U.S Troops in Iraq had their first battle with ISIS early Monday morning when the militant group tried to attack the Ein al-Asad military base, which holds close to 100 U.S. military advisers.
Reports state that American troops decimated ISIS in a two-hour battle that ultimately forced their retreat.
Soldiers were armed with “light and medium” weapons….and fighter jets, whose air strikes against the the militants “silenced their heavy sources of fire.”
Currently, there are no reports of U.S. casualties.
Looks like ISIS had grandiose ideas about how they would fare against our boys….
The U.S. troops, armed with “light and medium weapons,” and were able to inflict casualties against the ISIS fighters, forcing them to retreat, Shafaq News reported.
“US forces intervened because of ISIS started to come near the base, which they are stationed in so out of self-defense,” said Sheikh Mahmud Nimrawi, a prominent tribal leader.
The incident was the first time that American troops clashed with ISIS forces on the ground in Iraq. For several weeks, the United States has led a series of air strikes against ISIS positions in Iraq and Syria, ones aimed at crippling the militant group’s ability to move about the country and coordinate attacks.
ISIS has responded by calling on members to strike out against American interests in the United States and Canada, and also executing Western hostages. Rebels are now reportedly trying to sell the body of American journalist James Foley for a reported $1 million.
Militants are reportedly offering a DNA sample from Foley’s body to prove its authenticity.
“They ask for $1 million, and they will send DNA to Turkey, but they want the money first. They will not give the DNA without the money,” a former Syrian rebel reportedly told BuzzFeed.
The man claimed to be motivated not by greed or a quest for fame, but by a desire to help the mourning Foley family “find closure,” and deemed his outreach as part of a “humanity case.”
The U.S. forces attacked by ISIS in Iraq were part of a small group that remained in the country to offer support and training to tribal fighters.
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1686751/isis-attacks-american-base-in-iraq-in-first-ever-clash-with-u-s-troops/#zjG4awDK2zdFHIoA.99
As is typical with this website, the story is pretty much total BS. 20-25 IS fighters approached the airbase, several of them detonated suicide vests, and the rest were killed or run off by Iraqi forces, no Americans were involved. But don’t let something like pesky facts get in the way of American Jingo Exceptionalism.
You are actually thinking of another incident.
“Total bs”?
Looks more like your post than the report, raghead.
You have agreed with 2 important points of the article, so it can not be “total” bs.
If you do dare to comment again, please make it believeable.
this website stinks it needs to be more orgonized
Can’t we just give isis Ebola?
Rekt
Send them to Idaho, I have a whole house full of stuff mocking Muhammed.
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thereand Thank the Lord and ask him for
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This is some kind of stupid GAME! Putting a large amount of troops on the ground will prevent Isis and other terrorists from getting away with mixing in with the city’s and village populations! Why? Its simple the people will feel like they will be protected by the troops and this will stimulate them to turn the terrorists in to be captured or killed! It will also give them the courage to join the coalition and fight to rid them from destroying their lives! Troops on the ground will also allow the areas that are taken to be kept under control so they are not re-captured by the terrorists! This has been proven to work throughout history and it still goes for the here and now! A large force of troops on the ground must be put under way no matter what others say!
Why doesn’ the U.S. Military/Government support our brave former unpaid military vets volunteering to fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria?. We must put down these mad dog fundamentalists in the strongest manner and means available to us.