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2015-10-24 Iraq

Pentagon: Ordered deadly Iraq raid after "graves" were prepared for hostages

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Posted by Steve White 2015-10-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 i am proud of the USA spending your blood and treasure to do these good deeds.

Posted by anon1 2015-10-24 08:35|| 2015-10-24 08:35|| Front Page Top

A well planned and secretive vertical insertion can work. Interesting to note, the Iraqi gov't claimed no prior knowledge of the ISIS raid, and no one to to my knowledge has yet called it a U.S. "massacre." It is early however.

The Battle of Cassinga, Cassinga Raid or Kassinga Massacre was a controversial South African airborne attack on a South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) refugee camp and military base[4] at the former town of Cassinga, Angola on 4 May 1978. Conducted as one of the three major actions of Operation Reindeer during the South African Border War, it was the South African Army’s first major air assault.

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-10-24 08:47|| 2015-10-24 08:47|| Front Page Top

#3 So, Baghdad knew nothing; the White House curiously "out of the loop." US media mildly alarmed. Nothing from the usual anti-war cabal (the weather is still tolerable in D.C. and it is the weekend.) No blather from the Turks, either.

Curious.

Posted by Pappy 2015-10-24 10:52|| 2015-10-24 10:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Speculation I read was that Ashton Carter has decided since noone else wants the job and he can't be replaced, therefore he can't be fired so he's going to go ahead and fight the war.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2015-10-24 11:08|| 2015-10-24 11:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Dawg hep me, it is times like this I wonder why we maintain tactical nukes. I know, wedding parties.

Posted by Shipman 2015-10-24 12:18|| 2015-10-24 12:18|| Front Page Top

#6 They were rescuing Christians, of course our commander in chief knew nothing about it. If he would have know he would have called it off!!!
Great job by some great American hero's. I think this is the largest hostage rescue ever done by US forces. Well done and I will leave a shot at the bar for MSG Wheeler.

Posted by 49 Pan 2015-10-24 13:33|| 2015-10-24 13:33|| Front Page Top

#7 "We just heard this from the media, we didn't know about it," General Tahsin Ibrahim Sadiq told Rooters. "It was just the peshmerga (Kurdish forces) and the Americans, and the Ministry of Defense didn't have any idea about that."

One of the factors in its success

Posted by Frank G 2015-10-24 13:56|| 2015-10-24 13:56|| Front Page Top

#8 BINGO, #7 Frank.

Posted by Barbara 2015-10-24 14:11|| 2015-10-24 14:11|| Front Page Top

#9 The government of Iraq works for Iran now, they won't let anything that isn't Iranian or Russian led be a success. (For that matter, neither will Barky).

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2015-10-24 14:42|| 2015-10-24 14:42|| Front Page Top

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