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
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Go U.S.!!!
IT IS ON MY WALL SNIPERS
IT IS ON MY WALL SNIPERS
Who’s you Daddy now, $#%&!@*ES? Kill them all and leave their homely, hairy, lice-infested bodies to rot.
Where is the back up??? Go get ’em U.S. Military!!
Yeah, then they burned 45 people to death not more than 5 miles from there. We did nothing.
You mean boots on the ground
We go to war with Afghanistan because they “attacked” us, then after we gain national support based on feelings we go to war with Iraq a country because they had “weapons of m$#%&!@* destruction” we said they can’t be responsible with such weapons like the great USA. Then we find no weapons so we switch strategy and say Saddam is ruthless and needs to be taken out of power, so we topple his government for no good reason other than we don’t like him and a humanitarian issue because we are the world police. Then we stick around and fight Al Queida for a bunch more years all the while funding other radical groups under the guise of them being moderates. Then we claim the war is over with Al queida and switch gears to take down ghadaffi. While we fight him we fund militant groups and equip them. Then when ghadaffi is out we turn and call the militants enemies, and say they can’t be trusted and are not moderates but are radicals and we call them ISIS. Now at war with ISIS we are funding other moderate militants as police forces and we are training them and giving them weapons. Yet people say we should BOMB the country to oblivion which fundamentally opposed the original idea we started a war with iraq? because why? Because we are imposing our will on them? Because we have the real weapons of m$#%&!@* destruction and are funding and manipulating the destruction that goes on day in and day out
We go to war with Afghanistan because they “attacked” us, then after we gain national support based on feelings we go to war with Iraq a country that has nothing to do with our nations attack simply because they had “weapons of m$#%&!@* destruction” we said they can’t be responsible with such weapons like the great USA. Then we find no weapons so we switch strategy and say Saddam is ruthless and needs to be taken out of power, so we topple his government for no good reason other than we don’t like him and it becomes a humanitarian issue because we are the world police. Then we stick around and fight Al Queida for a bunch more years all the while funding other militant groups to become police for when we leave under the guise of them being moderates when really they are radicals. Then we claim the war is over with Al queida and switch gears to take down Ghadaffi. While we fight him we fund militant groups and equip them to help us take this other ruthless leader out of power. Then when ghadaffi is out we turn and call the militants enemies, and say they can’t be trusted and are not moderates but are radicals and we call them ISIS. Now at war with ISIS we are funding other moderate militants as to help us fight the radicals and we are training them and giving them weapons. Yet people say we should BOMB the whole area into oblivion? Doesnt that fundamentally oppose the original idea we started a war with iraq over? why eliminate them? Because we are imposing our will on them? Because we have the real weapons of m$#%&!@* destruction and are funding and manipulating the destruction that goes on day in and day out over there? Because we are thinking with emotions again instead of logic? Because we as a people don’t understand that the Middle East is made up of more than 1 group of people and they aren’t all enemies? Because our government is completely playing all of you into thinking that if they weren’t there the situation would be out of control because Americans are the only ones who have common sense? Bull. We need to get out stop funding/ militarizing radicals and let the innocent people live. We need to stop building up enemies that we then have to take down