Wait. Didn’t Obama claim all those military personnel that he was shipping into Syria to “help the moderates” wouldn’t be boots on the ground? Then how does Obama explain a US service member killed today in Syria from a IED blast. Sounds like boots on the ground to me.
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A U.S. service member embedded with the Kurdish-leg Syrian Democratic Forces in northern Syria died Thursday from injuries from a blast by an improvised explosive device, military officials said.
In a statement released Thursday, military officials said the blast happened in the vicinity of Ayn Issa in northern Syria, located about an hour north of ISIS de factor capital of Raqqa.
The service member’s name, rank or military branch have been released.
The death is believed to be the first American military casualty since the start of the operation against Islamic State fighters.