Washington Post: The U.S. military has a lot more people in Iraq than it has been saying
The U.S. military has around 5,000 service members in Iraq, officials said on Monday, far more than previously reported, as the Obama administration quietly expands ground operations against the Islamic State.
The number of American forces in Iraq has come under increased scrutiny following the death over the weekend of a Marine staff sergeant, the second combat casualty in renewed U.S. operations in Iraq. He was killed when militants launched rockets at a small U.S. base around the city of Makhmour. The existence of the Marine detachment had not been known prior to Staff Sgt. Louis F. Cardin’s death.
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WNU Editor: It is not the first time that the U.S. government has underestimated their true involvement in wars and conflicts. In this case it took the death of a US Marine to uncover this "secret" fire-base.
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They should fight their own fight last time they ran away and left all the equipment behind once we leave the Iranian is going to take over.
Maybe it's part of the big Sunni assault.
Maybe it's part of the big Sunni assault.
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