'Empty every round': US helicopter gunships headed toward ISIS stronghold near al-Baghdadi

Jim Sciutto, CNN’s chief national security correspondent, is reporting Friday night that U.S. helicopter gunships have been deployed to engage ISIS in the al-Baghdadi district, 90 percent of which has fallen under the control of the insurgents, according to Reuters.

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BREAKING US GUNSHIPS ATTACKING ISIS @cnn

— Deplorable Cult General (@HouseCracka) February 13, 2015

U.S helicopter gunships are engaging ISIS in Iraq at this very minute. #GetSome boys, and get back safe! #SupportTheTroops

— Mistress Carrie WAAF (@MistressCarrie) February 13, 2015

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God bless our Marines in Iraq under attack right now, and may our gunship helicopters empty every round they have into those ISIS bastards.

— Duane Patterson (@Radioblogger) February 13, 2015

Gunships flying in to engage the "JV enemy" who we don't actually have because we're not at war with anyone.

— 6EuropeanPups (@PleasantPups) February 13, 2015

US gunships now engaging ISIS. The Muslim terrorists are walking into a wood chipper.

— Peter Waldron (@peterwaldronusa) February 13, 2015

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Twitchy will update this post as details emerge.