{"id":117583,"date":"2024-10-23T21:49:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117583"},"modified":"2024-10-23T21:49:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:49:45","slug":"two-us-service-members-injured-in-raid-that-killed-isis-operatives-in-iraq-pentagon-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117583","title":{"rendered":"Two US service members injured in raid that killed ISIS operatives In Iraq, Pentagon says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv4d21004d2cnl504ccnas@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Two US service members were injured in Iraq in a joint US-Iraqi raid overnight that killed \u201cmultiple ISIS operatives,\u201d according to a Defense Department spokesperson.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw00043b6mh1qzve2h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cMy understanding is that both of them are in stable condition being treated for their injuries,\u201d Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder said at a briefing.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw00053b6m8ezki4y5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ryder did not say how they were injured. A defense official said Wednesday that both service members had been transferred to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany and were still in stable condition.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw00063b6m4nwiw85m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cOvernight, CENTCOM [US Central Command] and Iraqi security forces conducted a partner raid in Iraq targeting several senior ISIS leaders,\u201d said Ryder. \u201cThe raid resulted in the death of multiple ISIS operatives.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2lyegij00063b6mfms6ta45@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/1849028003478565301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release from CENTCOM<\/a> on Wednesday morning said at least seven operatives were killed in the operation, which included both \u201cstrikes and follow on raids\u201d on multiple ISIS locations, \u201ctargeting several senior ISIS leaders.\u201d The release did not name the leaders who were targeted.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw00073b6m4m2ibfbl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            According to a statement by Iraqi Joint Operations Command, nine ISIS members were killed in the raid, including \u201cthe so-called criminal governor of Wali Iraq called Jassim Al-Mazrouei Abu Abdul Qader and other leaders from the front line.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kxazgb00013b6msh5w4olj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            DNA tests are still being conducted to identify other ISIS members who were killed in the raid, according to the statement, which also said the raid took place in the Hamrin Mountains in northern Iraq.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kxazgb00023b6mmju4fd79@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The statement also said that the raid resulted in the seizure of \u201clarge quantities of weapons, ammunition and equipment\u201d and the destruction of \u201ca large workshop for booby-trapping and manufacturing explosive devices.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw00083b6mu7icxhb2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The raid is the latest operation involving the US against ISIS since CENTCOM said that US forces conducted airstrikes in Syria earlier this month against multiple known ISIS camps.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw00093b6map6dkxrm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ryder also said that the department is still conducting \u201cpost-mission analysis\u201d on this latest overnight raid and would share more information subsequently.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw000a3b6mvz4m6pu2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The raid is also the latest \u201cpartnered\u201d operation between US and Iraqi forces, months after Iraq\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/15\/middleeast\/iraq-operation-inherent-resolve-end-intl-latam\/index.html\">postponed<\/a>\u00a0announcing\u00a0an end-date\u00a0for the US-led military coalition\u2019s presence in the country\u00a0amid rising tensions in the Middle East.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw000b3b6mtc5n4dxf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Iraq\u2019s Higher Military Commission had aimed to propose an end date for Operation Inherent Resolve, the US military operation combatting ISIS.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw000c3b6mroexzp26@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe were very close to announcing this agreement, but due to recent developments, the announcement of the end of the international coalition\u2019s military mission in Iraq was postponed,\u201d a statement by Iraq\u2019s foreign ministry said, without giving further details on what\u00a0the \u201crecent developments.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw000d3b6m8e3gc3oi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Since that statement, tensions in the region have only escalated. Israel has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/israel-iran-lebanon-gaza-war-10-22-24-intl-hnk\/index.html\">intensified<\/a>\u00a0its war against Hezbollah in Lebanon while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/21\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-airdropped-aid-kills-palestinian-child-intl\/index.html\">continuing<\/a> the war against Hamas in Gaza and promising a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/22\/middleeast\/washingtons-arab-allies-engage-with-iran-intl\/index.html\">response<\/a>\u00a0against Iran for a missile attack against Israel.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw000e3b6msrxpsq2i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And the Pentagon has only\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/04\/politics\/mapping-military-in-middle-east-dg\/index.html\">strengthened<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0US military presence in the Middle East since last year, with roughly 40,000 US troops in the region as of August. The US has also continued operations to target ISIS in the Middle East and Africa.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw000f3b6m7jlhq7na@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe are committed to the enduring defeat of ISIS because of the threat they pose both regionally and globally,\u201d CENTCOM commander\u00a0Gen. Erik Kurilla\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/19\/politics\/us-kills-senior-isis-official-syria\/index.html\">said<\/a>\u00a0in April. \u201cWe continue to focus our efforts on specifically targeting those members of ISIS who are seeking to conduct external operations outside of Iraq and Syria and those ISIS members attempting to break out ISIS members in detention in an attempt to reconstitute their forces.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw000g3b6m7jw96v6n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Earlier this month, the head of the United Kingdom\u2019s domestic security service MI5 said that ISIS, along with al Qaeda, are presenting a \u201cresurgent\u201d threat.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kv6kxw000h3b6mhzllo8tq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAfter a few years of being pinned well back, they\u2019ve resumed efforts to export terrorism,\u201d MI5\u2019s Director General Ken McCallum said in a speech in London.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kxbv0c00053b6mu43pyrll@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This story has been updated with additional reporting.\u00a0<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kxa6rx00003b6mv5jksj4c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed reporting.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/22\/politics\/service-members-injured-isis-raid-iraq\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Two US service members were injured in Iraq in a joint US-Iraqi raid overnight that killed \u201cmultiple ISIS operatives,\u201d according to a Defense Department spokesperson. \u201cMy understanding is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117583\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}