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
WHILE WE’RE AT IT, WE SHOULD NOT ONLY DESTROY THEM, BUT TRY THEM AT THE HAGUE, CONVICT THEM OF WAR CRIMES, AND EXECUTE THEM ON SATELLITE FEED TO THE WHOLE WORLD. THESE ANIMALS NEED TO BE STOPPED BRFORE THEY GET NUKES
IF THESE DOGS WANT HOLY WAR, LETS GIVE IT TO THEM!!!!# DEATH TO ISIS!!!!
$#%&!@* Obama bin Laden! We don’t need him! Our true American Heros will handle it! 🙂 God bless you! An Put the fear of God an the American Soldiers in them! Send those Muslim $#%&!@*s to Hell!
Go Snipers OORAH!
Just because are so call president is a week $#%&!@* don’t mean our Military and People are! 🙂
But I thought the beloved King of Jordan was the only one doing anything, silly Conservative folks.
Sweet cheeks, this was our military taking them on, not Obama. He has put as many road blocks in front of our military as possible, including not giving them heavy arms to defend themselves while over there in Iraq as ‘trainers’. Then there are his insane Rules of Engagement, which now state that our men and women cannot fire unless first fired upon…so they have to risk losing someone before they can even fire their weapon in the face of a known enemy! They succeeded in SPITE of Obama, not because of anything he has done. BTW, our military is almost ALL conservatives folks!
WTF doe we defending ourselves have to do with being liberal or conservative.Those are our soldiers on the ground… In combat you don’t give a c**p about dem or GOP or what ever. So stop being a jackass and just say “way to go GI’s “
WHOYA
Smh
OOPS!!