"About 200 Americans under contract with
the Department of Defense at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq are trapped
by the al-Qaida-inspired jihadists who have seized control of two cities
and are now threatening Baghdad, according to WND sources.
The sources, private contractors who have recently returned to the U.S. from Iraq, said Friday their former colleagues effectively have been abandoned by the U.S. military and are fighting for their lives against an army of jihadists surrounding the base who belong to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
The sources, private contractors who have recently returned to the U.S. from Iraq, said Friday their former colleagues effectively have been abandoned by the U.S. military and are fighting for their lives against an army of jihadists surrounding the base who belong to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
WND has learned from sources that the
jihadists have closed down escape routes, and the U.S. Air Force is in a
stand-down position. U.S. forces are not assisting even with air cover
so a private extradition flight could land for a rescue, the sources
said."
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