A HH-60 helicopter prepares to land during a medical evacuation exercise within the 55km deconfliction zone in Syria, May 27, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. William Howard)
At least 15 terrorists of ISIS were killed by United States and Iraqi military forces during a partnered raid in western Iraq, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on August 31.
“U.S. Central Command forces and Iraqi Security Forces conducted a partnered raid in Western Iraq in the early hours of Aug. 29, resulting in the death of 15 ISIS operatives,” the command said in a statement.
It added that the operation “targeted ISIS leaders to disrupt and degrade ISIS’ ability to plan, organize, and conduct attacks against Iraqi civilians, as well as U.S. citizens, allies, and partners throughout the region and beyond.”
“The ISIS element was armed with numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive “suicide” belts,” according to the statement. “There is no indication of civilian casualties.”
A separate statement released by the Iraqi military said that “airstrikes targeted the hideouts, followed by an airborne operation.”
Two U.S. defense officials told ABC News later that seven U.S. troops were wounded during the partnered operation in western Iraq.
“During the operation, five U.S. personnel were wounded. One of the wounded was evacuated for further treatment,” an unnamed official said.
“Two additional U.S. personnel were injured from falls during the operation, with one also evacuated out of the theater for follow-up care. All personnel are in stable condition,” the official added.
The U.S. maintains roughly 2,500 troops in Iraq and 900 others in neighboring Syria, allegedly to combat the remnants of ISIS.
More than a hundred attacks have targeted U.S. forces in the two counties since the outbreak of the Israeli war on the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip last year with Iran-backed armed factions claiming responsibility for most of these attacks.
The U.S. latest operation in Iraq was likely carried out to promote a long-term deployment in Iraq, again using ISIS as an excuse.
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the iraqi government has demanded that all us forces leave the country. demand ignored.
current gov is not the “iraqi government”. legitimate iraqi government was destroyed and legitimate president executed by illegal us&uk invaders and with the help of the kurdish & iranian traitors which collaborated with usa back then. a true iraqi government would declare total resistance and war against the invaders and then go into the underground and fight the invaders till martydom or victory !!!
yep hamas style!
why is the usa striking its own isis terrorists?
just a made up by us so they dont leave iraq . hollywood movie style .
did this operation really take place? nobody knows. can be just a fantasy and fake news🤡
nakoniec to dopadne ako všade inde. vojaci usa budú nakoniec utekať aj z iraku ako pred nedávnom utekali z afganistanu. tik, tak, tik, tak … ten čas sa neúprosne blíži. svetu mier!!!
what a great way to nip in the bud any possibility of the us forces leaving iraqi territory. train isis forces in syria, send them into iraq and kill them there. win-win.
they were defecting because either the money is no longer any good, or they can’r stand being a terrorist for the u.$. government any longer just like their blackwater mercs and regular military. so what the u.$. was doing was eliminating their own bought and paid for proxies to keep them “silent” forever! been doing this since 2004!…
another pretend battle against isis? perhaps not, the united states has turned on its proxies before, are you listening ukrainians?
isis is fake. meaning these are people injured in the bases from rockets and drones, or something else.
what a,load of bs! isis works for them. they, americans just wants perpetual wars, with imaginary foes. ruaf destroyed all isis tutto completo, now of the sudden they reappear after that agreement in syria.
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