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BREAKING: Reports Claim ISIS Just Captured al-Asad Air Base Where 300 U.S. Marines Could Be Trapped
Liberty News ^ | 12 Fe 2015 | Eric Odom

Posted on 02/12/2015 6:30:58 PM PST by rey

This is a story with various reports flying from multiple directions and it’s hard to get a grasp on exactly what’s happening. What we know at the moment is that ISIS is claiming it has seized control of the al-Asad air base in the Ramadi area of Iraq. According to multiple twitter feeds the Iraqi army has lost contact with its people inside the base. From what we can tell the 300 Marines are on location to train Iraqi military. The Pentagon is pushing back on these initial reports about al-Asad. According to the Pentagon ISIS is initiating attacks against the base, but the heaviest fighting is happening approximately 5-10 miles away in al-Baghdadi. - See more at: http://www.libertynews.com/2015/02/breaking-reports-claim-isis-just-captured-al-asad-air-base-where-300-u-s-marines-are-now-trapped/#sthash.jv3OOUUA.dpuf

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airbase; alasadairbase; albaghdadi; iraq; marines; ramadi; thanksobama
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To: bobby.223

The US military of every stripe has an SOP, TM, FM, TB, Regulation, OPLAN, etc. to cover nearly every potentiality that can possibly be anticipated. This includes the destruction of weapons of every kind, from the nukes on down. They don’t take a dump without a specified sequence or a five-paragraph ops order.


141 posted on 02/12/2015 7:59:04 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Cvengr

Thanks for the info C. I never dreamed that our Marines would have in place, and possibly be forced to observe, a procedure that directed them to bash their own personal carry rifles to pieces with sledgehammers. (I can see some ‘retreating’ type SOP’s for ‘em if that situation became a prudent call yeah, but NOT the bashing of their own weapons to pieces. Damn!!!)


142 posted on 02/12/2015 8:01:09 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: goodwithagun

Praying!!!!


143 posted on 02/12/2015 8:02:39 PM PST by 444Flyer (How long O LORD?)
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To: mkleesma

If they have the weapons and ammo, knowing Obastard he sent them in with nothing.


145 posted on 02/12/2015 8:05:53 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: bobby.223

OO-RAH!!!!!!!!!!


146 posted on 02/12/2015 8:06:14 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: bobby.223
a procedure that directed them to bash their own personal carry rifles to pieces with sledgehammers.

Like in Yemen...where they supposedly destroyed their weapons and left the mangled parts at the airport....

Seems to that's just some good high tensile steel to use in IED's by the enemy.

147 posted on 02/12/2015 8:10:29 PM PST by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

I hate conflicting information...but theres some here

they say the base hasnt been attacked

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/12/isis-on-doorstep-fighters-reportedly-seize-iraqi-town-near-base-holding-us/


148 posted on 02/12/2015 8:13:27 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: uncitizen

Dear Lord—that was my first, gut reaction as well. My second, remembering Jefferson felt “Marines” needed to fight radical islam (Barbary Pirates) on the high seas, that THOSE young men are trained for “this” let’s hope their CiC, and the pathetic ROE have NOT disarmed or inadequately supplied them in any way.

#SemperFi


149 posted on 02/12/2015 8:14:59 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom ( Just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Amen!


150 posted on 02/12/2015 8:16:19 PM PST by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: rey

Lots of headlines here:

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/


151 posted on 02/12/2015 8:21:39 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: OneWingedShark

Umm. As much I probably hate to ask, what’s the story on the photo?


152 posted on 02/12/2015 8:23:31 PM PST by PrairieDawg
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To: Oberon

Not only a mistake, but the last mistake those camel f#ckers will ever make. Unless my guys have been completely disarmed by Obastard; in that case nail studded 2x4s, pieces of pipe, and any other sharp pointy object.
Jars filled with JP-4 or gasoline and a zippo.


153 posted on 02/12/2015 8:24:10 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: PrairieDawg

Not sure; I apparently got a image that wasn’t Amb. Stevens when using google’s image search.


154 posted on 02/12/2015 8:25:42 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: robowombat

“In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers.”
Chris Kyle, American Sniper

You just could not be more wrong. No matter who orders it, 300 Marines will not surrender to ISIS. It’ll never happen. Take it to the bank.


155 posted on 02/12/2015 8:29:32 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Rebelbase

Yuppers

Cannot stand down if you cannot “receive” ValJar’s stand down order


156 posted on 02/12/2015 8:31:11 PM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: Shadow44

Tet II


157 posted on 02/12/2015 8:32:05 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
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To: spokeshave

or it might be the case that the friendlies, well trained in IED manufacture, simply build IEDs for the same ISIS friendly bastards to encounter on their own, after the Marines have left.....


158 posted on 02/12/2015 8:34:00 PM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: NonValueAdded

No, not Tet. Tonkin.


159 posted on 02/12/2015 8:34:28 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: NonValueAdded

Just remember; WE won the Tet offensive.
Walter Cronkite and the citizens back home lost it for us.


160 posted on 02/12/2015 8:35:10 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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