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.
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Really….. Pfffft.
You’ve got to be kidding.
Does no one understand what is going on? They want us out of their lands…yet we stay and arm and fund them. MIC is only one winning….too bad sheeple are too dumb to grok it.
You cant defeat an idea w bombs and bullets only reinforces their hatred and will to fight us until we leave.
Twin Cities, with your mindset, we would all be speaking German right now…you do understand what I am saying, don’t you?
My StepDad fought in WWII. He was a Sgt in the Army. When I was a teenager, I told him that I didn’t want to go overseas, but I would fight them here. HE smiled and said “We were marching thru a village in Germany that had been razed. I seen mothers with their children sitting on the steps of where their houses used to be. They were sitting there and slowly starving to death. I don’t want to see that happen in the US. THAT is why I went over there.”
I’ll never forget that conversation. You simply have no idea what the consequences are when war is happening in your own country, now do you?
BJJ, you are foolish and ignorant on this topic. They DO want us out if their lands. Unfortunately, they believe in a world caliphate. This means they want us dead, ceasing to exist. Bringing the troops back home, will only bring the battle front to our home land. Eradication of the carriers of the disease of islam is the only effective course of action.
Tell that to my m16
It becomes an issue when they stsrt an invasion. Lets see…we trained them all. Then we armed them. Im not seeing how they are an invasion threat unless we are planning on providing them an air force and navy? Are we?
Its the same logic hitler used against the non-aryans….we didnt defeat the fascist nazis we became them.
The banking oligarchy needs a war and a war we shall get….
Yeah theres some critical thinking….
Cannon fodder u shall be man of little mind.
Sucks that there is a hint of truth in your last statement. Yes, there are “allies” with ulterior motives, but that does not change the reality of islam.