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
Why didn’t we follow them and decimate them with our air power ?
If we aid and abet An enemy that is so evil we will be judged as they are pray for the current government to fear The Lord God to rain down on this nation the church and the leaders if this country may God remove unrighteousness from our government this is so evil to support Isis with humanitarian support
Wrong. We’re there because the “elites” aka the “powers that be” aka the “Illuminati” etc. Have a long term agenda for the US and for the world. 9/11 was a false flag operation pulled off by factions within the US government, Israel, and their Mossad intelligence agency. The goal was to get our troops overseas for the long haul. Guess what else happened after 9/11? You and I became significantly less free. It wasn’t the Muslims that did that. Nothing we’ve been doing, or are doing- has anything to do with 9/11. But you keep being a good little sheep and believing everything you hear on the controlled mainstream media networks and from your government (which also lied to get.us into Vietnam)
You’re a moron. They aren’t the enemy. They are being armed and funded and created by the real enemy…which has one of their offices in D.C.
Since these guys have a choice where they are deployed.
Exactly. The ruling class has been using members of ghetto peasant class (that’s us) to go to war and carry out their biddings for eons.
Nothing different here…only they’ve gotten smarter about convincing us to go kill and be killed for their lies. We got mass media manipulation and indoctrination/propaganda etc. Going on from birth.
Not much fun when someone is shooting back at you huh … Takes a real man to cut the heads of children off and have your children play with it like a soccer ball … Cowards !!!
You are a complete and utter idiot.
ISIS is no match for military. You should move to Iraq I’m sure you could use they’re freedoms more than America