Seven US troops were injured in a raid against a suspected ISIS hideout in western Iraq on August 29, The Associated Press reported on Saturday.
A Pentagon official said five US soldiers were wounded in the raid, and the other two were hurt from falls during the operation. The official said that all “personnel are in stable condition.”
US Central Command said in a press release that 15 ISIS operatives were killed in the raid, which was conducted with Iraqi forces, and claimed no civilians were harmed. CENTCOM said the ISIS fighters were armed with “numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive ‘suicide’ belts.”
An Iraqi military statement on the raid said the hideout was targeted by airstrikes, which was followed by an “airborne operation.” It said all “hideouts, weapons and logistical support were destroyed, explosive belts were safely detonated and important documents, identification papers and communication devices were seized.”
Earlier this year, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani called for an end to the US-led anti-ISIS coalition in Iraq and said Iraqi forces could handle ISIS remnants on their own.
Al-Sudani reiterated his view on Sunday in a meeting with Maj. Gen. Kevin C. Leahy, commander of the US-led coalition. “[T]he remnants of ISIS no longer pose a threat to the Iraqi state, as they have become isolated groups hiding in remote areas to avoid capture,” he said.
The US and Iraq entered talks on the future of the US military presence, but the Biden administration has made clear it has no intention of leaving. Al-Sudani called for an end to the coalition in response to US airstrikes that targeted the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an umbrella group of Shia militias that was formed in 2014 to fight ISIS and is part of Iraq’s security forces.
The US has no intention of leaving Iraq.
I’m not buying the ISIS hideout either.
The real reason the USA stays in Iraq is because our Israelie Masters demand it.
US troops in Iraq don't want to leave because they are the extension of US troops in Syria who steal Syrian oil, gas and food and transfer them to US troops in Iraq which in turn get transferred and sold to Iraqi Kurdistan and some of the proceed money is given back to Syrian Kurds….
So you see it's a mafia operation involving both Iraq and Syria…!
The US military no longer report deaths in combat zones to include Israel and Ukraine. Here is how they hide them. They are found at other bases, just dead, with no explanation.
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