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| U.S. deploys more troops to Iraq for showdown with ISIS |
| 2016-09-29 |
| [WASHINGTONTIMES] The U.S. and Iraq took a big step closer to a showdown with Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... fighters Wednesday as the Pentagon announced that 615 more U.S. soldiers are heading to Iraq in anticipation of the battle to liberate djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , Iraq’s second-largest city. The move pushes the number of American troops in the country above 5,000 for the first time since 2011, when President B.O. announced what he said was the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq. Over 5,200 American troops will be on the ground working alongside Iraqi and coalition forces in the final push to drive out the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIS. Mosul and the Syrian city of Raqqa are the two biggest cities held by the violent jihadi group that swept across the region two years ago. The influx of troops will likely be the last before U.S.-backed Iraqi and Kurdish forces launch the long-awaited assault on Mosul. On Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi characterized the additional U.S. troops, who he stressed would serve only as advisers and trainers, as the "final increase" needed before operations can begin, likely in mid-October. "We emphasize that the role of the trainers and advisers is not combat, but for training and consultation only," Mr. al-Abadi said in a statement. "It is our troops who will liberate the land." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 “I shall say it again and again and again. Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) "We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves." - Lyndon B. Johnson (D) "This is not and will not be America's fight alone. One of the things we've learned over this last decade is America can make a decisive difference. But I want to be clear: the American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission," - Barack Obama (D) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-09-29 12:05 |
| #3 "We emphasize that the role of the trainers and advisers is not combat, but for training and consultation only," Mr. al-Abadi said in a statement. Well, I advise ya to get on with it then. ISIS will be in danger of dying from old age by the time they get started. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2016-09-29 10:20 |
| #2 High heels. You know, for "the experience." |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-09-29 08:06 |
| #1 All wearing birkenstocks? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-09-29 02:43 |