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| US special forces arrive in Iraq: defense chief |
| 2016-01-14 |
| [AA.TR] The U.S. defense chief said Wednesday that special forces troops that were announced last month to be deployed to Iraq have arrived in the country. "The specialized expeditionary targeting force I announced in December is now in place and is preparing to work with the Iraqis to begin going after ISIL's fighters and commanders, killing or capturing them wherever we find them, along with other key targets," said Ash Carter as he briefed service members who will soon be deployed to Iraq. He said the anti-Daesh [Islamic State] campaign has three prongs, namely "destroying the parent tumor" of Daesh [Islamic State] in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , Iraq, and al-Raqqa, Syria; preventing the holy warrior group's "metastasizing in areas such as North Africa, Afghanistan, and Yemen" and protecting the U.S. homeland. He also noted his meeting with his counterparts from La Belle France, Australia, Germany, Italia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in Gay Paree to discuss the fight against the holy warriors. When Carter initially announced the special forces deployment, he said the troops would "conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, and capture ISIL leaders," as part of a revision of the anti-Daesh [Islamic State] strategy. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 No boots on the ground. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-01-14 16:55 |