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Newsmax: Iraqi Army Repels Attack on Base Hosting U.S. Marines Iraqi security forces on Friday repelled an attack by Islamic State insurgents against an air base in Anbar province where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops, Iraqi and U.S. military officials...
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ISIS Building Air Force, Moving Closer to Key Air Bases Newsmax: After commandeering Humvees, munitions, tanks, trucks, and possibly Blackhawk helicopters, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is closing in on Iraq's Balad Air Base, the nation's...
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BAGHDAD — U.S. military sources said U.S. officers have expressed resentment over the lack of reliability and independence of Iraq's military and police during the counter-insurgency mission in Baghdad. "The places...
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Balad Air Base, Iraq? Benghazi x 50? Need more sourcing
Jerome Corsi reports… I would love to hear this corroborated
About 200 Americans under contract with the Department of Defense at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq are trapped by the al-Qaida-inspired jihadists who have seized control of two cities and are now threatening Baghdad, according to WND sources.
The sources, private contractors who have recently returned to the U.S. from Iraq, said Friday their former colleagues effectively have been abandoned by the U.S. military and are fighting for their lives against an army of jihadists surrounding the base who belong to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
The U.S. contractors are at Balad to help the Pentagon prepare the facilities for the delivery of the F-16 aircraft the Obama administration has agreed to provide the Iraqi government.
The surrounded Americans said they currently are under ISIS fire from small arms, AK47s, and rocket propelled grenades, or RPGs.
The contractors so far have been able to hold the base, but those on the scene reported it was only a matter of time before the ISIS terrorists succeed in breaking through the perimeter. They expressed concern that they would be ab
WND has learned from sources that the jihadists have closed down escape routes, and the U.S. Air Force is in a stand-down position. U.S. forces are not assisting even with air cover so a private extradition flight could land for a rescue, the sources said.
Privately scheduled exit flights have fallen through, sources said, as several private pilots originally scheduled to make the flights have quit.
The sources contend the U.S. military could provide the necessary air cover to protect C-130s or other air transport craft sufficient to make the evacuation, but so far officials have refused to get involved.
Balad Air Force Base has been under attack since Wednesday, when ISIS rebels seized the nearby town of Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein.
The attacking ISIS forces approached Balad Air Force Base in trucks and called through loudspeakers for all private security forces and Iraqi special military to leave immediately or die.
The U.S. private contractors in touch with WND reported that after hearing the broadcast, the private security forces and the Iraqi military defending the base dropped their weapons and ran.
The American contractors collected the weapons the fleeing private security forces and Iraqi military left behind and were able to hold off further immediate advances.
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Newsmax: Iraqi Army Repels Attack on Base Hosting U.S. Marines Iraqi security forces on Friday repelled an attack by Islamic State insurgents against an air base in Anbar province where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops, Iraqi and U.S. military officials...
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ISIS Building Air Force, Moving Closer to Key Air Bases Newsmax: After commandeering Humvees, munitions, tanks, trucks, and possibly Blackhawk helicopters, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is closing in on Iraq's Balad Air Base, the nation's...
- Update On Balad: Under Ddss Fp, Balad Now Being Evacuated —-by The Iraqi Air Force
Because we Don’t Do Stupid Shit?FOX:Americans were being evacuated Thursday from a major Iraqi air base as Al Qaeda-aligned militants toppled cities in the country’s north and threatened to advance toward Baghdad. A senior...
- And While Obama 'deliberates' In His Cool Manner:u.s. Turns To Local Guns-for-hire To Guard Afghan Outpost
DANGER ROOM: The U.S. military is turning to guns-for-hire to guard one of its outposts in Afghanistan. But Blackwaters of the world, take note: simply hiring former G.I.s or American cops or even Nepalese Gurkhas won't do the trick this time. At...
- Military Us-iraqi Tensions Are For Real
BAGHDAD — U.S. military sources said U.S. officers have expressed resentment over the lack of reliability and independence of Iraq's military and police during the counter-insurgency mission in Baghdad. "The places...