Brian4Liberty
07-01-2014, 11:42 AM
Obama is sending even more troops to Iraq. It's just a matter of time before there is some incident involving Americans, which the interventionists, world-police, war-mongers and MIC shills will use as justification for full-scale US military involvement to prop-up the al-Maliki Shiite government.
US Sending 300 More Combat Troops to Iraq
'No Combat Troops' Pledge Didn't Last Long
A week and a half ago, President Obama broke his “no boots on the ground” pledge, sending 300 military advisers to Iraq. At the time, administration officials explained it by claiming they weren’t technically combat troops, and that the pledge was simply not to send “combat troops” to Iraq.
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Only 180 of the advisers are here so far, so about 800 US troops are in Iraq now, with expectations of further increases going forward, including support staff for the new combat forces and for the Joint Operations post in Baghdad, which is what the advisers are running.
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More:
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/06/30/us-sending-300-combat-troops-to-iraq/
US Sending 300 More Combat Troops to Iraq
'No Combat Troops' Pledge Didn't Last Long
A week and a half ago, President Obama broke his “no boots on the ground” pledge, sending 300 military advisers to Iraq. At the time, administration officials explained it by claiming they weren’t technically combat troops, and that the pledge was simply not to send “combat troops” to Iraq.
...
Only 180 of the advisers are here so far, so about 800 US troops are in Iraq now, with expectations of further increases going forward, including support staff for the new combat forces and for the Joint Operations post in Baghdad, which is what the advisers are running.
...
More:
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/06/30/us-sending-300-combat-troops-to-iraq/