Posted on 07/13/2016 4:11:09 AM PDT by FoxInSocks
ABC News has confirmed the United States deployed 40 additional troops to protect the embassy in Juba, South Sudan on Tuesday amid the deteriorating security situation there. Clashes that erupted last week have so far killed nearly 300 people, including several dozen civilians, before a ceasefire took effect on Tuesday.
"We brought in a small contingent of U.S. military forces," U.S. Ambassador Molly Phee said in an interview with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. "They are here to protect the embassy and to help us provide support for those Americans who want to depart from South Sudan at this time."
The State Department announced this week the embassy is under an "ordered departure," meaning that all non-essential personnel have been ordered to leave the region. The additional forces will assist with those departures and provide additional security.
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I'd like to see Islamic Muslim Obama right there with these 40 troops. No Muslim attackers would fire upon one of their own.
Are the troops allowed to actually have bullets in their guns?
Where is the pic of the Huey on the roof of the US embassy in Saigon?
Looks like cut and run is the norm now for US presence around the world.
South Sudan is farther away from help than Benghazi was.
How many times did they have to change their uniforms?
Yeah, but have they been issued ammo? Changed their uniforms four times? We don’t want to look too aggressive...
“United States Deploys Troops to Protect Embassy in South Sudan”...........
How about sending troops to Cleveland for some real hands on experience first. I’d love to see the BLM crowd take on the marines.
We have a base in Djubouti.
Why do we even have an embassy in SS? It’s been a country for all of five minutes and likely to collapse. Just evacuate.
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