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Iraq: ISIS guerilla’s have U.S. Stinger’s, Spec Ops enroute
Seano.org ^ | 6/16/2014 | SEANO

Posted on 06/16/2014 6:17:52 PM PDT by EBH

In only a scene from a bad movie, The Pentagon has now stated that the violent ISIS Sunni guerilla insurgency that is destroying Iraq-have captured American made, advanced Stinger Missiles from abandoned U.S. military bases.

President Obama hastily withdrew U.S. forces from Iraq in a move even former UK prime minister Tony Blair is now blasting.

The missiles, ‘most likely captured in overrun abandoned military bases’, have the capability to shoot down military aircraft, defeat chaff counter measures, and can easily take down a passenger jetliner.

Maj. Gen. Bob Scales (ret.) tells Fox News it may be as many as 100 Stingers. “But it only takes ONE to shoot down a passenger jet.”

The President has now notified Congress that he is sending back into Iraq 275 Special Forces. Armed drones are also on the way back to the collapsing country.

But all of this may be mute to put down the massive insurgency, as Fox News Jennifer Griffin reports: “Once these guerillas are inside cities, we won’t be able to find them” (as they hide amongst the population).

The heavily armed guerilla’s have now been reported to have shot down an Iraqi military helicopter as well.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Politics
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To: EBH

I find it hard to believe we would leave a bunch of missiles just lying around when we withdrew. Also why would they not have remote destruct capability, just in case they fell into the wrong hands. Something is fishy here.


21 posted on 06/16/2014 6:42:26 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Yes it is, and we need to Pray for the safety


22 posted on 06/16/2014 6:42:38 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: EBH

“advanced Stinger Missiles from abandoned U.S. military bases. “

Who in their right mind would leave serious weaponry behind when leaving a base?

Unless you WANTED the militants to get the arms, like the 20,000 M16s “mysteriously missing” from unguarded warehouses in Kuwait in 2013 (notice that the people in robes and turbans are not carrying AK’s, they are carrying M16s).

Unbelievably irresponsible to leave missiles, shells, rifles where bad guys can get them.


23 posted on 06/16/2014 6:46:12 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Nuc 1.1

We didn’t leave them laying around, we left them for the Iraqi military.

There are some 30 nations that use stinger missiles.


24 posted on 06/16/2014 6:47:36 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: DBrow

This is a good read:
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/63822


25 posted on 06/16/2014 6:49:35 PM PDT by Broker (American soap opera)
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To: EBH
The B@st@rd could not keep his mouth shut.

They just put targets on the backs of every special forces member.

26 posted on 06/16/2014 6:51:17 PM PDT by mware
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To: EBH

27 posted on 06/16/2014 6:53:04 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Farmer Dean
"When an airliner gets shot down in this country,what’s the Kenyan going to say?"

Time for more restrictions on firearms....

28 posted on 06/16/2014 6:53:43 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Farmer Dean
When an airliner gets shot down in this country,what’s the Kenyan going to say?

He'll say it was a centerline fuel tank explosion.

29 posted on 06/16/2014 6:57:50 PM PDT by Spirochete (GOP: Give Obama Power)
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To: EBH

Wonder how many of them can be traced to Benghazi?


30 posted on 06/16/2014 7:01:57 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Joe 6-pack

And machine guns for the airport sex cops.


31 posted on 06/16/2014 7:02:29 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: cripplecreek
We didn’t leave them laying around, we left them for the Iraqi military.

Sounds like a lack of or very strange strategic thinking to me. Just why would Iraq need an advanced anti-aircraft weapon? None of their likely opponents had or have an air force. And anybody who thought that the present government of Iraq might fight against Iran is woefully ignorant.

So just exactly what was the logic for leaving advanced portable low altitude anti-aircraft weapons in Iraq? That seems like a good question for a House or Senate committee to ask somebody from the DOD or the White House - behind closed doors and under oath.

32 posted on 06/16/2014 7:10:22 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: freeandfreezing

We’ve sold or given variations of them to some 30 nations over the years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinger_missile#Operators


33 posted on 06/16/2014 7:15:24 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: EBH

“Mute?” Try moot.


34 posted on 06/16/2014 7:16:31 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
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To: Nuc 1.1
Also why would they not have remote destruct capability

No room for the electronics and separate charge.

35 posted on 06/16/2014 7:20:46 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: headstamp 2

Totally predictable and I suspect it’s the preferred result.


36 posted on 06/16/2014 7:21:43 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Broker

Thanks.


37 posted on 06/16/2014 7:26:14 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: EBH

Obama is a disaster. You get what you pay for America. It only takes a handful of stinger missiles to cripple the airline industry.


38 posted on 06/16/2014 7:27:22 PM PDT by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
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To: Farmer Dean
When an airliner gets shot down in this country,what’s the Kenyan going to say?

"The missile was manufactured in 2007, so it's not our fault".

39 posted on 06/16/2014 7:29:26 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
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To: EBH

OH SURE the Stingers are from, “abandoned military bases”:

This whole story is just COVER for Bengazi MANPADS.

Very slick, I must admit. Well done.

NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING THEY SAY.


40 posted on 06/16/2014 7:32:01 PM PDT by gaijin
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