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
Chill says:
“Ummmmm… Catholics and other religions aren’t “causing crime in the USA”. They aren’t cutting people’s heads off, forming terror-militias or marrying 9 yr olds so they can rape them. Nor are they calling for the death of all Americans and non-believers. If you are referring to allegations of Catholic priests molesting little boys, or radical nut-jobs like at Westboro Baptist, there is no comparison here. Most Americans, good-natured or otherwise, would love to put their barrel-sights on those bastards too… It’s as simple as this: The Koran teaches the killing of infidels (all non-Muslims). So, simple-logic would tell us, if one is claiming to be a Muslim, he is either aiming to try to kill “infidels”, or he isn’t a Muslim by practice at all.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/isis-attacks-american-base-iraq-loses-first-battle-u-s-ground-troops/comment-page-13/#comment-902152
Serves them right
For sure, Dale!!
Great
Kill as many as possible as quickly as possible, then kill the rest!
that is nklt all the are gonna lose
Should have returned to the hills and had sex with more goats instead of commit suicide taking on U.S. troops you dumb rag heads.
Now isis have the ebola virus,hee hee
Well American troops were shooting back at isis that is not the way isis fights, they like to fight people that are unarmed.
they should expect more loses to a better equip and well train troops