Six U.S. Troops killed in a suicide bombing outside a U.S. Base north of Kabul
Six American service members were killed Monday in a suicide bombing during a patrol outside a sprawling U.S. Airbase in Bagram, located 34 miles north of Kabul. It's the largest U.S. Loss of life from an attack this year, according to a senior Defense official. The patrol of U.S. Troops was targeted by a motorcyclist carrying a bomb. In addition to the servicemembers killed, three were injured, according to NATO command headquarters in Afghanistan. Ref. USAToday
Three American contractors went missing in Iraq two days ago, said a senior security official in Baghdad.
"A company filed a report Sunday about three of its staff going missing two days ago. They are American contractors. We are looking into this report," the official told CNN. Ref. CNN.
U.S. Official: More troops ready to go to Iraq for Mosul offensive
The additional forces would total between 500 and 600, according to multiple media reports. Currently, the number of U.S. Military personnel in Iraq is approximately 4,565, according to the senior official, who did not want to be named because he is not authorized to discuss the number publicly. Ref. USAToday.
I think we have been in the country of Iraq for too long now. While ISIS is a issue I think this is something for the locals to deal with instead of us dealing with them. Places like Syria and Iraq do not really need our help so I think we should pull out sooner rather than later.
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I'd agree except ISIS and all the other radical Islamic terrorists want to do us harm. They fear us because we are the power of peace and freedom. They fear peace and freedom greatly. They fear freedom because they know the vast majority of humans wouldn't freely choose what they preach. They fear peace because peace is the door that leads to freedom.
So, because of this fear they want to destroy us and our way of life. This is much like Germany and Japan in WW2, we could have said that's a foreign war, let them figure it out. If we kept our nose out Japan wouldn't have attacked us. Then Germany would have eventually won and Japan too. Eventually they would have come for us, and they would have had nukes.
No, we have to eradicate ISIS because the rest of the countries over thee aren't strong enough. More than that, they lack the willpower to actually do it, to see it through to the end. We need to help them, we need to lead. And we need to lead from the front. Then we need to leave and let them sort out their house.