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
What happened to no boots on the ground?
We need to bomb them until they are gone.
These radicals see our military as weak because the horror in the white house tells them we are–we allow him to give away our money and our military might. they know a strong nation doesn’t do that, but when push comes to shove our military kicks @$$
We were an invading force pre 2012. We were not asked to be there, and they hated us as invaders.
we left
Now they asked us back.
This time, God willing, there will be no Abu Graham, and we will be welcomed by Iraqi citizens.
That’s exactly why I wonder what the reason is for everybody to get their undies in a bundle about Isis. Do you really think those small timers are able to do anything that we can’t take care of?
Get real! He doesn’t tell anyone we are weak. The only reason others might think we are weak, if they do which I doubt, is because of people like you who constantly speak disrespectfully about our President. Just because he isn’t a war monger like bush & cheney, doesn’t mean he isn’t doing a great job keeping us safe.
Thank you. Good comment.
He is your President not mine, and you can have him.
yea, I’m that powerful, and he’s keeping us real safe. I see you know how to read, how about turning of the variety shows and reading the news on line.
they are in our armed services, and our pentagon, and in charge of homeland security! They have 22 training camps here in America!
if they ever made it past our troops (I doubt it) they’d have several million Americans armed and willing to back up our troops.
I don’t doubt that at all but they are not the whole military and law enforcement forces in the USA so we’re not doomed just yet. I do believe that while they may have infiltrated they have not converted our troops.
Amen Christie and i am one of those along with many that have served in the military and are willing and ready when the need arrises!