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2020-01-01 Iraq
M-22 Ospreys Deliver US Marines to US Embassy Baghdad
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Posted by Goober Tingle7365 2020-01-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran Proxies 

#1 Make the grass grow, boys.
Posted by DarthVader 2020-01-01 01:05||   2020-01-01 01:05|| Front Page Top

#2 The Orange Man is no Jimmah Carter.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-01 04:21||   2020-01-01 04:21|| Front Page Top

#3 
Posted by Frank G 2020-01-01 05:09||   2020-01-01 05:09|| Front Page Top

#4 ...The Marines have landed, and the situation is well in hand.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-01-01 08:53||   2020-01-01 08:53|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Mil.com - 100 Marines from Crisis Response Unit Sent to Secure US Embassy in Iraq
Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-01 09:20||   2020-01-01 09:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Takeaways: Iraqi air force made no effort to deny the Ospreys access all the way from Kuwait. Were they voluntarily compliant or unwilling to be shot down by F-35s and F-22s? Air supremacy is still a big deal. Iraqi gummint trying to play all sides while sitting on the fence. That always works out so well. Maybe some people at DoD and DoS can learn a thing ot two. Maybe not...
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-01 10:22||   2020-01-01 10:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Hopefully they have lots of ammo. And the will to use it.
Posted by gorb 2020-01-01 11:24||   2020-01-01 11:24|| Front Page Top

#8 It ain't Tehran.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-01-01 12:45||   2020-01-01 12:45|| Front Page Top

#9 about 4 hours ago the pro Iran militia withdrew

took their injured with them
Posted by lord garth 2020-01-01 13:24||   2020-01-01 13:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Word has it the bad guys used a funeral procession as cover and nobody got past the Ugandan guard force. I suspect there will be more arriving the AO and Baghdad than the 82nd, just saying.

Somehow I doubt they all just rucked up and got away. There are likely remnants of a local Iranian network to deal with. The next few days and weeks should be interesting.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-01 14:49||   2020-01-01 14:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Troop movements following the 🇮🇶 #BaghdadEmbassyAttack so far:

ARMY:
2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Inf Rgt, 1st BCT, 82nd Abn Div (Immediate Response Force)

USAF:
Air Commandos from (tentative) 7, 16 & 67 Special Ops Sqdn + numerous C-17s & tankers

USMC:
@spmagtf_cr_cc
Posted by newc 2020-01-01 17:19||   2020-01-01 17:19|| Front Page Top

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