WITNESSES SAY THE AMERICANS ARE THERE SUPPORTING KURDISH AND IRAQI FIGHTERS AND HAVE HELPED TO TURN THE TIDE AGAINST THE RADICAL JIHAD GROUP.
THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE EARLY SATURDAY BY BOTH AL-JAZEERA AND IN ISRAELI NATIONAL NEWS ONLINE.
"Police First Lieutenant Muneer al-Qoud later told Al Jazeera TV that the USsoldiers had come from the al-Assad military base.
The latest reports of US troops backing their Iraqi counterparts corroborate earlier claims in Iraqi media outlets last week that some of the roughly 100 US "military advisers" in the al-Assad base were aiding Iraqi troops in defending the base from ISIS. US President Barack Obama recently approved doubling the number of advisers, trainers and support personnel in Iraq, according to US media reports."
American forces were involved in their first ground battle with Islamic State fighters, according to Kurdish media outlet Shafaq News, near the Ain Al-Assad base in the Anbar province of Iraq early Sunday. The report could not be independently verified.
US forces allegedly came to the aid of tribal fighters and the Iraqi Army battling Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) militants in the Al-Dolab area, 10 km (6.2 miles) from the Ain Al-Assad base, which is about 90 km (56 miles) west of Anbar’s capital, Ramadi.
“US forces intervened because … ISIS started to come near the base, which they are stationed in so out of self-defense, they responded,” said Sheikh Mahmud Nimrawi, a tribal leader in the area, according to Shafaq.
The base hosts about 100 US military advisers, the report claimed.
YEAH, "CLAIMED" IS RIGHT.
STUPID CLAIM!
UPDATE: 12/22/2014YEAH, "CLAIMED" IS RIGHT.
STUPID CLAIM!
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/12/22/us-stockpiling-fighting-vehicles-gear-in-kuwait-ahead-of-anti-isis-offensive
Since June, the U.S. military has been slowly stockpiling massive amounts of its gear coming out of Afghanistan at a depot in Kuwait adjacent to a bustling commercial port, in preparation for ultimately shipping it across the border into Iraq for an allied offensive against the Islamic State group.
The facility's warehouses and large asphalt yards now are home to roughly 3,100 vehicles, most of them MRAPs – the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles that have been ubiquitous in America’s prolonged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is also some electronic equipment and other supplies at the depot, located at Kuwait's Shuaiba port, defense officials say.
YES, WE ARE GOING TO PUT BOOTS BACK ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ!
YES, WE ARE GOING TO PUT BOOTS BACK ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ!
The gear, primarily from the Army, will be fixed up and held as top U.S. planners in Iraq determine what they’ll need to defeat the Islamic State group in the coming months, says Air Force Maj. Gen. Rowayne “Wayne” Schatz, the director of operations and plans for U.S. Transportation Command.
“From June to December, we’ve worked a lot on moving items into Kuwait,” he says. “The Army is holding the gear there, and it has room to hold it, as the mission fleshes out.”
"...AS THE MISSION FLESHES OUT..."
INTO WHAT?
INTO, AS JOHN KERRY RECENTLY SAID:
"... the fight against the militants could last years..."
AND YEARS AND YEARS....AGAIN.
DENIAL BY THE U.S. Meanwhile, a U.S. senior military official said there are no U.S. ground troops fighting in Iraq, though forces can engage in self-defense if required."...AS THE MISSION FLESHES OUT..."
INTO WHAT?
INTO, AS JOHN KERRY RECENTLY SAID:
"... the fight against the militants could last years..."
AND YEARS AND YEARS....AGAIN.
The senior military official said the U.S. mission in Iraq is to prepare and support the country in fighting Islamic State forces, and no engagement with militant forces was being tracked.
WILL THIS 'OFFICIAL' LOOK SILLY WHEN VIDEO OR PHOTOS COME OUT?
HE HAS ALREADY CHANGED HIS STORY TO SAY THE REPORTS OF AMERICAN TROOPS "BOOTS ON THE GROUND" ARE "BEING LOOKED INTO.
HERE WE GO WITH ANOTHER RUN-AROUND!
MEANWHILE, WE CAN SIMPLY ACCEPT THAT AMERICA HAS BEGUN ANOTHER SEASON OF DEPLOYED AMERICAN TROOPS, ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ, THIS TIME FIGHTING THE ISLAMIC STATE.
IT WILL CERTAINLY NOT MEAN A "MERRY CHRISTMAS" FOR FAMILIES WITH SONS, HUSBANDS, BROTHERS, FRIENDS STATIONED IN IRAQ WHO ARE NOW FACING THE SAME "KILLING FIELDS" THEIR COMRADES FACED ALL THOSE LONG, LONG BUSH WAR YEARS.
THEIR FAMILIES DESERVE THE TRUTH....
"BOOTS ON THE GROUND AGAINST 'ISIS' IS NOT THE WAY WE SHOULD GO.
LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.
WE HAVE ENOUGH "SECRET WARS" TO KILL THOUSANDS MORE OF OUR MILITARY, SO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SHOULD SIMPLY CANCEL THIS ONE!
OBAMA PROMISED TO PULL OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST, NOT RE-FUND THE WAR MACHINE THERE.
SO MUCH FOR POLITICAL PROMISES...
SEE ALSO:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188913#.VJcVXsBY
http://www.thenational.ae/world/united-states/us-soldiers-engage-isil-in-first-iraq-combat-since-2011
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/12/bringing-iraq-ghost-forces-back--20141288397979792.html
it is a shame that we have to depend on news sources outside our own country for what usually turns out to be honest reporting. Russia Today news has been accurate for me about 90-95% of the time. Israeli news sources are almost 100% accurate on everything but I hate to admit that.
ReplyDeleteAmerica has no more real reporters. They are threatened with losing their jobs and never being able to find another position within the "industry", & NEWS, such as we know it today, IS an "industry"...of, mainly, MISINFORMATION, tidbits, perhaps with a tiny grain of truth, but usually just hype or whatever has been SCHEDULED to go out to the gullible public today. That ALL major media is owned & totally controlled by just 6, six, mega-companies SHOULD show Americans what they're up against.
DeleteActually, we can redduce that to 5 as Viacom and CBS Corporation have been separate companies since 2006, but are BOTH partially owned subsidiaries of the private National Amusements company, headed by Sumner Redstone. As such, Paramount Home Entertainment handles DVD/Blu-ray distribution for most of the CBS Corporation library.
Actually,
I set more stock in what REAL PEOPLE tell us, show us with photos, videos, people who are EYEWITNESS TO WHAT HAPPENS & can PROVE it, who WANT us to know the FACTS.
I read al Jazeera, RT, Arutz Sheva, the India Times, all out-of-country publications I can , but everyday people always show me more FACTS.
Sad? Yes, that it is, when we can no longer expect REAL NEWS, just hype & propaganda, and, above all, ENTERTAINMENT.