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Rahmanullah Lakanwal is the Afghani who shot 2 West Virginia National Guard troops in DC near the White House . Sarah Beckstrom is dead. Andrew Wolfe clings to life.

Lakanwal came to the US in the chaotic US evacuation from Afghanistan. He worked for the CIA during the war in a program called 'Zero Units '(unit “03”); operating out of Kandahar.
The mission of Zero Units was counter-terrorism . What they really were was assassination squads .

“They’ve Shot Many Like This”: Abusive Night Raids by CIA-Backed Afghan Strike Forces | HRW

There was no other Afghan unit on the battlefield with the same training or equipment as the Zero Units. Trained by American special-operations soldiers, they acted as the CIA’s secret army, carrying out some of the most dangerous missions of the war targeting Al Qaeda and ISIS leaders plotting to attack the U.S., according to CIA officials who served with the units. Often, members of Joint Special Operations Command, including SEAL Team Six, would be part of the mission to call in airstrikes, but the bulk of the fighting was done by Afghan soldiers led by CIA Ground Branch officers.

Inside Zero Units, the CIA’s Secret Afghan Army

It made sense to get them out of the country after the US high tailed it out of there. It made NO sense to allow them into the US without proper vetting.

Clueless Joe did that in 'Operation Allies Welcome'. It was NOT supposed to set up permanent residency. 200,000 Afghans came to the United States. About 40 percent of those were granted Special Immigrant Visas. Allegedly they were vetted in a program called 'Enduring Welcome'; a program that Trump shut down by Executive Order in June.

He allegedly became "radicalized " here.

The question is how is it possible to properly "vet" someone from a terrorist nation or a failed state? Did the CIA give character references for this member of their hit squads ?

It was no surprise that he had issues. Who was handling his case ?

Lakanwal resettled with his wife and their five sons, all under the age of 12, in Bellingham, Washington, but struggled, according to the community member, who shared emails that had been sent to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a nonprofit group that provides services to refugees.
“Rahmanullah has not been functional as a person, father and provider since March of last year, 03/2023. He quit his job that month, and his behavior has changed greatly,” the person wrote in a January 2024 email.
The emails described a man who was struggling to assimilate, unable to hold a steady job or commit to his English courses while he alternated between “periods of dark isolation and reckless travel.” Sometimes, he spent weeks in his “darkened room, not speaking to anyone, not even his wife or older kids.” At one point in 2023, the family faced eviction after months of not paying rent.


Lakanwal’s family members often resorted to sending his toddler sons into his room to bring him the phone or messages because he would not respond to anyone else, one email stated. A couple of times, when his wife left him with the kids for a week to travel to visit relatives, the children would not be bathed, their clothes would not be changed, and they would not eat well. Their school raised concerns about the situation.
But then, there were “interim” weeks where Lakanwal would try to make amends and “do the right things,” according to the email, reengaging with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services as was mandated by the terms of his entry into the U.S.
“But that has quickly evolved into ‘manic’ episodes for one or two weeks at a time, where he will take off in the family car, and drive nonstop,” the email outlined. Once, he went to Chicago, and another time, to Arizona.
The community member, in an interview, spoke of becoming worried that Lakanwal was so depressed that he would end up harming himself. But the community member did not see any indication that Lakanwal would commit violence against another person.

Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with ‘dark isolation’ as community raised concerns

No .....there was no indication that a former member of a hit squad who exhibited unstable patterns of behavior would resort to violence ....</sarc>

The Dems calls for violence against ICE and the National Guard are working.

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