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grasswire

(50,130 posts) Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:18 PM Dec 2014

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American Troops Battle ISIS as Militants Attack Iraqi Base

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2878897/American-troops-battle-ISIS-time-attempted-attack-militants-Iraqi-base.html

Facing both Iraqi and US troops supported by F18 jets, an unknown number of ISIS attackers were killed during the two hour firefight before being forced to retreat.

Ein al-Asad came under repeated attack by ISIS troops in October, however, now bolstered by the U.S. assistance, it poses a much more formidable target.

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American Troops Battle ISIS as Militants Attack Iraqi Base (Original Post) grasswire Dec 2014 OP

Al-Asad was where 497th was station JonLP24 Dec 2014 #1

sounds like a hot ground war nt grasswire Dec 2014 #2

And here we go. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #3

yeah, I thought our troops were advisors or something like that. grasswire Dec 2014 #4

When you get shot at you shoot back, hardly a ground war, is it now? And your French is weak. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #6

Boots on the ground? 840high Dec 2014 #5

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)

1. Al-Asad was where 497th was station

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:29 PM

Dec 2014

a sister company in our battalion when I served.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

2. sounds like a hot ground war nt

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:30 PM

Dec 2014

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)

3. And here we go.

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:38 PM

Dec 2014

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

4. yeah, I thought our troops were advisors or something like that.

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:41 PM

Dec 2014

Deja vu.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

6. When you get shot at you shoot back, hardly a ground war, is it now? And your French is weak.

Reply to grasswire (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 11:58 PM

Dec 2014

840high

(17,196 posts)

5. Boots on the ground?

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 11:29 PM

Dec 2014

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