Posted on 06/13/2014 10:51:34 AM PDT by tcrlaf
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.
The surrounded Americans said they currently are under ISIS fire from small arms, AK47s, and rocket propelled grenades, or RPGs.
The contractors so far have been able to hold the base, but those on the scene reported it was only a matter of time before the ISIS terrorists succeed in breaking through the perimeter.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
In a statement delivered from the White House South Lawn, Obama said the United States “will not be sending U.S. troops back into combat in Iraq,” but that he would be reviewing a range of other options in coming days.
“This is not going to happen overnight,” the President said, adding that unless Iraq fixes its internal political problems, short-term military help from the United States won't make much difference.
Obama will rescue those who are from corporations that donate money to the Obama campaign. Thise who are employees of those corporations who do not, Obama will abandon to the tender mercies of Sharia Law.
Its the liberal fascist way. Learn it well and open your wallets in only Obama’s direction.
Any confirmation on this? Seems plausible.
What makes you think he cares? He’s a damned islamist.
Leave no traitors behind.
Danger! Jerome Corsi is the one who would tease us with game-changing birther evidence that he never could quite come up with.
A pattern of betrayal. Like Benghazi writ large. Abandoning our own like they were disposable nothings. There is no excuse for this. And there will be no excuse for us if we let these betrayals stand.
Dear Democrats:
If there are any adults left in the Democrat Party, would you please have them go to the golf course and take Obama by the hand and have him resign and take him to Summer camp so he can make some ash trays. Thank you.
Somebody start air dropping them weapons,body armor and ammo, and napalming outside their perimeter. Oh wait-we have a p—ssy in charge. Change that to start writing 200 “sorry for your loss” sympathy cards and stamping them.
Hopefully someone reputable is vetting this story.
If Jerome Corsi is reporting it it must be true. /sarc
Jimmy Carter and the Iranian hostage crisis in redux.
The only difference between Barrack Hussein Obama and Jimmy Carter is they gave Obama his Nobel Peace Prize BEFORE he was a failure.
Sorry, but the greatest mistake made by a President was Bush's decision not to rally the world and grind radical islam into fine dust right after 9/11.
But I see your point. Bush at least had good intentions.
The 200 are being forced to sign NDAs as we write.
The arrogance of that fool. This isn’t a political disagreement in Iraq. This is a militant revolutionary group overthrowing the government. They don’t want to be a part of the government.
The best decision Obama could ever make would be the one the coward would never consider.
I just don't get that whimp Obama. Blow these terrorists to smithereens as they drive their way to Baghdad or surround a forward base.
Same thing we did with the Iraqi army during Gulf War II. They're out in the damn open now and Iraq's government wants them gone. Exterminate them like the vermin they are. Rinse, repeat.
WND is known to publish stories that turn out to be untrue. Most of the time the publish stuff no one else will. I hope this is the former.
“If Jerome Corsi is reporting it it must be true. /sarc”
That is why I said to take it accordingly.
Drudge flashed it, too.
No One knows if any Other Americans have been captured in Mosul. I just know more bad news is coming for the great leader BHO!!!
Not unless they desert or otherwise fall on the wrong side of America’s interests.
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