SSG Norman Lihou 473220 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Islamic State (IS) militants have launched an attack on a town in Iraq's Anbar province, close to an airbase that is home to some 300 US marines.<br /><br />The militants attacked the town of al-Baghdadi, 5km (three miles) from the Ain al-Asad base, where the US forces are training Iraqi troops.<br /><br />Heavy fighting was reported around the town, west of Anbar's capital, Ramadi.<br /><br />The US is spearheading an air campaign against the militants, who seized large parts of Iraq and Syria last year.<br /><br />The US military says its aircraft carried out several strikes on IS positions in Iraq on Thursday, mostly concentrated around the Iraqi towns of Mosul and Kirkuk.<br /><br />Read more:<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31449976">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31449976</a># <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/008/886/qrc/_81001383_isfighters.jpg?1443033646"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31449976#">Islamic State: Key Iraqi town near US training base falls to jihadists - BBC News</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Islamic State militants capture an Iraqi town about 8km (five miles) from an airbase housing hundreds of US troops, the Pentagon says.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-02-13T00:29:50-05:00 SSG Norman Lihou 473220

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Islamic State (IS) militants have launched an attack on a town in Iraq's Anbar province, close to an airbase that is home to some 300 US marines.<br /><br />The militants attacked the town of al-Baghdadi, 5km (three miles) from the Ain al-Asad base, where the US forces are training Iraqi troops.<br /><br />Heavy fighting was reported around the town, west of Anbar's capital, Ramadi.<br /><br />The US is spearheading an air campaign against the militants, who seized large parts of Iraq and Syria last year.<br /><br />The US military says its aircraft carried out several strikes on IS positions in Iraq on Thursday, mostly concentrated around the Iraqi towns of Mosul and Kirkuk.<br /><br />Read more:<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31449976">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31449976</a># <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/008/886/qrc/_81001383_isfighters.jpg?1443033646"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31449976#">Islamic State: Key Iraqi town near US training base falls to jihadists - BBC News</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Islamic State militants capture an Iraqi town about 8km (five miles) from an airbase housing hundreds of US troops, the Pentagon says.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-02-13T00:29:50-05:00 2015-02-13T00:29:50-05:00 CSM Private RallyPoint Member 473523

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Won't be long now before we are back on the ground...smh!

2015-02-13T08:44:53-05:00 2015-02-13T08:44:53-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 473534

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>They didn't attack a town nearby for fun.<br />I hope the Marines brought more than instruction manuals.

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