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Iraqi Air Force evacuating besieged American contractors
WND ^ | June 13, 2014 | Jerome R. Corsi

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; lebanon; syria
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To: kcvl

“so a private extradition flight could land for a rescue”
I wonder who was rescued that required special instructions like this.


41 posted on 06/13/2014 3:48:47 PM PDT by fivecatsandadog (OBAMA .... .....WORST.... PRESIDENT......EVER)
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To: leapfrog0202

Ahh yes. Our uniparty congress is carefully monitoring. Hope that doesn’t interfere with their dinner schedules or tee times or something equally horrible.

Complicit is a good word to describe Congress.


42 posted on 06/13/2014 3:52:44 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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To: RKBA Democrat

The GOP is morally bankrupt.


43 posted on 06/13/2014 3:53:33 PM PDT by eleni121 ("All Along the Watchtower" Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9)
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To: forgotten man

A Sunni Prince wrote his recommendation for college and probably paid some of the costs.


44 posted on 06/13/2014 3:56:46 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: yoe

Thank God!


45 posted on 06/13/2014 4:05:48 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: eleni121

“The GOP is morally bankrupt.”

Oh it goes well beyond that. They’re complicit if not actively collaborating in our eventual demise as a country and a culture.

The way to understand the uniparty of which the gop is just one faction is to think about a prostitute dying in a gutter. If you or I or most Americans came up on that, our natural reaction would be to get help! To call an ambulance!

For a member in good standing of the uniparty, their first reaction is to wonder if there’s enough time to get in quick hump before she expires.


46 posted on 06/13/2014 4:09:02 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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To: forgotten man

Soonee.


47 posted on 06/13/2014 4:09:23 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: RKBA Democrat

Who will be the modern Hercules to clean the Augean gop stables...


48 posted on 06/13/2014 4:12:15 PM PDT by eleni121 ("All Along the Watchtower" Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9)
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To: yoe

What U.S. Air Force? Where are they? I thought there were NO U.S. soldiers of any kind in Iraq...


49 posted on 06/13/2014 4:25:22 PM PDT by 88keys (broken glass GOP; it matters, replace the Dems. 2014!!)
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To: 11th Commandment

When you play back every time that was said, it was always “leave no one behind...in UNIFORM.”


50 posted on 06/13/2014 4:28:42 PM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: eleni121

“Who will be the modern Hercules to clean the Augean gop stables...”

Hercules isn’t coming. WYSIWYG. I suggest getting right with your tribe and finding an enclave to your liking.


51 posted on 06/13/2014 4:45:09 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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To: kcvl

“What difference doe sit make anymore!”

Oh, too early.


52 posted on 06/13/2014 4:54:53 PM PDT by SgtHooper (This is not my tag!)
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To: yoe

This PR video made in last few days pretty much shows me what these ISIS scum are about... Pure evil... Extreme video warning... WARNING ...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d43_1402695186

AGAIN WARNING, BLOOD GORE...


53 posted on 06/13/2014 5:41:09 PM PDT by LowOiL ("Abomination" sure sounds like "ObamaNation" to me.)
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To: LowOiL

Well video got deleted... sorry about previous post.


54 posted on 06/13/2014 5:44:12 PM PDT by LowOiL ("Abomination" sure sounds like "ObamaNation" to me.)
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To: yoe

He can’t be bothered with such trivialities. He’s got fundraising and golf to tend to.

Screw impeachment, we’re w-a-y beyond impeachment. We’re into treason territory.


55 posted on 06/13/2014 5:47:17 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: driftdiver

Obama is on his way to Palm Springs for a fundraiser and golf according to Megyn Kelly.


56 posted on 06/13/2014 6:03:22 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: yoe

In a better world, his own Cabinet would remove him. He is incapable of discharging his duties.


57 posted on 06/13/2014 6:14:40 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Obama is a Sunni.


58 posted on 06/13/2014 6:46:48 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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To: yoe

200 American civilians trapped in a free-fire zone?

“What difference, at this point, does it make?”

*SPIT*


59 posted on 06/13/2014 7:03:28 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: kcvl

And here i was so worried about the Dear Leader and all the work he does, that he is not getting enough R&R,


60 posted on 06/13/2014 7:04:44 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Bush won the War in Iraq, Obozo lost the peace..and gave Iraq back to the Terrorists!)
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