600 more troops to Iraq

Posted by | September 29, 2016 08:29 | Filed under: Politics War & Peace

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President Obama is sending 600 more troops to Iraq…

…to assist Iraqi forces in the looming battle to take back the city of Mosul from the Islamic State, United States officials said on Wednesday.

The announcement means that there will soon be 5,000 American troops in Iraq, seven years after the Obama administration withdrew all American troops from the country. Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has criticized both Mr. Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, for that decision.

Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, traveling in New Mexico, said the additional troops would help with logistics as well as providing intelligence for Iraqi security forces in the fight for Mosul. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said last week that Iraqi forces would be ready to retake the city by early October.

 

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5 responses to 600 more troops to Iraq

  1. fahvel September 29th, 2016 at 10:39

    more boys and girls to die for nothing???

    • pignose4.0 September 29th, 2016 at 16:42

      We broke it we own it.

    • Bunya September 30th, 2016 at 13:58

      Hey! This is ‘Murika! It’s what we do!

  2. oldfart September 29th, 2016 at 14:32

    All that’s missing is the republican whining
    that it’s not enough or that it’s too late…

  3. bpollen September 30th, 2016 at 04:41

    Wait a minute! You said you were sending cash!

    — Iraq.

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