White House Challenged To Reveal U.S. Troops Levels In Syria, Iraq, And Afghanistan

Turkish and US troops meet on the Turkish-Syrian border for a joint patrol in northern Syria, as it is pictured from near the Turkish town of Akcakale, Turkey, Sept. 8, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

The Guardian: Trump administration challenged to reveal troops levels in war zones

Freedom of information request filed after Pentagon stopped publishing figures for Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria

The Trump administration is being challenged to reveal how many troops the US has in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria – and to explain why it stopped publishing those figures more than two years ago.

The Just Security website and the Project on Government Oversight have filed requests under the Freedom of Information Act (Foia) for the number of military and civilian defence personnel assigned to the three countries since December 2017, when public records were stopped. They also requested “underlying documents that explain why the [defence department] withheld the numbers”.

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WNU Editor: I for one would be surprised if the administration will release these numbers.