(Washington Post)
U.S. Forces Already Advising Iraqi Forces In Anbar Province -- Reuters
(Reuters) - American forces have begun advising Iraqi troops in the western Anbar province, the top U.S. general told Reuters, in a faster-than-expected expansion of an operation that is central to its campaign against Islamic State.
General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said a small group of advisers had already established themselves in a preliminary fashion at Ain al-Asad air base in the province, much of which is controlled by the militant Islamist group.
They would also eventually start training the Iraqi army's seventh division, which suffered major setbacks during the Islamic State's advances across the country this summer.
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Update: Why it matters that U.S. troops are in Iraq’s troubled Anbar province — again -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post
My Comment: It looks like U.S. involvement in Iraq's Anbar province is too late for some .... Iraq and U.S. Find Some Potential Sunni Allies Have Already Been Lost (New York Time).
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What s operational presence?
An occasional car bomb?
The map shows where ISIS controls land and where it can terrorize people.
-ISIS has been kicked out of Jurk Sakhar
-They failed to take Amiriyat Fallujah
They retreated from Amerli
-Supposedly they were expelled from Biajiin the last week and
-Tikrit is under pressure or in militia hands.
-No word on Abu Ghraib although it probably is dangerous, but ISIS is not making headway there.
The map showing operational presence makes it seem scarier than it is. ISIS is plenty scary. but at this point I am more concerned with Iran and the militia it creates in Lebanon, Syria, & Iraq. It also has common cause with the Houthis in Yemen.
Other than helping the Kurds, I would rather ease back and let the Shia militias and ISIS bleed each other.
I feel totally justified too
The Shia militias have engaged in ethnic cleansing in Diyala. We help the Iraqi government too much what we are doing in effect is helping the Shia militias and Iran.
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