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grasswire

(50,130 posts) Sun Jun 15, 2014, 08:39 PM Jun 2014

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So the Baghdad airport has been destroyed, Internet cut to the U.S. Embassy...

.....and no CNN assets available to show the world, this time, what's going on.

flights in and out of baghdad, if there are any, can be monitored here:

http://www.flightradar24.com/33.67,44.21/9

twitter feed #baghdad #isis:

https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23Baghdad%20%23isis&src=tyah

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So the Baghdad airport has been destroyed, Internet cut to the U.S. Embassy... (Original Post) grasswire Jun 2014 OP

CNN reporting "It's too close to call" Kennah Jun 2014 #1

you had me there for a minute grasswire Jun 2014 #2

CNN is doing four hours on George Bush 41 this evening. grasswire Jun 2014 #3

The Thief of Baghdad's Dad Octafish Jun 2014 #7

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370; Could it be in Tikrit? Wolf Blitzer reports... Scootaloo Jun 2014 #6

CNN is probably showing a map that has Baghdad in South America. AlinPA Jun 2014 #4

"Too Late Alamo" grasswire Jun 2014 #5

Kennah

(14,234 posts)

1. CNN reporting "It's too close to call"

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 08:44 PM

Jun 2014

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

2. you had me there for a minute

Reply to Kennah (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 08:46 PM

Jun 2014

LOL

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

3. CNN is doing four hours on George Bush 41 this evening.

Reply to Kennah (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 08:48 PM

Jun 2014

Two hours, repeated.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

7. The Thief of Baghdad's Dad

Reply to grasswire (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 09:38 PM

Jun 2014

Know your BFEE: War and Oil are just two longtime Main Lines of Business

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

6. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370; Could it be in Tikrit? Wolf Blitzer reports...

Reply to Kennah (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 09:19 PM

Jun 2014

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)

4. CNN is probably showing a map that has Baghdad in South America.

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 08:54 PM

Jun 2014

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

5. "Too Late Alamo"

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 08:54 PM

Jun 2014

Reportedly, that's the cryptic message received from inside the U.S. embassy prior to contact being lost.

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