Posted on 06/12/2014 7:18:34 PM PDT by kristinn
The Washington Post inexplicably buried the lede in Thursday night’s story on U.S. contractors starting evacuations from Iraq.
One has to read to the ninth paragraph (out of eleven) to read of the report that U.S. security contractors traversing embattled areas are engaging in gun battles as they try to evacuate other civilian contractors:
“Contractor evacuations began Wednesday, if not earlier, said Ginger Cruz, CEO of Mantid International LLC, a consulting firm that works with numerous companies in Iraq…
“On Thursday, the electronics giant Siemens was working to get about 50 employees out of Baiji, Cruz said. It was not clear exactly what their operation there entails, but the company announced in February that it had signed a deal to provide service and maintenance to a large gas power plant there. The oil refinery city is some 130 miles north of Baghdad.
“Cruz said that her firm has recommended using teams of U.S. and Kurdish private security firms to evacuate the contractors because the semi-autonomous Kurdish government in Iraq’s north had sent its security forces known as pesh merga to take control of the city of Kirkuk after Iraqi security forces abandoned their bases and equipment and fled. The Kurdish forces now control roads in the region.
“Negotiations were ongoing to secure the safety of foreign personnel in Baiji and to get them out of harm’s way. U.S. security contractors involved reported that they engaged in gunfire to get through the region, Cruz said.”
The article closed noting the U.S. Embassy and consulates in Iraq are currently maintaining a full staff.
All part of the soetoro / jarrett / soros/ Others plan.
So what are we going to do about it?
Just wait until we have to wage a fighting withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Without permission from Russia and Pakistan, they’ll have to fight their way to Konarak, Iran and meet up with a hostiley inserted MEF.
Dire times,my FRiend. The Republic hangs by a thread.
The manufactured border "humanitarian crisis" and the islamo-nazi blitzkreig in Iraq and next month Afghanistan?
S is about to HTF.
Thanks kristinn.
“And serious financial resources. Did you notice the large number of NEW trucks Isis is driving?”
New ISIS trucks is the basis for presumption of financial support? So they go and overrun Mosul, Fallujah and Ramadi executing anyone who defends themselves but when they get to the auto dealerships they stop and open their wallets?
Tell your son thanks for his service and not to worry. ISIS was ejected from Syria and is in a battle of annihilation it will most likely lose.
a spine. that’s all.
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