US To Send More Military Advisers to Iraq, Mainly Anbar Province -- Rudaw
WASHINGTON DC—Outgoing US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel authorized the deployment of up to 1,300 American troops to Iraq early next year to assist and advise Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS), the Pentagon said on Friday.
“Their mission will be to train, advise and assist Iraqi security forces. This deployment is part of the additional 1,500 troops that the president authorized in November,” Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters at a Pentagon briefing.
The announcement of the additional deployment will put the number of US troops at around 4,000 who will serve in Iraq and Kurdistan Region on non-combat mission.
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United States to deploy additional 1,300 troops to Iraq -- i24 News
DOD: 1,500 More American Troops to Iraq; ISIL 'Resilient' -- CNS News
U.S. To Send 1,300 Troops To Iraq On Training Mission -- Radio Free Europe
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Here come those pesky adjectives, resilient, etc. The march of triumph shuffles on.
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