Al-Asad air base: Islamic State fighters killed by Iraqi forces

Military | 207095 hits | Feb 13 2:15 pm | Posted by: N_Fiddledog

Islamic State fighters led a suicide attack on an air base where U.S. and coalition troops are training Iraqi forces after taking a nearby town, the first territorial gain by the militant group in months, the Pentagon said Friday.

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by N_Fiddledog
Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:30 am
Hmm...that's odd. The Yahoo news version looks like it went dead.

Oh well, here's an updated version from ABC. There's an autorun video.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/isi ... d=28944455
by Freakinoldguy
Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:12 am
"Early indications are that yes, some of them did detonate their vests, detonate themselves," he said. "And then they were followed by roughly something on the order of 15 or so other fighters."

Given ISIS's penchant for using western fighters as cannon fodder it would be my guess that the population of some countries in Western Europe just declined.
by Jabberwalker
Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:31 pm
"Freakinoldguy" said
"Early indications are that yes, some of them did detonate their vests, detonate themselves," he said. "And then they were followed by roughly something on the order of 15 or so other fighters."

Given ISIS's penchant for using western fighters as cannon fodder it would be my guess that the population of some countries in Western Europe just declined.

Allah Akbar. The species gene pool improves a little each and every time.

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