Posted on 06/15/2014 3:39:08 PM PDT by Star Traveler
The United States has evacuated most of its personnel from the Embassy in Baghdad and dramatically stepped up security for those who remain as thousands of Islamic fighters bear down on Iraq's capital city.
Some 5,500 people work in the massive Embassy complex in the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. Many will be airlifted to Amman, Jordan, and others will be sent to consulates in Basra, in the south, and Erbil, in the Kurdish north.
Other workers will remain in Baghdad.
Some 12,000 fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) are marching on Baghdad after quickly capturing Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, last week.
The fighters, who are predominately Sunni Muslims - a large minority in Iraq, then turned south and began baring down on Baghdad, capturing towns along the way.
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I don’t expect those here in the US for a little while.
Oh you mean over there in Iraq. I think he’s already ruled those out.
ISIS is going to takeover unless we do something. With Obama, he might ask the leader of ISIS for a golf summit.
Unbridled...
Barry’s Great Success.
I don’t think 12K terrorists can take over Baghdad. They have help from Iran and others. The total force can’t be only 12K. In any event it should not be that hard to destroy them via drones from the air if they are marching.
Send in Hillary. I hear she has experience in cork screw landings.
Looking at all his little orchestrated PR stunt crap that he does, nothing would surprise me. If they can get an angle from this they will let it fall.
UNREAL! fox and CNN showing previously recorded specials. No news about the Bagdad airport.
Per FlightRadar 24, a No-Call-Sign, no destination listed Boeing 777-w just took off from Baghdad airport.
For the heading it is showing, they would have had to make a HARD right turn to get a way from the airport
http://www.flightradar24.com/#./3957dad?&_suid=1402878608820035625023182180865
“Al-Janabi ;@AbuBakrAl_Janab · 3m
BREAKING: #Taji military base fell, #ISIS mujaheddin captured the base & #Baghdad northern gate is open “
Wow!
Time for a repost of my favorite story Trav. The one with the happy ending.
Speaking of Biden, maybe someone should try a shotgun blast into the air.
That will teach um. /sar
Zathras said it but no one listen to poor Zathras.
Babylon 5 Humor!
Unbelievable...But OMG if that was some movie star OD’ng on crack..boy it would be non stop...
WTF is WRONG with this country?
I feel like I am living in an alternate universe!
I was just following that Iraqi Airways flight on it blinked off of Flight Radar. It was a Boeing 777 with no flight number. At the time, it appeared to be entering far northern Saudi Arabia just south of the Jordan border at 30k something feet. It’s got me curious now and going to see if it pops back somewhere.
AND STILL PRE RECORDED STUFF ON BOTH FOX AND CNN...NOTHING ABOUT BAGHDAD!
UNBELIEVABLE!
There are a lot more than 12,000 now. Sunni Iraq soldiers are going over to the ISIS side and fighting for them.
It is now rja183 heading for Jordan.
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