Posted on 06/15/2014 4:48:01 PM PDT by Steelfish
U.S. starts removing embassy staff from Baghdad as ISIS grabs Iraqi town of Tal Afar BY LIZ SLY AND ABIGAIL HAUSLOHNER June 15 BAGHDAD Al-Qaeda renegades captured another major town in northern Iraq on Sunday, forcing hundreds of families to flee into the surrounding desert as their countrys grim descent into a new round of bloodletting continued unchecked.
The fall of the religiously mixed town of Tal Afar to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria raised the specter of deepening sectarian violence, as the U.S. government announced that it is drawing down staff at its embassy in Baghdad.
Citing the ongoing instability and violence in certain areas, a State Department statement said the embassy will also beef up the number of security personnel deployed at the heavily guarded mission, which is in the fortified Green Zone. A separate Pentagon statement said a small number of Defense Department personnel was being sent to augment security at the facility.
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Don’t worry Fox just announced Barry is going to pow wow with Iran. They will know what to do.
>> American blood shed in vain to secure Obama’s political goals.
I agree with the exception that no soldier’s sacrifice is ever shed without meaning regardless of any reckless asshole up the chain of command.
Malaise part deux setting in!
I guess I am just thick, but could you explain what that could mean?
CNN is reporting between 50-100 marines have been sent into the Green Zone to protect the Embassy and “Most” of the embassy personnel are still inside the Green Zone.
This is shaping up to be Benghazi to the 10th power if the ISIS takes Bagdad. 50-100 marines agains’t thousands of these maniacs.
Oshameful is on the golf course. Surreal!
All I’ve seen are a bunch of ragheads in Toyota pickups with AK-47s.
The problem is the Iraq forces just turn and run.
CNN is now showing the same Bush 41 that just played last hour on Fox. Fox has a rerun of Greta and the OJ story.
My take on this is that they don’t want to tell us what is happening. I have a terrible feeling about our embassy and all the people there. Supposedly only 50-100 marines are there for protection and several thousand personnel.
America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi! |
I think we are in the middle of a news blackout.
It’s been a long time since you posted Allegra. Where are you?
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution.
Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States).
All of the Texian defenders were killed.
Santa Anna's cruelty during the battle inspired many Texiansboth Texas settlers and adventurers from the United Statesto join the Texian Army.
Buoyed by a desire for revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, ending the revolution
This mess will eclipse Tehran in ‘79. Those clowns are not being run by “wise” men as the mobs in Iran were. These guys are killing everything in their way.
We will be strafing the roads by Friday, with our embassy in flames and Americans dragged through the streets.
This is not going to end well. And Obama already knows it.
Remember the A10s on the Basra highway?
No incoming aircraft to Baghdad Airport now via Flight Radar. Maybe it doesn’t take flights at night.
Thank you
And 100 Marines will shred those rag heads to pieces. But will they be overwhelmed?
We will know soon.
Seems like 1973 all over again.....Dick Nixon before he dicks you
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