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Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
10-11-2014, 11:20 AM
http://www.examiner.com/article/isis-reaches-baghdad-suburbs-us-troops-block-the-way-to-bgw-int-l-airport

ISIS reaches Baghdad suburbs, US troops block the way to BGW Int'l Airport
October 10, 2014
2:04 PM MST

In their push to completely wipe out the national government of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, terrorist members of the al-Qaeda allied Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Islamic Jihadist organization have made their way to the westernmost suburbs of Baghdad, as reported by CBS News on Oct. 10, 2014. CBS is also reporting that between the furthest advance of the ISIS column and the center of the nation's capital sits Baghdad International Airport (BGW) where at least 300 American troops assigned as perimeter security, as reported by the McClatchy News Service on June 30, 2014.

With the outlying suburb of Abu Ghraib teetering on completely falling to ISIS, if the area comes under complete control of the Islamists, the Americans will be within easy range of ISIS artillery. Abu Gharib is a mere 8 miles from the runway perimeter, while the distance from BGW to the US Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone is roughly 9.5 miles. The Washington Times reported earlier this summer that ISIS captured upwards of 52 American made M198mm howitzer heavy artillery pieces, capable of hitting targets 14-20 miles away.

The captured M198's reportedly cost $500,000 per piece. To add insult to injury, the Islamists have also seized 1,500 up-armored Humvees which cost the American taxpayer $220,000 each.

Despite the oft-quoted promise of Barack Obama to never deploy American so-called "boots on the ground," he's personally ordered approximately 1,600 US troops in-country since the Iraqi National Army essentially dropped their weapons and ran away from ISIS militants last spring. Despite the pin-prick US airstrikes on ISIS forces throughout Iraq, the terrorists now surround Baghdad on three sides, with the roads leading east the only ones still in government control.



The captured M198's reportedly cost $500,000 per piece. To add insult to injury, the Islamists have also seized 1,500 up-armored Humvees which cost the American taxpayer $220,000 each.

^^^^^^ Obama is deliberately giving them these weapons at a staggering COST!
If unable to remove , why were they not blown up ?
Multiply 220,000 dollars times 1,500= 330 million dollars.
plus the 52 M198's at 500,000 each, what a great gift, eh?

Remember, his admin admitted "the airstrikes were are designed to stop ISIS from taking more territory"..
We see that . They are designed as window dressing, to look like he addressed the issue..

Why was this equipment NOT - DESTROYED?

And what happens if the U.S. troops get heavily engaged?
Are they told to cut and run?
Or will there be U.S. combat troops fighting ISIS despite his pledge to no do that?

This worm is a damn traitor..-Tyr

PixieStix
10-11-2014, 11:30 AM
ISIS having access to our military equipment is completely and utterly unacceptable. It is probably THE only reason they have had the "success" that they have had in recent months.

A bunch of barbarians running around the desert with our stuff murdering and marauding seems almost intentional if not, at the very least incompetent .

When we left Iraq, our stuff should have left with us

jimnyc
10-11-2014, 04:56 PM
These guys are spreading worse than ebola. If boots don't go on the ground, whether the USA or a coalition, then they need to carpet bomb the place. It will be the only way to eliminate them. Precision bombing isn't going to cut it. Hell, they couldn't even take out a smaller group known as "Khorasan" with that tactic, it's certainly not going to work on a group of this size. They are taking land in every direction and of course growing as they do. The only other option would be to bail and let them fight themselves over there, and hope the consequences won't be as bad as some would predict, myself included.

NightTrain
10-11-2014, 05:07 PM
Just speculating here, but I would guess that our equipment was to bolster the Iraqi Army.

It sounds like they dropped their weapons and fled when ISIS appeared on the horizon... must have read French Military Manuals in the past.