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
I’m a liberal and don’t find it logical to destroy troops the CIA created and funded, it sounds a whole lot like Al-Queda reborn, and we all saw how well that went!
The Iraqi middle eastern people are fighting to keep the white man off their land as a foreign invader. If the Chinese start occupying what’s left of America you would start shooting too?!
Praying? Isn’t that entire concept contradicting to “God’s plan”? Praying does nothing.
The “evil” ISIS, funded and trained by the CIA, sort of like Al-Queda. This whole scenario is starting to sound familiar, isn’t it?
Liberal media c**p? As if neoconservatives are somehow exempt from the media, despite having two major “news” outlets. Either way you look at it, both sides are government funded and thus are propaganda.
HOOAH!
Please define liberal Kris. I’d appreciate some intellectual input and not just a series of words combined to make an incoherent and useless thought.
I’ll help with an accurate definition of a liberal view on terrorism…
Global warming, not terrorism, poses the greatest threat to the U.S., according to Democrats in Congress. Terrorism is a result of arrogant U.S. foreign policy. Good diplomacy is the best way to deal with terrorism. Relying on military force to defeat terrorism creates hatred that leads to more terrorism. Captured terrorists should be handled by law enforcement and tried in civilian courts.
Hmmm, I thought O said he would never put troops on the ground to fight ISIS. Maybe he just got off the golf course and found out we do indeed have troops on the ground and we killed or sent some of these barbarians scurrying back to their caves where they belong. Some of them.
Are they trying to make us think that they are winning the war against themselves?