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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerican 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.htmlFacing 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
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When you get shot at you shoot back, hardly a ground war, is it now? And your French is weak.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
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JonLP24
(29,322 posts)1. Al-Asad was where 497th was station
a sister company in our battalion when I served.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)2. sounds like a hot ground war nt
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)3. And here we go.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)4. yeah, I thought our troops were advisors or something like that.
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.
840high
(17,196 posts)5. Boots on the ground?