The American Embassy exractions where done in a hour…..
The media reports this as a dangerous situation with US Army Chinook’s and US Navy SEAL Spec Ops and British Spec Ops troops …..
BUT?????
One would assume that these troops along with OTHER countries Spec Ops have secured the air feid and surrounding areas…
This is NOT JUST an American sitaution as it would appaer when. you get away froma Defense Dept. Kirby presser…..
This dog saw a report by another reporter AT THE airport in Sudan standing IN FRONT of military transports from other countries on the ramp there?
Hmmmmm?
Furthermore?
We NOW have reports that thosands of Americans in country on their own….
About 100 U.S. troops in three MH-47 helicopters carried out the operation. They airlifted all of roughly 70 remaining American employees from a landing zone at the embassy to an undisclosed location in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia also provided overflight and refueling support, said Molly Phee, assistant secretary of state for African affairs.
Biden said Djibouti and Saudi Arabia provided assistance, too.
“I am proud of the extraordinary commitment of our Embassy staff, who performed their duties with courage and professionalism and embodied America’s friendship and connection with the people of Sudan,” Biden said in a statement. “I am grateful for the unmatched skill of our service members who successfully brought them to safety.”
U.S. Africa Command and the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Gen. Mark Milley, were in contact with the factions before and during the operation to ensure that U.S. forces would have safe passage to conduct the evacuation. John Bass, an undersecretary of state, denied claims by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Security Forces that it assisted in the U.S. evacuation….
The WHOLE story….
NOT just the American…
UK troops fly to Sudan to assess evacuation options
Some 4,000 British nationals are thought to remain in the country after diplomats were evacuated.
Thousands of foreign citizens and diplomats were evacuated from Sudan over the weekend, with airlift operations continuing today.
Let’s look at the latest numbers from some European countries:
- French planes have carried out one of the biggest evacuations, with three flights taking 491 people to Djbouti, including 196 French citizens
- German authorities organised three separate flights, evacuating 335 people, 154 of which were German citizens, to Jordan. A flight from Jordan to Berlin arrived today with 101 passengers on board and two more flights expected today
- An EU diplomatic source has told the BBC that more than 1,100 EU citizens have now been evacuated from Sudan
- A Spanish military plane with 100 passengers – 30 Spanish and 70 other nationalities – left for Djibouti
- 24 Hungarian and 48 other nationals were rescued by the Hungarian ministry of foreign affairs
- Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg announced that around 25 Austrians were evacuated by planes on Sunday night, with about 30 more Austrian citizens registered as living in Sudan
- The Irish government said 50 of its citizens had been evacuated out of more than 150 thought to be in Sudan….