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
Praise God!
And this is why the world DEPENDS on thew usa policing it, hoorah!
We just need to turn that whole region to glass! One good bomb should do it! Then they can go to Allah! Or hell!
These people get me so out of control they get so mad
usa taxpayers funding both sides of all wars. dick cheney started AL -Qaeda and now ISIS
Why would we pay a million dollars for a dead body? His soul has already left the body and is in heaven. The body itself is merely a vessel with carried the soul. If ISIS thinks otherwise they do not grasp the concept of their own so-called religion. The Foley family will gain acceptance and closure in their own time. IMHO.
ummm dick cheney isn’t the VP, this is all your messiahs doing
This report is going to p**s off a lot of liberals, because they attacked those poor defenseless Muslims with automatic weapons, forceing them to defend themselves, They had many clip magazines that held more than 10 shots each, and the Americans had those nasty assult weapons also, Maybe they can take away all of the live ammo and bury it in the desert, so it can’t hurt anybody else.
They are military advisers….lol….The war is over and Iraq is free, didn’t you hear our commander in chief
Be alot easier if we were not arming any rebel who can pretend to be friendly for ten minutes.