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
Bomb them.
Sounds good except that no US ground troops were involved. All of the fighting was handled by Iraq military and security forces!!
And Congress sits masterbating a Defense Authorization Bill! Don’t put any blame on the Congressional Chickenhawks, they’re trying to set up a vote to repeal the ACA the 68th time.
All we need is a worthy Commander In Chief
Nuke em, kill em, Barack Obama’s fault, why don’t you whinny bastards go and do something? Have any of you called your congressional leaders to tell them to authorize force and fund it? FUK NO, you just sit by your PC’s and make stupid uneducated comments, as if that was going to do something!
Werner, do you have any military experience?
One plane ! One bomb ! It’s over !!
Well, so much for no” boots on the ground.” Then again, ObamaCare is not a tax” and “the president doesn’t have the authority to grant amnesty”
Why do you suggest that all Muslims hate us, do all black folks sell drugs, are all Catholics pedophiles, are all white men serial killers, im sure you get my point.
Sounds like the history of this country. Condemn wickedness wherever and whenever it occurs stop pretending that America is absent of its own atrocities
Why wasn’t Hitler nuked, could it be because they were white