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
Not only that, it was our illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq (when it clearly was Sauds behind 9/11 and that WMD rumors came mostly from ONE guy named Curveball who has since admitted he lied) that has provided the incubator for ISIS. We had Baghdadi in custody! We have watched as al Qaeda and ISIS fighters have US weapons because of our ‘vetted rebels’ of both Syria and Libya. Until the American public puts their foot down to get our government of both parties and all administrations to STOP acting on behalf of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc, the Muslim Brotherhood and its Godfather Erdogan in Turkey – we will continue to just create and nurture Islamist terrorists that we later send our young people in as sacrifices to fight our own stupidity.
Bout that action. Aaron Henry
good, keep it up, boys. 😀
thx for your service, my friend
I THINK THAT”S WHAT I SAID.
Behead the punks
Suicide bombers are’nt really an aggressive attack . They were all killed or killed themselves. Trying to use this as a Recruiting tool. The Marine trained Iraqi Army defeated the terrorists
We are only Strong in numbers it’s called team work were are our congressman and woman were is our Leadership !!!!
It was not a US army base
Hahaha he went to congress a week ago wanting to bomb isis they still have not answered …..you are misinformed