BREAKING: 320 US Troops At Risk From ISIS Insurgent Charge
Reuters reported:
Islamic State insurgents took control on Thursday of most of the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, threatening an air base where over 300 U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops, officials said.
ISIS fighters attacked al-Baghdadi from two directions earlier in the day and then advanced on the town, according to the news agency.
Al-Baghdadi, about 85 km (50 miles) northwest of Ramadi in Anbar province and had been besieged for months by the radical Sunni Islamist militants who captured vast swathes of northern and western Iraq last year.
“Ninety percent of al-Baghdadi district has fallen under the control of the insurgents,”
… district manager Naji Arak told Reuters by phone.
The officials said another group of insurgents then attacked the heavily-guarded Ain al-Asad air base five km southwest of the town, but were unable to break into it.
About 320 U.S. Marines are training members of the Iraqi 7th Division at the base, which has been struck by mortar fire on at least one previous occasion since December.
Pentagon spokeswoman Navy Commander Elissa Smith confirmed the fighting in al-Baghdadi. She said there had been no direct attack on the air base, adding: “There were reports of ineffective indirect fire in the vicinity of the base.”
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source: BREAKING: 320 US Troops At Risk From ISIS Insurgent Charge
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Some news sources are saying the 320 U.S. Marines are surround by ISIS and the Marines may need to be evacuated..
So the USA has boots on the ground..
Reuters reported:
Islamic State insurgents took control on Thursday of most of the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, threatening an air base where over 300 U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops, officials said.
ISIS fighters attacked al-Baghdadi from two directions earlier in the day and then advanced on the town, according to the news agency.
Al-Baghdadi, about 85 km (50 miles) northwest of Ramadi in Anbar province and had been besieged for months by the radical Sunni Islamist militants who captured vast swathes of northern and western Iraq last year.
“Ninety percent of al-Baghdadi district has fallen under the control of the insurgents,”
… district manager Naji Arak told Reuters by phone.
The officials said another group of insurgents then attacked the heavily-guarded Ain al-Asad air base five km southwest of the town, but were unable to break into it.
About 320 U.S. Marines are training members of the Iraqi 7th Division at the base, which has been struck by mortar fire on at least one previous occasion since December.
Pentagon spokeswoman Navy Commander Elissa Smith confirmed the fighting in al-Baghdadi. She said there had been no direct attack on the air base, adding: “There were reports of ineffective indirect fire in the vicinity of the base.”
This story is developing
source: BREAKING: 320 US Troops At Risk From ISIS Insurgent Charge
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Some news sources are saying the 320 U.S. Marines are surround by ISIS and the Marines may need to be evacuated..
So the USA has boots on the ground..
