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Barbara Starr @barbarastarrcnn · 11m 11 minutes ago
US miiltary says first evac option for #Yemen would be commercial charter but are Saana roads safe enough to drive to airport? big question

Barbara Starr @barbarastarrcnn · 12m 12 minutes ago
2/2 IF miiltary ordered to evac #Yemen embwon’t be easy/quick operation US officials say. Several helo/V22 sorties 4 hundreds of Amercans

Barbara Starr @barbarastarrcnn · 13m 13 minutes ago
Just In: US officials say 2 Navy warships overnight moved in Red Sea USS IwoJima and Ft.McHenry ready for #Yemen evac if orders come. 1/2


82 posted on 01/20/2015 9:29:37 AM PST by maggief
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The Iwo Jima probably carries some V-22's. Here is a pic of when they carried the old heliopters.
89 posted on 01/20/2015 10:32:54 AM PST by GeronL
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To: maggief
Look for something like this:

Operation Silver Wake.

I haven't been keeping up lately but we had a fair number of "trainers" in country helping their military root out the terrorists. Most of them weren't in the capitol.

95 posted on 01/20/2015 11:33:49 AM PST by Pan_Yan
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