Who Are The 300 U.S. Advisers Being Sent To Iraq

300 U.S. Advisers Heading For Iraq, But What Will They Actually Do? -- CNN

Washington (CNN) -- How big of a threat is ISIS really?

The White House wants to find out and is deploying as many as 300 military advisers to Iraq to assess the might of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

The jihadi group's rash battlefield successes make it look extremely fierce.

ISIS militants have surged from the border with Syria to blitz major cities in Iraq's northern Sunni region, taking Tal Afar and Mosul, then moving quickly south. Hundreds of thousands of civilians fled from their path, creating a new refugee crisis.

They have advanced on Baquba, just north of Baghdad, and are threatening to attack the capital.

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More News On Who Are The 300 U.S. Advisers Going To Iraq, And What Will Be Their Impact

Who Are These American Troops in Iraq? -- Joe Trevithick, War Is Boring
Military advisers don't always just offer advice: A look at some missions, past and present -- FOX News/AP
Are 300 U.S. Military Advisers Enough to Save Iraq? (Video) -- Bloomberg
Why US advisers are doomed to fail in Iraq -- David Francis, Fiscal Times
Iraq: Can US military advisers help ease crisis? -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC

My Comment: This is now President Obama's war. Not surprising .... many Iraqis are not at ease .... Here's What Average Iraqis Are Saying About The Return Of US Troops -- Business Insider/Global Post

Update: Even though President Obama has repeated his point that U.S. military plans for Iraq will be strictly limited .... Americans are not at ease .... Stay away from Iraq, U.S. public says in new poll -- The Hill