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
And they should!
i dont trust main stream media at all. this very well could have happened, but the media is hiding it from everyone. this sort of thing happens all the time, then we find out months after the fact
Josh, FOX is warmongering like hell. If they had caught a whiff, they’d have run it. Don’t get me wrong, I’d like to see the US Military end the radical savages forever, but these “Vietnam” type wars that our so-called leaders get us are about libert.; they are about money Boys die needlessly ,and the “merchants of death” get richer than God. Armies have TWO purposes: to tear up country and kill bad people. The military should be ONLY used to kill an identified enemy and turn his country into a parking lot as soon as possible. Throughout history, scorched earth has been pretty damned successful when the object is TO WIN.
we gave you weapons, tanks and planes and this is how you treat us??? well… not me
three words, People: Send. Us. In.
i give our troop three days and all of isis would be on the run
Assaulting a base made up almost entirely of SF soldiers wasn’t their brightest idea…
Burn those $#%&!@*ers alive with flame throwers, no distinction.
Only the beginning………then we will be done with these roaches!
Heavenly Father Please keep all Our Men and Women in Uniform safe now . And for the ones jet still to go as my Son will be some time this year.