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Last Wednesday, two members of the National Guard, Sarah Bextram, and Wolfe, were shot while patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C.

Bextram was killed, and Wolf remains in critical condition.

The alleged shooter is a 29-year-old Afghan national named Ramanullah Lackenwal, who was once part of the CIA-backed zero squads operating in Afghanistan.

Those were highly controversial paramilitary units, and they were unofficially known as death squads.

When Afghanistan fell back into the hands of the Taliban in 2021, Lackinwall evacuated to the U.S.

After many rounds of vetting, he was admitted into the country under the Biden administration,

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