Posted on 06/13/2014 1:38:08 PM PDT by yoe
A U.S. contractor in Iraq told WND the Iraqi Air Force has begun evacuations from Balad Air Force Base, where 200 American contractors were trapped by the al-Qaida-inspired jihadists who have seized control of two cities and are now threatening Baghdad.
Frank Biggs, a contractor with Sallyport Global, 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.
Biggs said 300 in total have been evacuated from Balad and another 100 are still awaiting airlift. He said the Iraqi Air Force is trying to evacuate everyone by midnight local time.
WND previously reported Friday that 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.
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"Tell Obama, he’ll be rescuing Gay American deserters and collaborators.
- “All this for a damn fag!” - Michelle Obama
BOL!
Well no. The going exchange rate is 5 to 1.
So it’s a thousand Gitmo guests...
Yes, but how can the true conservatives reconcile shrinking the government, but growing the military. And what about the sequester.
Obama’s epic fail. By far, by any objective measure, the worst president in history.
FNC showed him in the oval office today with all of the party leaders. And he was laughing about something. Had that huge toothy smile going. I can’t say anything more because my B/P is making my head pound and I don’t trust myself to say another word.
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