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ISIS Fighters Reportedly Seize Parts Of Iraqi Town, Threatening U.S. Marine Base
Islamic State insurgents took control on Thursday of large parts of the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, threatening an air base where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops, officials said. Al-Baghdadi, about 85 km (50 miles) northwest of Ramadi in Anbar province, has been besieged for months by the radical Sunni Islamist militants who captured vast swathes of northern and western Iraq last year.
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Good luck ISIS That base isn't going anywhere.
Nope, an assault on that base would be absolute suicide. 300 US Marines in a fortified base with thousands if Iraqi troops, yeah good luck indeed.
Don't have to assault frontally, intermittent shelling would cause casualties enough. Iraqi troops have demonstrated their penchant for battle.