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US Orders Partial Evacuation Of Baghdad Embassy As Aircraft Carrier Arrives In Gulf
Earlier today we reported that despite, or rather due to, all the confusing propaganda from either side, it was not exactly clear whether and how far away from Baghdad the ISIS offensive had been halted (if at all). It appears the confusion has also impacted none other than the US State Department, which moments ago announced it would evacuate an "substantial number" of the whopping 5,500 staff situated in the US embassy in Baghdad on the banks of the Tigris river, staff which incidentally is the largest of any US embassy. Additionally, the State Dept said that some additional U.S. govt security personnel will be added to Baghdad staff as result of instability and violence in certain areas of Iraq.
According to the NYT, The exact number of people being evacuated was not clear Sunday. The embassy would remain open, a person familiar with the planning said, and much of its staff of about 5,500 would stay in Baghdad. The American government is expected to call the move a relocation, suggesting that it is a temporary precaution, the person said.
Many staff members who are leaving will be flown to Amman, Jordan, where they will continue their work at the embassy there. Not Benghazi? Oh wait, what difference does Benghazi make.
Others will be shifted from Baghdad to consulates here in Erbil, in the northern Kurdish region, and in Basra, in the south, which are not now under threat by the militants.
Other Americans in Iraq, particularly contractors working for companies that had been training the Iraqi military on weapons systems purchased from the United States, have already been evacuated from the country.
President Obama, on top of things, has said he is weighing a range of actions to help the Iraqi government turn back the insurgents, including airstrikes or other military aid. For now, however, as we reported last night, he is in Palm Springs hobnobing with the local donors, and looking at potential home purchases once his second term ends - the closer to the local golf courses, the better.
And in other news, to make the evacuation as seamless as possible and as we reported last week, the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and two other U.S. Navy ships arrived in the Persian Gulf Sunday, as Iraqi troops mobilized to defend their country from a wave of Sunni insurgents taking over cities, NBC News reported. The USS George H.W. Bush was ordered to the Persian Gulf Saturday to protect American interests in the region.
Meanwhile, at least 15 people were killed and more than two-dozen were injured in explosions in Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi police and hospital officials told the Associated Press. It was unclear if these were related to the ISIS offensive, and if, as unconfirmed reports on Twitter have suggested, ISIS advance forces have already entered the capital's neighborhoods.
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"Editor's note: Seeing multiple - but unconfirmed - reports of clashes near the Baghdad Airport. -"
Must be a lot of furriners in Baghdad shittin' in their boots about now...
ISIS militants take control of Tal Afar
Last updated Sun 15 Jun 2014
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-06-15/isis-militants-take-control-of-tal-afar/
Saw that earlier today. It was a "mixed" town, but not for long. On the main highway to Syria from Mosul, so just consolidating power. Might be a pipeline heading along that way as well. Man, Sunni jihadis must be pouring into that region from all over the Middle East and beyond.
The Iraqi army isn't doing so well in the field, but, when Saigon was falling, the ARVN army was looting saigon.
if you need to GTFO, looting the banks is a way to help make sure you buy your way to Damascus,
well or Beirut, oh, um, Riyadh, yeah, that's it. Riyadh.
Carney is on an air force plane for Iraq, to take over where Baghdad Bob left off! With lessor success.
The only part of Iraq worth protecting with outside soldiers are the museums and antiquity sites. I hope the UN intends to do something.
Israel Orders Partial Evacuation Of Baghdad Embassy As AIPAC Aircraft Carrier Arrives In Gulf
One at a time.
1) China bellicosity towards Viet Nam.
2) China bellicosity towards Taiwan.
3) Japan vs. China.
4) India vs. Pakistan
5) Tepco Shitshow Fukushima
6) Various African horror shows
7) Syria - bad men are in power - let's fund the freedom fighters
8) Oh no, Iraq has been, um, "taken over"
9) Russia bad guy, moving tanks around
Guys this is all bullshit, all the time. The paper money debt saturation has run its course and there needs to be a war in order to destroy paper buying power. They haven't found better ways than war for this. They've looked, but this is what they've got.
Do you really think that a couple thousand guys show up suddenly in Iraq with brand new Ford F-350's just bought them somewhere? Are you kidding?
Do you really think Russia isn't fully under bank command?
Which al-qaeda are you being asked to think about today? The good one or bad one? Jesus what an amateur joke.
Total fucking screw job joke.
Hey Great Eye, is this the best you've got? Your moron sycophants couldn't start a proper war if their lives depended on it.
We're sending one carrier and 2 support destroyers... What's that gonna do? We're losing on 3 if not 4 fronts. One boats with planes ain't gonna do shit. As for the usefullness of destroyers, I know they were effective in WW2 against German U-boats, but these days, what are we aftaid of? Imaginary Iranian and Iraqi submarines? What is the usefulness of destoryers in modern warfare? Who, aside from Russia has subs that might be considered a threat? And are we so naive to thik that 2 destroyers are gonna make a difference?
What in the Fuck do we need 5,500 staff at a Embassy in Iraq, Jesus we are fucdup.