Update – Contractors Surrounded by Islamist Forces- Evac has begun

Posted by Faye Higbee / June 13, 2014

ISIS/ISIL fighters in Iraq are surrounding Balad Airbase. It’s only a matter of time before 200 Americans will be killed or taken hostage.

UPDATE:  Misguidedchildren just received this personal update from Jerome Corsi at WND. They are updating their story now.

“We just got confirmation the Iraqi Air Force has begun a C130 evacuation of Balad.  I received the first photo from a Sally Port Global contractor.  US contractors being flown to Baghdad and from Baghdad to Dubai.  Some 300 in process of evacuation – some 100 awaiting next flight.  Emails from Sally Port Global contractors saying all should be evacuated by midnight.  We are updating story on WND right now.”

Iraq: World Net Daily is reporting that sources tell them that 200 contractors are surrounded by ISIS/ISIL forces at Balad Airbase in Iraq are fighting for their lives. A bloodbath is about to ensue because the United States is playing politics and ignoring our own men.

“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 U.S. contractors are at Balad to help the Pentagon prepare the facilities for the delivery of the F-16 aircraft the Obama administration has agreed to provide the Iraqi government.

The surrounded Americans said they currently are under ISIS fire from small arms, AK47s, and rocket propelled grenades, or RPGs.

The contractors so far have been able to hold the base, but those on the scene reported it was only a matter of time before the ISIS terrorists succeed in breaking through the perimeter.”

Air Force is in “Stand down?”

According to the article, the Air Force is in “stand down” position, and not even affording air cover for the men who are pinned under fire. Even a private “extrication” flight could not land in the area with that air cover.

Balad Air Base has been under attack since Wednesday. Approaching trucks carrying ISIL fighters surrounded the airbase and used loudspeakers to tell all security forces to leave or die. They immediately dropped their weapons and ran. The contractors scooped up their weapons and have been trying to hold off the insurgents.

Is this our latest Benghazi? Is this how America takes care of its own these days- by abandoning them to enemy fighters? There are literally thousands of Americans still in Iraq, from contractors to Marine Corps guards. Many  contractors are former members of U.S. elite forces – do they deserve to be abandoned?

The video at this link  is what our contractors have to look forward to. Death in chaos.