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Posted: 6/16/2014 4:03:42 PM EDT
U.S. officials with access to the latest U.S. intelligence on Iraq told Fox News it "appears likely/probable" that U.S.-made Stinger missiles have fallen into the hands of Sunni insurgents.

It is possible that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters acquired them from army bases they have taken over in recent days, the sources said.

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The Stinger missile is a shoulder-fired surface-to-air weapon that is used against aircraft.

As ISIS forces have advanced through Iraq, concerns have increased that more U.S.-made weaponry could fall into the hands of the radical group.

Iraqi intelligence officials said ISIS fighters managed to take control of two big weapons depots late last week holding some 400,000 items, including AK-47 rifles, rockets and rocket-propelled grenades, artillery shells and mortars. A quarter of the stockpiles were quickly sent to Syria in order to help the group's comrades there, they said.

Also last week, according to a report from the West Point Combating Terrorism Center, the ISIS "now possesses scores of Iraqi military equipment originally provided by the United States, from Humvees and cargo vehicles to small arms."
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ISIS captures US made Stingers
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:05:31 PM EDT
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Great...
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:06:30 PM EDT
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Why would we give Iraq stingers to fight insurgents?
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Be nice to Eldest Son a sizable quantity of those.
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:06:59 PM EDT
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Yeehaw!
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:07:01 PM EDT
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Here comes the Civil War
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:07:53 PM EDT
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Like I need another reason NOT to fly!
If it not the TSA its the god damned terrorists
getting their hands on MANPADS.
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How long before one of them is state side?
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:08:04 PM EDT
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How long do the batteries last?
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:08:33 PM EDT
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck............

How long until ISIS captures some of the M1A1M Abrams we were retarded enough to give the Iraqis and sells them so Russia and Iran?
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:09:11 PM EDT
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With the fluid border to the south?





give it a couple weeks.



 
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:10:06 PM EDT
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which one? ours or theirs?
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:12:02 PM EDT
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Their new HQ for ISIS will be the US embassy which we made sure to build strong as hell to withstand bombs.





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If these were taken from US military bases, they are probably good to go.

Hmm, article only says army bases.  If it was Iraqi army, who knows unless we gave them brand new stingers.
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If these were taken from US military bases, they are probably good to go.
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If these were taken from US military bases, they are probably good to go.



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how long until a commercial airliner is taken out by one?
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They will blame it on the tea party.

 
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:16:25 PM EDT
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Emperor Barack's greatest achievement.    So far.
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Some idiot general probably thought it was a great idea at the time
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For fucks sake
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We didn't want them anyways.

What difference at this point does it make?

An off-ramp to a peaceful exit strategy.

The moon isn't made of cheese.

Etc.
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And all we get are louse illegals crossing the border.
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:19:45 PM EDT
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I don't believe we armed the Iraqis with Stinger.
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Is it unreasonable to think the US could have bombed those bases and weapons depots before or shortly after they were overrun?
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:19:55 PM EDT
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Gonna be getting real sporty over there now.

TRG
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I'd be really enjoying this if not for the nagging feeling that our troops might be called back out there.
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What a joke this whole presidency has become.

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http://rasica.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/6-us-embassy-baghdad.jpg

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Interesting. That facade is eerily reminiscent of Nazi designs I've seen.
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Why the fuck did we give the Iraqi's STINGERS?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:22:24 PM EDT
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Why again did we give ANYONE Stingers?
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TWA 800...
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There was no reason for us to give Iraq Stingers.  If we had a status of forces agreement in place we could have agreed to maintain a stockpile of Stingers on our facilities that we would share if the situation warranted it.  Barring a status of forces agreement, there was no reason to leave those weapon in Iraqi hands whatsoever.


Jeeze, who's making these decisions?


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It's ok guys obama wants to reduce gun violence by restricting us; while allowing these guys full automatic weapons, and stinger missiles. What a champ! Thanks Obama!
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So how soon will they be on a slow boat to Central America and than up through Mexico on someone's back and into America via the free for all aka  our southern border.

Israel best watch its ass.
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Fucking jughead can't even keep his lampshade straight, how's he supposed to handle foreign affairs.
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:24:23 PM EDT
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well that's no fucking good.
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Coming soon to the Taxi & Limo lot @ JFK...........
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TWA 800...
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TWA 800...


Another discussion, but not brought down by a MANPAD.



Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:25:28 PM EDT
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Will a Stinger missile take out a commercial passenger jet?  We're about to find out!

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Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:26:10 PM EDT
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I'm not too sure, but from what I've heard MANPADS can only really hit airplanes on takeoff or landing. They aren't going to hit them 30,000 feet up, but i'm not a MANPAD expert.
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Already got em.

Pics posted in the 40+ pg Iraq/ISIS thread.

Apparently they were stripped-down "monkey models", though.
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Tic Tok..........
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More likely, these are the Stingers and MANPADS that Obama and Hillary shipped to them in Syria from Benghazi.   I've been waiting for them to show up.  The administration is grasping the story that ISIS got them from the Iraqis in a desperate attempt to keep the truth suppressed.
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I'm skeptical of this.
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Fucking wonderful.
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Not to mention that if Obama decides to deploy air assets to keep ISIS out of Baghdad it will be a complication for the pilots flying those missions, perhaps a fatal complication.



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Well that's comforting.
Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:29:35 PM EDT
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Good job, entire Democrat party!!  





Imbeciles, the fucking lot of them.


Link Posted: 6/16/2014 4:29:45 PM EDT
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Not sure if serious.

Russia is allied with Assad in Syria, and the Iranians are allied with the Shiite government in Iraq. Both countries are the enemy of ISIS.
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