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February 16, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-state-tries-to-attack-base-where-hundreds-of-us-troops-are-stationed/2015/02/13/726fcd16-3d8b-42ca-8f09-d44e902ef46f_story.html

Islamic State Tries to Attack Base Where Hundreds of U.S. Troops Are Stationed

(Washington Post) Loveday Morris - Disguised as Iraqi army soldiers, a squad of Islamic State militants attempted Friday to bomb a base in western Iraq where hundreds of U.S. troops are stationed. Iraqi security forces killed eight would-be suicide bombers who tried to carry out a "direct attack" on the Ayn al-Asad airbase in Iraq's Anbar province.

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