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    US Special Forces Are Fighting ISIS & Directing Peshmarga Units in Iraq

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...s-in-iraq.html

    Contacts in the Kurdish intelligence service and Peshmerga leadership confirmed what we saw. “Yes,” one commander replied to our questions. “German and American forces are on the ground here. “They are helping to support us in the attack.”

    “There are no U.S. troops on the ground in or around Zumar.” The Pentagon told The Daily Beast on Monday night. Captain Rick Haupt, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, which has control over military operations in the Middle East, denied that U.S. troops were involved in the fighting but confirmed U.S. aircraft “performed one strike destroying several vehicles in the vicinity of Zumar” on Monday.
    Does anyone believe that they haven't had personnel on the ground 'painting' enemy targets for airstrikes? Really?
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    I don't doubt some special forces are on the ground. There are Marines around the Embassy and consulate as well.

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    I think it would be smart to just close down the embassy and get all of the troops out in this situation. If we need to gather intelligence on the ground to launch air strikes against ISIS, our CIA agents can do that. The best way to gather intelligence is generally surveillance flights anyway, not people on the ground. There's no reason to have any ground troops over there or even have an embassy given the current situation.



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