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Reuters: Exclusive: U.S. weighs ramping up deployment of special forces to Syria
The U.S. administration is considering a plan to greatly increase the number of American special operations forces deployed to Syria as it looks to accelerate recent gains against Islamic State, U.S. officials told Reuters.
The officials, with direct knowledge of the proposal's details, declined to disclose the exact increase under consideration. But one of them said it would leave the U.S. special operations contingent many times larger than the around 50 troops currently in Syria, where they operate largely as advisors away from the front lines.
The proposal is among the military options being prepared for President Barack Obama, who is also weighing an increase in the number of American troops in Iraq. A White House spokeswoman declined comment.
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Update #1: US Is Weighing More Special Operations Troops for Syria: Official -- AFP
Update #2: Report: U.S. is considering more special operations troops for Syria -- Military Times
WNU Editor: I call this mission creep.
I call this a violation of sovereignty and an act of war.
ReplyDeleteAgain, why are we broadcasting our special forces missions to the rest of the world???
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