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enhanced_deficit
10-31-2015, 03:00 PM
War in Iraq still going on?




Delta Force KIA Led Assault Team on ISIS Prison in Iraq, Source http://images.military.com/media/people/joshua-wheeler-600x400.jpg Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler, 39, of Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., was killed in action Oct. 22, while deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (US Army photo)

Oct 27, 2015 | by Matthew Cox

Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler died leading his Delta Force team on the primary assault into an Islamic State compound in Iraq -- a stark contrast from the Pentagon's account that American commandos were there only to support Kurdish forces during the rescue mission, according to a U.S. military source.
The body of the 39-year-old native of Roland, Oklahoma, was flown to Dover Air Force Base (http://www.military.com/base-guide/dover-air-force-base) in Delaware on Saturday as more details began to emerge of the Oct. 22 night raid on a prison run by militants affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/10/27/delta-force-kia-led-assault-team-isis-prison-iraq-source-says.html
Zippyjuan
10-31-2015, 06:54 PM
The report I read said that they were to assist the Kurds but when things got hot, the weren't quite up to the task so the US Forces took over the lead.
enhanced_deficit
11-01-2015, 08:20 AM
The report I read said that they were to assist the Kurds but when things got hot, the weren't quite up to the task so the US Forces took over the lead.

So it is not true that we are not fighting in Iraq anymore now and just advising the local freedom fighters.
enhanced_deficit
11-05-2015, 10:12 AM
Commando Killed in ISIS Raid Served 14 Tours in Iraq, Afghanistan
Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler, who was killed in the raid that rescued 70 hostages in Iraq, enlisted 20 years ago, straight out of high school.

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/commando-killed-in-isis-raid-served-14-tours-in-iraq--afghanistan-550694979536
The Northbreather
11-05-2015, 10:29 AM
Jezis, that guy is 39?

The years on his face are telling
timosman
11-05-2015, 11:07 AM
So it is not true that we are not fighting in Iraq anymore now and just advising the local freedom fighters.

Advising is another word for fighting. We advise them by showing how to fire weapons at the enemy. For the best effect we use an actual enemy to shoot at.

The semantic war rages on.