Iraqi army repels attack on base hosting U.S. 海洋s, 公式の/役人s say

BAGHDAD, Feb 13 (Reuters) - About 25 Islamic 明言する/公表する 闘士,戦闘機s led by several 自殺 爆撃機s attacked Ain al-Asad 空気/公表する base in Iraq's Anbar 州 on Friday but were 撃退するd by Iraqi 安全 軍隊s guarding the perimeter who killed most of the 加害者s, the 米国防総省 said.

後部 海軍大将 John Kirby, the 米国防総省 圧力(をかける) 長官, told reporters in Washington that U.S. 海洋s training Iraqi 軍の 軍隊/機動隊s at the sprawling base were about 2 miles (3.5 km) away and were not 伴う/関わるd in the fight.

U.S. 軍隊s 緊急発進するd drones and Apache ヘリコプターs to 補助装置 but the fighting was over by the time they arrived and they never 解雇する/砲火/射撃d a 発射, said Army 陸軍大佐 Steve 過密な住居, a 米国防総省 広報担当者.

Kirby said the 最新の (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) from Iraq 示すd the attack was carried out by "somewhere in the neighbourhood of 20 to 25" Islamic 明言する/公表する 闘士,戦闘機s and was led by several 自殺 爆撃機s, some of whom evidently 爆発させるd their vests.

The 戦う/戦い took place at the perimeter of the base and it was not すぐに (疑いを)晴らす whether the 攻撃者s were able to 侵入する into the 施設. Kirby 警告を与えるd that the (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) was 予選 and some 詳細(に述べる)s could change as Iraqi 公式の/役人s get a better understanding of how the attack 広げるd.

"It does appear now that most, if not all of them, were wearing Iraqi uniforms," Kirby said of the 攻撃者s.

交戦的なs f rom the jihadist group had attacked the Ain al-Asad base and the nearby town of al-Baghdadi a day earlier, 主要な to 時折起こる 衝突/不一致s in the town 夜通し.

An Iraqi 公式の/役人 said Islamic 明言する/公表する had been (疑いを)晴らすd from most of al-Baghdadi, with the remaining fighting centred around a police 駅/配置する.

That 衝突d with 報告(する)/憶測s from a 部族の leader who said the jihadists were still in 支配(する)/統制する of much of the town. Kirby said U.S. 査定/評価s 示すd Islamic 明言する/公表する 闘士,戦闘機s were in 支配(する)/統制する of al-Baghdadi.

現在進行中の 衝突/不一致s and poor communications in the area made it difficult to 確認する such 報告(する)/憶測s.

Al-Baghdadi has been 包囲するd for months by Islamic 明言する/公表する, which 逮捕(する)d 列s of northern and western Iraq last year, 誘発するing a (選挙などの)運動をする of U.S.-led 空気/公表する strikes and the (軍隊などの)展開,配備 of hundreds of U.S. 軍の 助言者s to the country.

About 320 U.S. 海洋s are training members of the Iraqi 7th 分割 at the base, which has been struck by 迫撃砲 解雇する/砲火/射撃 on at least one previous occasion since December.

The U.S. 軍の said the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs and its 連合 partners 行為/行うd seven 空気/公表する strikes against Islamic 明言する/公表する 交戦的なs in Iraq between 早期に Thursday and 早期に Friday, 含むing five strikes in the 周辺 of Ain al-Asad base. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Saif Hameed and Stephen Kalin in Baghdad and David Alexander and Phil Stewart in Washington; 令状ing by David Alexander; Editing by Alison Williams and Will Dunham)

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