HEROES TRASHED
Memorial for 13 troops killed in Kabul keeps getting vandalized as US flags ripped apart are destroyed AGAIN
A MEMORIAL for the 13 troops killed in the Kabul terror attack keeps getting vandalized as US flags were ripped apart and destroyed ahead of the 9/11 anniversary.
The memorial was initially set up earlier this month, by an anonymous resident in Riverside, .
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According to , 20-year-old Marine Lance Cpl Kareem Mae'Lee Grant Nikoui and 22-year-old Marine Cpl Hunter Lopez, who were among the victims of the attack, were Riverside County natives.
The flags were vandalized shortly afterward and the memorial was taken down after the incident was reported to the police.
Officer Ryan Railsback, a Riverside Police Department spokesman, told the outlet: "This wasn't wind damage – it looks like someone intentionally cut or ripped these."
He added that the damaged flags were handed over to a local Boy Scouts of America troop to be retired.
The flags were then replaced by the Chambers of Commerce's Military Affairs Council and local residents.
The new memorial had 27 flags that were again placed over the overpass.
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However the following day the flags were missing, probably yanked from the fence they were attached to.
Photos of the damage were shared on with police saying the suspect ripped down the flags just days before the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks.
In response, the Chambers of Commerce set up another memorial at a different overpass on Tuesday evening.
But the next morning the Marine Corps flag was missing from the memorial and another was damaged.
No one has been arrested yet, according to , and police don't have a description of the person who is responsible.
FAMILIES SILENCED
The repeated disrespectful damage comes after the mom of a Marine killed by a suicide bomber in last week has claimed she was after she blamed for his death.
Shana Chappell also claimed that the president rolled his eyes when she blamed him for the death of her 20-year-old son, Kareem Nikoui, writing in a post, "You can not silence me."
The Sun also previously reported that the family of Marine Rylee McCollum, 20, who was killed in the Kabul blast are and said no US troops needed to die.
McCollum, who was , had been in Afghanistan a matter of weeks and was due home in October to be reunited with his wife Jiennah Crayton, known as Gigi.
The slain Marine and his sister, Roice McCollum, said: "It was avoidable and none of those Marines needed to be put in that situation. It was incompetent."
The tragedy came after Biden made the difficult decision to pull the 2,500 American troops out of Afghanistan after being there for nearly 20 years in August.
Following , Biden stated that he had a deadline of August 31 but was not aware of how quickly the would take over, leading to a terror attack in Kabul that killed more American soldiers.
As of August 27, 2021, it has been reported that at least 103 people have been killed after two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to
TROOPS KILLED
Thirteen of the victims have been confirmed as American soldiers, including and one .
Five have been named as , McCollum, Nikoui, David Lee Espinoza, and Jared Schmitz.
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Following the horrific event, many Americans have since called for as some say now has "blood on his hands.
Anyone with information about the vandalized memorial or the possible suspect(s) has been urged to call Riverside's Property Crimes Unit 951-353-7955.
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