450 More Troops To Iraq

Posted by | June 11, 2015 17:00 | Filed under: Politics War & Peace

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Once again the U.S. is expanding the Iraq mission.

President Barack Obama’s administration is planning to train Sunni tribes’ fighters as part of its move to send up to 450 additional U.S. forces to Iraq, the White House said Wednesday.
The United States is also sending weapons to Sunni tribes, as well as the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, who are operating under Iraqi command, in order to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

The hope, an Obama administration official said, is that a new “Sunni uprising” similar to one that took place in 2013 will occur – but this time, aimed at Islamic State fighters.

“This is designed to focus on training the Sunnis,” the official said.

The additional U.S. military personnel will train and advise Iraqi and tribal troops at the Taqaddum military base in eastern Anbar province.

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5 responses to 450 More Troops To Iraq

  1. Suzanne McFly June 11th, 2015 at 17:56

    Seems like we are throwing money at three groups of people in hopes that one of them will stand up and assert dominance over the other two groups and take up where Saddam left off.

  2. Obewon June 11th, 2015 at 18:47

    Here’s 450 new Iraqi troop trainers, now totaling 900 added to Jr’s and Halliburton Cheney’s $6 T+ Faux oil war bills

  3. Barry Shitpeas June 11th, 2015 at 19:21

    …training Sunnis…

  4. greenfloyd June 12th, 2015 at 00:30

    And the Iraqi govt is lucky to be getting any help.

    Was it a “snub?”
    https://youtu.be/CVwdnzfY5h8
    first time I’ve ever seen Obama do that!

    If it was, who can blame him? The repeated loss of arms and equipment to those same extremists when retreating Iraqi forces left them behind has put additional strain on already stressed US Iraqi relations. Yet I think his options are limited considering all the other major players in this unstable part of the Middle East, and most notably his lack of a plan for how America fits into this unholy mess over there!?

  5. fahvel June 12th, 2015 at 02:40

    they are not troops – they are targets – when will the usa learn that their place is squished between Canad and Mexico?

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