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Iraqis abandoned US-supplied equipment in Ramadi
AP, via Stars & Stripes ^ | May 19, 2015 | ROBERT BURNS

Posted on 05/19/2015 1:53:29 PM PDT by Timber Rattler

Iraqi troops abandoned dozens of U.S military vehicles, including tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery pieces when they fled Islamic State fighters in Ramadi on Sunday, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

A Pentagon spokesman, Col. Steve Warren, estimated that a half dozen tanks were abandoned, a similar number of artillery pieces, a larger number of armored personnel carriers and about 100 wheeled vehicles like Humvees. He said some of the vehicles were in working condition; others were not because they had not been moved for months.

This repeats a pattern in which defeated Iraq security forces have, over the past year, left behind U.S.-supplied military equipment, prompting the U.S. to destroy them in subsequent airstrikes against Islamic State forces.

(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: anbar; iraq; isis; military; ramadi; waronterror
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American blood and treasure wasted.
1 posted on 05/19/2015 1:53:29 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

Obama secretly applauds ISIS.


2 posted on 05/19/2015 1:58:24 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (A free society canÂ’t let the parameters of its speech be set by murderous extremists.)
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To: Timber Rattler

What kind of tanks did we supply the Iraqis? M-60’s? Russian stuff? Surely we didn’t give these losers M-1’s?


3 posted on 05/19/2015 2:01:23 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: Timber Rattler

Your tax dollars at work!


4 posted on 05/19/2015 2:02:36 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Dagnabitt

Oh yes we did!


5 posted on 05/19/2015 2:02:47 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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To: Dagnabitt

M-1 tanks require lots of maintenance. They’ll be abandoned on the roadside by the Isis crews when they break down.


6 posted on 05/19/2015 2:03:39 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: Timber Rattler

Once or twice it is a mistake. Now it is a pattern. Team obama re-arming isis.


7 posted on 05/19/2015 2:08:47 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: ColdOne

bttt


8 posted on 05/19/2015 2:10:19 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Timber Rattler

Why isn’t our air force on the spot to destroy these abandoned vehicles?
so much money and blood wasted on a 2 bit dictatorship like Iraq. heartbreaking.
and their soldiers are just awful.


9 posted on 05/19/2015 2:12:22 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Redcitizen

The turbine engines that power the Abrams are supposed to last 700-1400 hours TBO, which apparently means replacement.


10 posted on 05/19/2015 2:14:12 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Hi! We're having a constitutional crisis. Come on over!)
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To: Redcitizen

We’re not just giving Iraqis and “moderate rebels” in Syria weapons, we’re training them. The US has probably trained a lot of ISIS soldiers, and continues to do so.


11 posted on 05/19/2015 2:15:25 PM PDT by grania
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To: Timber Rattler

Then the Black Flaggers hold a victory parade in broad daylight?

Without being obliterated by A-10’s or C-130 gunships?

And Gen. Dempsey telling us all to calm down, it’s no big deal?

The bustards in DC are playing for the other team.


12 posted on 05/19/2015 2:18:33 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Timber Rattler

If Obama had a son who was in the Iraqi Army, he would turn, run, and empower the advancing enemy to kill innocent people too.


13 posted on 05/19/2015 2:22:18 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Zero’s plan let the coward Iraqi’s leave their weapons and equipment behind to supply his beloved “ISIL”, ISIS.


14 posted on 05/19/2015 2:26:04 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: Kenny Bunk

After those hours the engines go to depot level overhaul and then return to service. No way ISIS has that capability.


15 posted on 05/19/2015 2:26:53 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Dagnabitt

Soon to be used in the seige of Baghdad! All those weapons will end up used to help build a new Islamic State. Thanks, Mr. Obama! Lets hope they use them on Iran.


16 posted on 05/19/2015 2:28:00 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Bingo. As one city after another falls, this is not a failure in strategy. This IS his strategy.


17 posted on 05/19/2015 2:28:02 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: blackdog
This is how President Bush handled convoys (highway of death):

This is how President 0dumbo handles ISIS parades:

America's Muslim president. BIG mistake, America.

18 posted on 05/19/2015 2:36:56 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Timber Rattler

Obama wants to bankrupt and disarm Americans. He enriches and arms radical muslims.


19 posted on 05/19/2015 2:41:25 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: exit82
"Without being obliterated by A-10’s or C-130 gunships?"

That was my first thought why not send some A-10s to obliterate that equipment, of course it would make too much sense in this obamanation and some islamists might get hurt in the process, killed even, of course anyone paying attention would realize obama is delighted with this event.

 
 
 

20 posted on 05/19/2015 2:41:45 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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