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ISIS Fighters Attack Iraqi Base Wearing Iraqi Army Uniforms
ABC ^ | 13 Feb, 2015 | By MARTHA RADDATZ and LUIS MARTINEZ

Posted on 02/13/2015 7:36:01 PM PST by rey

News video at site

Between 20 and 25 ISIS fighters wearing Iraqi Army uniforms infiltrated al-Asad airbase Friday -- the sprawling western Iraqi base where 400 American forces are training Iraqi troops -- and tried to enter the base, military officials said.

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KEYWORDS: alasad; alasadairbase; iraq; iraqiarmy; isis; marines
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Given the suicide attacks and the other infiltration attempts I think these are recon attempts.
1 posted on 02/13/2015 7:36:01 PM PST by rey
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To: rey

Khe San redux.


2 posted on 02/13/2015 7:38:26 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: rey
The ISIS fighters were killed as Iraqi forces repelled the attack ... and no U.S. military service members were affected by the attack.

Our people were probably saying, "Damn! We miss all the fun!"

3 posted on 02/13/2015 7:38:54 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: rey

We should be fearful of their taking one of our Marines captive and beheading or burning him to death!
I want Obola gone, but not at the expense of one of our wonderful young men.
If we had a government, there would be C-17’s landing there right now with troops and armor.


4 posted on 02/13/2015 7:41:04 PM PST by vette6387
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To: rey; SkyDancer; LUV W; onyx; cripplecreek
Shoot them as spies.

http://youtu.be/aj6d0tYUUo0?t=50s

5 posted on 02/13/2015 7:42:42 PM PST by KC_Lion (The Issue is Not The Issue, The Issue is The Revolution.)
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To: Publius

God bless the new 300 standing in the way of the savage horde. Molon labe, redux.


6 posted on 02/13/2015 7:45:20 PM PST by redlegplanner ( No Representation without Taxation)
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To: redlegplanner

I suspect our people don’t view the ISIS gang as competition. They view them as exercise.


7 posted on 02/13/2015 7:46:52 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: vette6387

I’d put a bullet in my brain before being captured by one of those animals.


8 posted on 02/13/2015 7:49:42 PM PST by Husker24
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To: Publius

agree.

300 Marines with a live fire ex, the rest pissed off they’re missing it.

Ahhhh....to receive the call for fire:

“you de me, “Savages in the open, VT i/e”


9 posted on 02/13/2015 7:49:46 PM PST by redlegplanner ( No Representation without Taxation)
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To: Lurker

I said the same thing last night!

You’d think the morons that sadly run this country would have prevented anything like this from happening again.


10 posted on 02/13/2015 7:51:05 PM PST by Shadow44
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To: Husker24

We’ve known this lesson for a while, courtesy of Mr Kipling:

When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
So-oldier of the Queen!


11 posted on 02/13/2015 7:53:15 PM PST by redlegplanner ( No Representation without Taxation)
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To: rey

Glad this turned out well.. I was really worried last night.


12 posted on 02/13/2015 7:56:03 PM PST by txhurl
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To: Shadow44
Agree wrt the morons, but beg to differ on the Khe Sanh comparison. A look at the terrain reveals one big old free fire area. Perfect place to exercise the American way of war - peace thru superior firepower. now we just need a POTUS that will let us exercise it
13 posted on 02/13/2015 7:57:50 PM PST by redlegplanner ( No Representation without Taxation)
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To: rey

The Air Force is bringing some B52’s out of mothballs from the graveyard at Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson. As of 8 months ago, the active fleet of B52’s was only 76 divided by 7 squadrons in 3 Wings. Maybe there’s something to that. But, knowing the Imam in Chief, probably not.


14 posted on 02/13/2015 7:58:00 PM PST by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: KC_Lion

Or just shoot them because they are evil. Period.


15 posted on 02/13/2015 8:00:23 PM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
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To: rey
20 and 25 ISIS fighters wearing Iraqi Army uniforms infiltrated al-Asad airbase Friday -- the sprawling western Iraqi base where 400 American forces are training Iraqi troops -- and tried to enter the base, military officials said.

Typical MSM hosshiite. Codswallop. Bumpf.

In the first sentence they infiltrated....
Then they "tried to enter the base ... military officials said"

Well, MSM asshats, what exactly did the ISIS Fighters (please, let's not call the goat-humping Muslim Ani "terrorists") do? Infiltrate? Or not? BTW, WTF is a "military official?"

....wearing Iraqi Army uniforms

Well, we paid good money for those soldier suits. Glad somebody is getting some use out of them!

Sorry gang, everything I have read about this is false, a lie, including the "and's," and the "the's."

16 posted on 02/13/2015 8:00:54 PM PST by Kenny Bunk (Lie down, GOP. You're dead.)
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To: rey

It was a probe to see what was there and how they could penetrate.


17 posted on 02/13/2015 8:02:16 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: Lurker

Obviously reinforcement is SOP.

The American media is AWOL.


18 posted on 02/13/2015 8:04:10 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: rey

Butthouse Barry is too busy making selfie videos for Buzzfeed to be concerned about this.


19 posted on 02/13/2015 8:04:11 PM PST by twister881
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To: Husker24

“I’d put a bullet in my brain before being captured by one of those animals.”

Yeah, but a Marine might not see it that way! The point should be to create an environment where capture is not possible!


20 posted on 02/13/2015 8:08:19 PM PST by vette6387
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