A declassified report concludes that U.S. Marines who began shooting after a Kabul airport suicide bombing were not under fire,.

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Report: U.S. Marines Returned Fire After Suicide Bombing, but No Enemies Were Shooting at Them <[link removed]> A declassified report concludes that U.S. Marines who began shooting after a Kabul airport suicide bombing were not under fire, contradicting previous accounts. And they did not hit any Afghan civilians. by Brian J. Conley and Mohammad J. Alizada, Alive in Afghanistan, and Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica

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