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no one left behind?

Steve

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private contractors who have recently returned to the U.S. from Iraq said their former colleagues effectively had been abandoned by the U.S. military and were fighting for their lives against an army of jihadists surrounding the base who belong to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.

The U.S. contractors were at Balad to help the Pentagon prepare the facilities for the delivery of the F-16 aircraft the Obama administration has agreed to provide the Iraqi government.

The surrounded Americans said they were under ISIS fire from small arms, AK47s and rocket propelled grenades, or RPGs.

The contractors had been able to hold the base, but those on the scene reported it was only a matter of time before the ISIS terrorists succeeded in breaking through the perimeter. The sources confirmed the contractors were still under siege, despite an Associated Press report Thursday, citing U.S. officials, that three plane loads of Americans were being evacuated from Balad.

A contractor with Sallyport Global, who asked not to be named, told WND through a Skype instant message that he was transported from Balad to Baghdad and was communicating from a C-130 preparing to take off to Dubai.

He said 300 in total have been evacuated from Balad, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, and another 100 are still awaiting airlift. He said the Iraqi Air Force is trying to evacuate everyone by midnight local time.

WND learned from sources that the jihadists closed down escape routes, and the U.S. Air Force was in a stand-down position. U.S. forces were not assisting even with air cover so a private extradition flight could land for a rescue, the sources said.

Privately scheduled exit flights had fallen through, sources said, as several private pilots originally scheduled to make the flights quit.

The American contractors collected the weapons left behind and were able to hold off further immediate advances.

The sources contended the U.S. military could provide the necessary air cover to protect C-130s or other air transport craft sufficient to make the evacuation, but so far officials had refused to get involved.

Balad Air Force Base has been under attack since Wednesday, when ISIS rebels seized the nearby town of Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein.

and what is ol community activist up to...

The president said he will not be sending U.S. troops into Iraq, but airstrikes still seem a possibility.

Obama announced he had asked his national security adviser for options, but said any action by the U.S. would be several days away.

Iraq observers say, by then, the country and its capital of Baghdad may well have fallen to the terrorists formerly called al-Qaida

The president seemed to think the impending fall of the country is a political rather than a military problem, telling the Iraq government it would have to work out a plan to make its factions work together more congenially before he could send help.

The terrorists’ advance through the heart of the country has been swift and furious this week, taking the the major cities of Tikrit and Mosul, the country’s second-largest city, with little resistance.

The administration is also coming under criticism for the release of the ISIS terrorist leader from U.S detention four years ago.

The paper reported that the question of why such a ferocious individual was deemed fit for release in 2009 is not known.

Apparently someone regretted releasing Baghdadi. He has an FBI mugshot and a $10 million bounty on his head.


About 200 Americans under contract with the Department of Defense at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq are trapped by the al-Qaida-inspired jihadists who have seized control of two cities and are now threatening Baghdad, according to WND sources

The sources, private contractors who have recently returned to the U.S. from Iraq, said Friday their former colleagues effectively have been abandoned by the U.S. military and are fighting for their lives against an army of jihadists surrounding the base who belong to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.

The U.S. contractors are at Balad to help the Pentagon prepare the facilities for the delivery of the F-16 aircraft the Obama administration has agreed to provide the Iraqi government.

OBAMA PLAYS GOLF WHILE BAGHDAD FALLS AND 200 AMERICAN CONTRACTORS ARE SURROUNDED BY JIHADISTS

maybe putin or iran will pull obama's sorry ass out of the wringer again so they can laugh at him... again


flexibility.. what to stick his head in the sand?
 

Mike

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Steve, please don't make Buckwheat draw another Red Line. You know how devastating those can be to the enemy............................... :roll:
 

Steve

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Mike said:
Steve, please don't make Buckwheat draw another Red Line. You know how devastating those can be to the enemy............................... :roll:

but it is the only color he has left in the box..

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