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| Iraq |
| Iraq Repels IS Attack on Base With US Troops |
| 2015-02-13 |
| [VOA News] Iraqi officials said Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... suicide-bombers mounted a failed attempt Curses! Foiled again! to blast their way into the Ain al Assad airbase, 35 kilometers northwest of the Anbar Province capital of Ramadi. More than 300 U.S. military personnel are stationed at the base to train Iraqi Sunni tribal fighters. The stategic Iraqi military base had been surrounded by IS Lions of Islam for weeks. Iraqi media reported that the Lions of Islam fired a wave of Katyusha rockets and mortar rounds before the jacket wallahs attacked the base. An Iraqi Army official said eight suicide bombers were killed without penetrating the base perimeter. Islamic State Lions of Islam and other Death Eater groups are increasingly using multiple suicide kabooms to breach base defenses in both Iraq and Syria. IS previously attempted to blow through the outer walls of a Syrian government airbase in Deir ez Zor, but without success. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 One US Special Forces member is worth 1 ... 10 ... 100 jacket wallas! |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-02-13 23:44 |