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| M-22 Ospreys Deliver US Marines to US Embassy Baghdad | |
| 2020-01-01 | |
| This is the official twitter page of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command. @SPMAGTF_CR_CC 31 Dec 2019 Images from the US Embassy in Baghdad depict MV-22 Ospreys delivering U.S. Marines to the US Embassy in Baghdad to reinforce security and ensure the safety of American citizens. (view at link)
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces paramilitary orders its supporters to end their sit-in at the US embassy compound in Baghdad, but hardliners pledge to stay put outside the mission. “You delivered your message,” the PMF says in a statement addressed to the crowds encircling the embassy since yesterday in outrage over deadly American air strikes on a pro-Iran PMF faction over the weekend. It calls on supporters to regroup outside the high-security Green Zone where the mission is located, but a leading commander in Kataeb Hezbollah, the group targeted in the US raids, tells AFP they would “remain” at the embassy. | |
| Posted by:Goober Tingle7365 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #9 about 4 hours ago the pro Iran militia withdrew took their injured with them |
| Posted by: lord garth 2020-01-01 13:24 |
| #8 It ain't Tehran. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-01-01 12:45 |
| #7 Hopefully they have lots of ammo. And the will to use it. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-01-01 11:24 |
| #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 |
| #5 /\ Mil.com - 100 Marines from Crisis Response Unit Sent to Secure US Embassy in Iraq |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-01-01 09:20 |
| #4 ...The Marines have landed, and the situation is well in hand. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2020-01-01 08:53 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-01-01 05:09 |
| #2 The Orange Man is no Jimmah Carter. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-01-01 04:21 |
| #1 Make the grass grow, boys. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2020-01-01 01:05 |