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U.S. Marines poised to enter South Sudan
CNN ^ | Mon December 23, 2013 | Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Antonia Mortensen

Posted on 12/23/2013 10:05:56 AM PST by BenLurkin

The U.S. military is moving about 150 Marines from Spain to Africa, most likely Djibouti, to be prepared to go into South Sudan to either provide security for the U.S. Embassy in Juba or to help evacuate the estimated 100 U.S. citizens believed to be there, two U.S. military officials told CNN's Barbara Starr on Monday.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: southsudan
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To: 444Flyer

Did Reggie Love arrived in Hawaii YET


41 posted on 12/23/2013 1:43:16 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: 444Flyer

Could you photoshop a great white under that wave?

P.S. Your thanks to us Vietnam vets is appreciated. Merry Christmas.


42 posted on 12/23/2013 1:56:31 PM PST by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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To: BenLurkin

Strange. Fox news had their military expert, a general(ret) say the US citizens have gone. Only the embassy personnel and the Marine det. are left.


43 posted on 12/23/2013 1:58:36 PM PST by bullfeather
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To: BwanaNdege

“Police up all yer ammo and frags, don`t leave nothing for the dinks’ ummm Dinkas


44 posted on 12/23/2013 2:07:59 PM PST by Einherjar
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To: beelzepug

Merry Christmas to you too Beelzepug.:*)


45 posted on 12/23/2013 2:27:01 PM PST by 444Flyer (How long O LORD?)
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To: LeoWindhorse

“Infinity + Infinity” likes. Seriously have them shot all the bad people who want to vest themselves in imaginery virgins.


46 posted on 12/23/2013 3:18:20 PM PST by mcshot ("What's right is right"...)
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To: Einherjar

Remember a battery that won’t light your
Flashlight can still be used by a ***k to
set off an IED.

Or so we were told in Nam.


47 posted on 12/23/2013 3:24:04 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

48 posted on 12/23/2013 3:32:24 PM PST by jaz.357 (Contrary To Ordinary)
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To: null and void
I’m not freaked out, but I predict they will end up fighting on the side of the most radical muslim faction.

Neither side is Muslim. Both tribes are overwhelmingly Christian/animist.

49 posted on 12/23/2013 3:38:14 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: 444Flyer

I tried to get duty stations like Kaneohe Bay and El Toro,, but NoooOOOoo.. I ended up in New River, NC.. Coldest dang winter I ever had since I left Memphis TN.


50 posted on 12/23/2013 3:59:59 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: SevenofNine

He arrived in a diplomatic pouch.


51 posted on 12/23/2013 4:30:21 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

EEWWW LOL!


52 posted on 12/23/2013 5:41:40 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

> moving about 150 Marines from Spain to Africa, most likely Djibouti

Thanks BenLurkin.


53 posted on 12/23/2013 5:45:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: SevenofNine

I have the same reaction with just about every action of this (mis)administration.


54 posted on 12/23/2013 5:54:06 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: beelzepug

Aha! His typical Hawaiian activity!!


55 posted on 12/23/2013 6:17:51 PM PST by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Ahh, but you're the better man for it!;)
56 posted on 12/23/2013 8:35:42 PM PST by 444Flyer (How long O LORD?)
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To: Alter Kaker
Neither side is Muslim. Both tribes are overwhelmingly Christian/animist.

Would eliminating one or both sides enable the muslims in the north to invade?

57 posted on 12/24/2013 9:16:51 AM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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