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ISIS fighters attacked an Iraqi air base where more than 300 U.S. troops were stationed on Friday. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
WASHINGTON — Islamic State militants launched a suicide attack against a base in western Iraq where U.S. forces are stationed, but were defeated by Iraqi soldiers defending the facility, the Pentagon said Friday.
The attack came as the militants over the past several days have seized the nearby town of al-Baghdadi, placing them within miles of al-Asad, a sprawling military compound in western Iraq.
A contingent of U.S. trainers are at the base, but were miles away from the failed attack, the U.S. military said.
"At no time were U.S. troops anywhere near the fight," said Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary.
Early Friday, militants used a small force of suicide bombers in an effort to breach the base's perimeter. Another team of about 15 fighters was prepared to get through the opening and into the base, the U.S. military said.
The base in the Euphrates River Valley west of Baghdad is a major training facility where teams of Americans are training about 800 Iraqi soldiers.
All the militants were either killed by Iraqi forces or died when they detonated suicide vests, Kirby said.
Kirby said the Islamic State, which has seized large swaths of territory in Iraq, remains in a defensive posture despite the gains in al-Baghdadi.
"This is arguably the first in at least a couple of months, if not more, where they have had any success at all in taking any new ground," Kirby said.
U.S. aircraft joined in the fighting in the area, launching five airstrikes around the base, according to a statement from the U.S. military.
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ISIS fighters attacked an Iraqi air base where more than 300 U.S. troops were stationed on Friday. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
WASHINGTON — Islamic State militants launched a suicide attack against a base in western Iraq where U.S. forces are stationed, but were defeated by Iraqi soldiers defending the facility, the Pentagon said Friday.
The attack came as the militants over the past several days have seized the nearby town of al-Baghdadi, placing them within miles of al-Asad, a sprawling military compound in western Iraq.
A contingent of U.S. trainers are at the base, but were miles away from the failed attack, the U.S. military said.
"At no time were U.S. troops anywhere near the fight," said Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary.
Early Friday, militants used a small force of suicide bombers in an effort to breach the base's perimeter. Another team of about 15 fighters was prepared to get through the opening and into the base, the U.S. military said.
The base in the Euphrates River Valley west of Baghdad is a major training facility where teams of Americans are training about 800 Iraqi soldiers.
All the militants were either killed by Iraqi forces or died when they detonated suicide vests, Kirby said.
Kirby said the Islamic State, which has seized large swaths of territory in Iraq, remains in a defensive posture despite the gains in al-Baghdadi.
"This is arguably the first in at least a couple of months, if not more, where they have had any success at all in taking any new ground," Kirby said.
U.S. aircraft joined in the fighting in the area, launching five airstrikes around the base, according to a statement from the U.S. military.
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