did the Guardsmen have functional weapons?

Posted by Airandee 2025-11-26 21:24|| 2025-11-26 21:24|| Front Page Top

17 If he admitted as a withdrawal refugee his official allegiance was to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, an entity that defined the exercise of basic human rights as a death penalty offense.

Pretending that en enemy is an ally doesn't make him an ally.

Letting enemies come into your country is suicidal madness.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-11-26 22:11|| 2025-11-26 22:11|| Front Page Top

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