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ISIS Tried To Bomb A Base Where U.S. Troops Train Iraqi Forces

Posted on AllSides February 14th, 2015
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ISIS forces are extremely close to a U.S. airbase, where 320 Marines are training Iraqi forces. Using Iraqi military uniforms, ISIS fighters tried to infiltrate the base to execute a suicide bomb attack, but were killed by Iraqi Security Forces. Yet, the proximity of the ISIS and American military personnel is fraught with danger, especially as President Obama tries to get an authorization to use force resolution through Congress that rejects the notion of “enduring offensive ground forces.” Nevertheless, that fact that ISIS is able to continue its offensive operations...

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