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
* It’s spelled “idiot”, not “idoit”. Moron.
Im typing from a mobile phone im not sitting here taking a english comprehension test and proof reading. Go post more “omgee we have boots on ze ground omgeee”
Isis can go suck a bag of dicks.
I love how the people are Democrat vs Republican meanwhile the politicians are tag teaming the rights outta us.
this happened months ago . funny facebook makes it out like this is a new thing
It’s “Truth ^ Action” making it out like its a big thing. Look at the articles here and ask yourself why are we even here. Nothing but links to other websites and ads. Some of the links are to s**t like “FBI release report stating nobody died at Sandy Hook.” But you’re half right. Somebody on my friends list shared this. If it wasn’t them it would be another friend. I’m personally getting a little tired of the “preaching to the choir” There must be 1000 “Patriot-Conservative-2ndAmendment-HateObama-HatePelosi-HateLiberals sites and none of them actually contribute anything interesting or useful. Yeah I get it, can we move on? Isn’t there one person out there that actually has an intelligent plan to thwart all these things that make us angry? Apparently not. All of these headlines appear elsewhere and guess what? The people who need to hear it will never read any of this, and wouldn’t believe it if they did. All they look for is the crazy comments, which only confirm their suspicions about people who vote GOP. Thanks Truth & Action. How about an article about how we could all start attending church regularly and practicing what we preach. 🙂
I hope there were no causalities on our side, first of all. Then let me say, this is too funny and I would love to have seen their faces when they found out that attacking our troops is nothing like attacking people in an office.
Congrats To Our Troops ,,God Bless And Stay Safe,,This Is What Will Happen to ISIS if They Try To Attack The United States Of America We’ll Send You Back To HELL !!!
They Are Not Making It Out Of Anything Stephen,,They Are Just Reporting This Story To The People,,Where Are You Coming From ? Who Cares When It Happend from US NAVY Sea Bee Vet. Support Our Troops,,,
Wait…US ground troops? We don’t have US ground troops in Iraq…we have advisers and trainers.
Why the hell would we want the body of a dead reporter. All reporters do is spread lies.