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US sends missiles and drones to Iraq to fight al-Qaeda
BBC ^ | December 26 2013

Posted on 12/26/2013 5:00:38 PM PST by gooblah

The US has delivered dozens of missiles to Iraq to help combat al-Qaeda, US and Iraqi officials have said.

They said that about 75 Hellfire air-to-ground missiles had been sent last week.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 12/26/2013 5:00:38 PM PST by gooblah
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To: gooblah

I wonder how long until they send them back to us.


2 posted on 12/26/2013 5:04:36 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Dalberg-Acton

bttt


3 posted on 12/26/2013 5:19:38 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: gooblah

What about the Hezbollah groups that are running wild throughout the central and southern parts of Iraq?

Oh yeah — Maliki wants those guys there...it’s the Sunni that they are trying to exterminate!


4 posted on 12/26/2013 5:46:23 PM PST by BCW (Salva reipublicae)
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To: gooblah

Last year Barack Obama told supporters, “We focused on the terrorists and Al-Qaeda is on the run..”

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/04/flashback-obama-says-al-qaeda-is-on-the-run-video/

yea they ran into Iraq and Syria


5 posted on 12/26/2013 5:51:36 PM PST by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: gooblah

What? Another Benghazi in process? Please, we’ve lost enough missiles to shut d own commercial flights for years.


6 posted on 12/26/2013 9:41:54 PM PST by Boomer One
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