Sunday, June 15, 2014

UPDATE ON BALAD: Under DDSS FP, Balad now being evacuated —-BY THE IRAQI AIR FORCE

Because we Don’t DStupid 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 U.S. official confirmed to Fox News that Americans were being evacuated from a base in Balad, which had been one of the largest training missions in Iraq. 
The three planeloads of Americans are mostly contractors and civilians. The State Department said Thursday that the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is operating as usual. 
But the evacuation means that the vital training mission at Balad, about an hour northwest of Baghdad, has been suspended indefinitely — despite repeated administration statements that it would continue to support Iraq’s military. 
Regarding those assurances, one U.S. official clarified to Fox News: “At the same time, we are not going to do anything stupid.” 
xlation … we don’t DO shit. We don’t do good shit, we don’t do bad shit, we might do some Peace corps shit if a 30 sec TV byte is around, but if we do NO shit, we don’t do stupid shit. And there is the Obama FP.
A PARTIAL VACUUM IS LEFT BEHIND
WND:

IRAQI AIR FORCE EVACUATING BESIEGED U.S. CONTRACTORS

No help from America’s military as escape routes cut off

A U.S. contractor in Iraq told WND the Iraqi Air Force has begun evacuations from Balad Air Force Base, where 200 American contractors were trapped by the al-Qaida-inspired jihadists who have seized control of two cities and are now threatening Baghdad.
A contractor with Sallyport Global, who asked not to be named, told WND through a Skype instant message that he was transported from Balad to Baghdad and was communicating from a C-130 preparing to take off to Dubai.
He said 300 in total have been evacuated from Balad, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, and another 100 are still awaiting airlift. He said the Iraqi Air Force is trying to evacuate everyone by midnight local time.

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