Posted on 06/15/2014 1:15:02 PM PDT by sunmars
Edited on 06/15/2014 1:16:27 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The American Embassy in Baghdad plans to evacuate a substantial number of its personnel this week in the face of a militant advance that rapidly swept from the north toward the capital, the State Department announced on Sunday.
The embassy, a beige fortress on the banks of the Tigris River within the heavily-secured Green Zone, where Iraqi government buildings are also located, has the largest staff of any United States Embassy.
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This incredibly worrying-Guardian reports ISIS now has cash and assets worth $2.5bn
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/15/iraq-isis-arrest-jihadists-wealth-power
And of course it was under Bush's agreement. We were STILL negotiating leaving troops there. Obama would hear none of that.
Bttt.
5.56mm
Just wonder who is in main control of that money - and countries most likely can void all that cash thru serial numbers??
ISIS Tribe fighters spokesperson: Our military operations for Baghdad have begun.
Hey, don’t begrudge poor little Barry another vacation. He and Michelle went to Rancho Mirage for the very first time this weekend, and he was just so thrilled his little eyes bugged out and he really didn’t have time to think about things like some nasty US embassy somewhere.
Prayers for the last out Marines.
there have been 200 there. crud.
Yep ..... Agree.
Eight hundred ISIS vs how many Iraqi’s who are willing to fight? Maybe they’ve now bit off more than they can handle.
He has no idea which one is him of course (the back of everyone's head looks the same) but he saw the Photographer there on the flight deck.
Isis Tribe fighters reportedly shelling Baghdad airport with mortars..
Total vote of confidence for the Iraq government. lol
By the way, now that Jay Carney has bailed out, who's occupying the White Hut's “Baghdad Bob” presidential spokesman position?
I wonder if Barry has told those poor schlubs at the U.S. Embassy he's not coming to save them? Wait, that's the job of SecState John F’ing Kerry — Barry's got more holes to play! (Did you know he [JFK] was in Vietnam?)
really pathetic
There was another story the other day about ISIS wanting to join up with Syria. Being Iraq is Sunni, Shia, and some Kurds in the north, could there be a split in the making and Shia going with Iran?
Thaks Yogi.
Just wow. I can’t imagine being on that roof and seeing/hearing the desperation. That one would burn holes in your brain.
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